Deaf Wish - Cool Comment

What this video is

Released in 2014 as part of Deaf Wish's first Sub Pop record ('St. Vincent's'), 'Cool Comment' marks a pivotal moment of international visibility for Melbourne's underground punk scene. The video embodies the DIY ethos of the Australian noise-rock community while consciously engaging with pop cultural memory — specifically 60s bubblegum aesthetics and MTV-era narrative video conventions — in an ironic but…

Why it matters

Deaf Wish occupy a critically important position in the lineage of Australian noise-rock, bridging the confrontational legacies of feedtime, Cosmic Psychos, and The Scientists with the post-punk melodic sensibilities of early Sonic Youth. 'Cool Comment' is historically notable as an outlier within…

The director

Daniel Twomey is the drummer of Melbourne, Australia-based noise-rock band Deaf Wish, active since the late 2000s. He has served as director and co-director on multiple Deaf Wish music videos, including 'Cool Comment' (2014) and 'FFS' (2018, co-directed with…