Bishop Allen - ＂Click, Click, Click, Click＂

What this video is

Released in 2007 at the apex of the MP3 blog era, 'Click, Click, Click, Click' emerged from Bishop Allen's landmark 12-EP-in-12-months project of 2006 — a self-released, entirely DIY endeavor that made the Brooklyn band darlings of the indie internet before they signed to Dead Oceans. The song's theme of photography, memory, and accidental belonging resonated strongly with an audience increasingly documenting daily…

Why it matters

A key artifact of mid-2000s indie pop's embrace of narrative songcraft and low-budget visual storytelling. Bishop Allen's approach — literary lyrics, folk-pop arrangements, and DIY production — represented a counterpoint to the era's louder indie-rock trends, drawing comparisons to the Kinks,…