Birdeatsbaby - Anchor - Official Music Video

What this video is

Released in May 2012 as the third post-album single from 'Feast of Hammers' (February 2012), 'Anchor' sits at the heart of Birdeatsbaby's most commercially and critically visible period. The band, rooted in Brighton's tight-knit DIY underground, operated entirely on their own Dead Round Eyes label and self-funded their visual output. The dark cabaret genre they helped popularise in the UK drew on traditions of…

Why it matters

Documents the UK dark cabaret / art rock underground at a pivotal moment of genre maturation. Birdeatsbaby were among the most prominent acts demonstrating that the post-Dresden Dolls punk cabaret movement could develop into something more orchestrally complex and cinematically ambitious,…

The director

UK-based music video director who collaborated repeatedly with Birdeatsbaby during their 2011–2012 Feast of Hammers campaign. IMVDb credits Stoate as director (alongside co-director Tom Marcham) on multiple Birdeatsbaby videos including Rosary (2011), Feast…