Rain Machine - Give Blood

What this video is

Released in fall 2009 during a declared hiatus of TV on the Radio following the critical triumph of 'Dear Science' (named best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone, Spin, and others), 'Give Blood' served as the lead single and opening track of Kyp Malone's debut solo LP under the Rain Machine moniker on Anti- Records. The video arrived at a moment of fertile Brooklyn indie-rock solo experimentation, with the Pixies'…

Why it matters

As the lead single from Rain Machine's self-titled debut, 'Give Blood' documents a key moment of genre boundary-crossing: Malone fused post-punk energy, bluegrass, jazz-funk, and protest-song traditions into a vehicle closer to raw demo energy than polished indie-rock. The video's…

The director

Known by the mononym Petro; directed and animated the 'Give Blood' video for Rain Machine (Kyp Malone). Responsible for creature design and animation in the clip. No additional verified biographical details available from current sources.