METZ - No Reservation ⧸ Love Comes Crashing

What this video is

Released April 12, 2024 as the opening track and lead video from METZ's fifth and final studio album Up On Gravity Hill (Sub Pop / Dine Alone), the video arrives at a moment of quiet resolution for the Toronto noise-punk trio. The album was engineered by Seth Manchester and features string arrangements by Owen Pallett, reflecting a band deepening its cinematic ambitions while remaining rooted in abrasive…

Why it matters

Represents the mature phase of 2010s-founded Sub Pop noise rock: a band navigating the tension between abrasive heritage and cinematic evolution. The dual-song video format (two tracks, ~6.5 minutes) mirrors the album's structural ambition. As the opening salvo of what would become the band's…

The director

Mexico City-born filmmaker and animator working under the moniker Nespy5euro. Self-described visual artist inspired by the brut and grotesque aesthetics of urban Mexico City — power poles, gray walls, rats, and street dogs. Maintains a practice described as…