TSOOL - Sister Surround - Musicvideo

What this video is

Released at the crest of the early-2000s 'New Rock Revival', 'Sister Surround' was the flagship single from TSOOL's third album 'Behind the Music' (2001, Warner Music Sweden), which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album in 2003. The band—formed in Gothenburg in 1995 and drawing on 1960s–70s psychedelic rock, Rolling Stones swagger, and Iggy & The Stooges punk energy—were positioned as the more…

Why it matters

As the lead single from TSOOL's international breakthrough album, 'Sister Surround' is a key artefact of the 2001–2002 Swedish rock export wave. NME described it as evoking 'a mandrax-paced Iggy & The Stooges' and 'the FX-pedal lunacy of early 90s shoegazer bands', situating TSOOL at the…