Obits - Spun Out

What this video is

Released in September 2013 to accompany Obits' third Sub Pop full-length *Bed & Bugs*, 'Spun Out' exists within a Brooklyn underground rock scene that traced lineage directly through post-hardcore predecessors Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and Edsel. The video's warm-toned, fast-cut performance aesthetic reflects the ethos of a band consciously positioned outside mainstream production values — a deliberate alignment…

Why it matters

As a surf-inflected garage-punk track on a Sub Pop release in 2013, 'Spun Out' represents the continuation of a post-hardcore underground lineage into the early 2010s indie landscape. The video's performance-focused, fast-edited visual treatment is historically significant as an example of how…