Gomez - Get Myself Arrested

What this video is

Released on 1 June 1998 via Hut Records, 'Get Myself Arrested' arrived just weeks after Gomez's debut album Bring It On had been released into what critics described as the 'barren Britpop aftermath.' The album, self-recorded by five Southport twenty-somethings on a four-track in a garage, went on to win the 1998 Mercury Music Prize, beating Massive Attack's Mezzanine, The Verve's Urban Hymns, and Pulp's This Is…

Why it matters

Gomez occupied a unique genre-crossing position in 1998, blending swampy blues, lo-fi electronica, funk-rock, and British indie in a way that critics found startlingly American in feel despite the band's Northern English origins. 'Get Myself Arrested' exemplifies this hybrid, and its video's…

The director

Rupert Jones is a British writer and director based in the UK. Earlier in his career he was a prolific music video director, working with artists including Bob Dylan and The Streets, among many others. He later moved into narrative film and television,…