METZ - Framed by the Comet's Tail

What this video is

Released December 2, 2020, deep into the first year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this video is a direct artifact of lockdown creative culture — a period in which touring was impossible, studios were inaccessible, and artists globally turned to solitary, phone-based production to maintain creative output. METZ's Atlas Vending (Sub Pop, October 2020) was itself released under pandemic conditions, with the band…

Why it matters

METZ occupy a critical position in the 2010s–2020s North American noise-rock continuum, drawing on the Jesus Lizard, AmRep-era guitar abrasion, and early-90s DIY hardcore while refining melodic architecture across four Sub Pop albums. 'Framed by the Comet's Tail' and its video represent the band's…

The director

Hayden Menzies is the drummer of Toronto-based noise-rock trio METZ, which he co-founded in Ottawa, Ontario in 2007 alongside guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins. The band signed to Sub Pop Records and released their critically acclaimed self-titled debut in…