Deeper - Fame

What this video is

Released August 8, 2023, 'Fame' was the fourth and final single from Deeper's Careful! (Sub Pop, September 8, 2023) — the Chicago quartet's third album and Sub Pop debut. The video arrives at a moment when Chicago's post-punk DIY lineage (Protomartyr adjacency, Television-esque guitar interplay) was finding wider institutional support through Sub Pop's distribution reach. The Wendigo visual concept anchors the…

Why it matters

A key artifact of 2020s post-punk's mature phase: Deeper synthesize Wire-era minimalism, Television's interlocking guitar logic, and contemporary darkwave synth presence into a commercially viable but formally rigorous indie-rock idiom. 'Fame' specifically stretches the band's palette with…

The director

Chicago-based filmmaker Austin Vesely built his career directing music videos for Chicago artists beginning around 2012, becoming the principal visual collaborator for Chance the Rapper on videos including 'Sunday Candy,' 'Angels,' and 'No Problem.' He also…