Choir Boy - ＂Eat The Frog＂

What this video is

Released as an official video in mid-2021 to coincide with the vinyl repressing of Choir Boy's Gathering Swans album on DAIS Records, 'Eat The Frog' emerged from the specific creative constraints of COVID-19 quarantine. The video stands as a document of pandemic-era DIY music video culture, in which artists stripped of bandmates, crews, and studios turned to green-screen home setups, borrowed props, and self-taught…

Why it matters

This video is a significant artifact within the early 2020s DIY music video canon, representing the intersection of Salt Lake City's post-punk underground, the DAIS Records darkwave aesthetic, and pandemic-era creative constraint. Its surrealist lo-fi production methodology — green screen,…

The director

Adam Klopp is the founder, vocalist, and primary songwriter of Choir Boy, a synth-pop/post-punk band based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Klopp originated the project as a solo endeavor before expanding to a full band lineup. He is known for his ethereal vocal…