Pissed Jeans - False Jesii Part 2

What this video is

Released in September 2010 to promote the 2009 Sub Pop album King of Jeans, this video arrives at a precise cultural inflection point: the moment when social media (Facebook, Twitter) began replacing traditional casting and promotion pipelines for underground music video production. The band — a working-class foursome from Allentown, Pennsylvania known for blue-collar sludge punk — is documented to have maintained…

Why it matters

Pissed Jeans occupy a critical node in the noise rock / sludge punk continuum connecting Flipper and early-80s American hardcore to the Sub Pop-era indie underground. King of Jeans, the album this video promotes, is their Sub Pop breakthrough, and 'False Jesii Part 2' is its opening track — making…

The director

Brooklyn-based photographer and director with roots in Central Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh. Studied Film Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Former tour manager for underground bands and booker at DIY venue Mr. Roboto Project in Pittsburgh. Known…