Iron & Wine - Last Night

What this video is

Released May 2018 by Sub Pop Records, the 'Last Night' video arrives in the wake of Iron & Wine's critical and commercial resurgence with Beast Epic (August 2017), widely reviewed as Sam Beam's most affecting record in years and his most deliberate return to acoustic-folk roots after stylistic experimentation on Kiss Each Other Clean (2011) and Ghost on Ghost (2013). The choice of stop-motion animation — a…

Why it matters

Represents the mature phase of 2010s indie folk/Americana, documenting the sub-genre's self-aware return to acoustic minimalism after a decade of orchestral and pop-inflected experimentation. The video's stop-motion format situates it within a lineage of hand-crafted indie music video art (cf.…

The director

Rachel Blumberg is a Portland-based visual artist, filmmaker, and musician. She served as drummer for The Decemberists from 2002 to 2005, and has been a member of several Portland-based bands including those backing Michael Hurley and The Huntress and Holder…