Eric's Trip - Girlfriend

What this video is

Released in 1994 as a track from Forever Again, Eric's Trip's second Sub Pop LP, 'Girlfriend' emerged from the Moncton, New Brunswick indie underground at the height of the band's creative output. As the first Canadian band signed to Sub Pop Records, Eric's Trip occupied a unique position bridging American lo-fi noise-pop (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.) with a distinctly Maritime Canadian sensibility. The video's Super8…

Why it matters

A canonical document of Canadian lo-fi indie rock at its most unmediated. The video's Super8 format, near-total absence of conventional production values, and rural Maritime setting make it a primary visual artifact of the Sub Pop-era underground outside the American Pacific Northwest. It…

The director

Peter Holt is a Moncton-area filmmaker and collaborator within the Eric's Trip circle, credited as co-director, offline editor, and camera operator on this video (IMDb: tt5651738). Rick White is the guitarist, songwriter, and primary creative force behind…