The Walkmen - On The Water

What this video is

Released in 2008 as part of The Walkmen's fourth studio album 'You & Me' — widely regarded as the band's masterpiece — 'On The Water' arrived during a critical high point for New York City indie rock. The Walkmen, formed in 2000 from members of Jonathan Fire*Eater and The Recoys, embodied a strain of American indie rock that drew on vintage sonic textures and emotionally raw lyricism. The song's themes of temporal…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the late-2000s American indie rock movement, the video exemplifies the period's embrace of DIY aesthetics and documentary-style production as authentic counterpoints to mainstream music video spectacle. It captures the Walkmen's essential identity as a band rooted in vintage…

The director

Doug Fellegy and Joe Wallace are credited as the filmmakers (camera and editing) on this production, per the official Vimeo upload. No further verified biographical details for either individual are available from current sources in the context of this…