PIXIES - Hear Me Out

What this video is

Released on September 24, 2020 — deep in the first year of the global COVID-19 pandemic — 'Hear Me Out' was Pixies' first new material since their 2019 album Beneath the Eyrie. The video's production itself was a direct artifact of pandemic constraints: filmed on location in Taos, New Mexico with a small crew in compliance with isolation conditions, it reflects the broader 2020 creative-industry pivot toward…

Why it matters

Pixies are foundational figures of American alternative rock, whose loud-quiet-loud dynamics and angular songwriting directly influenced grunge and 1990s indie rock broadly. 'Hear Me Out' is notable as a vehicle for bassist Paz Lenchantin's lead vocal prominence, and for its spaghetti western…

The director

Hungarian-born director and visual artist who relocated to California at age nine. A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, Lukacs is an award-winning filmmaker and fine artist whose work has been showcased at galleries and festivals globally and…