Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees

What this video is

Released on 11 August 1997, 'A Thousand Trees' was Stereophonics' third single and arrived as Britpop's commercial peak was beginning to fracture. Emerging from Cwmaman in the South Wales Cynon Valley, the band represented a grittier, regionalist counterpoint to London-centric Britpop. The song's subject matter — the destruction of a community figure's reputation by rumour — drew on a real local incident involving…

Why it matters

A key document of late-1990s Welsh rock's rise, bridging Britpop's communal energy with a rawer post-punk social realism. The track reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart and was the opening song on debut album 'Word Gets Around', establishing Stereophonics as a major new force in British guitar…

The director

Tom Connolly is a British filmmaker and writer who directed commercials and music videos before transitioning to a career as a novelist. His debut novel The Spider Truces (a Financial Times Book of the Year) was shortlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award…