Obits - I'm Closing In

What this video is

Obits occupied a historically informed niche within early 2010s indie rock: a Brooklyn-based band whose membership carried direct lineage from foundational post-hardcore acts Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Edsel, and Girls Against Boys. 'I'm Closing In,' from their third and final studio album Bed & Bugs (Sub Pop, 2013), arrived as the band was approaching the end of its run — they dissolved in 2015. The video's…

Why it matters

Obits represented a disciplined continuation of post-hardcore and garage-punk forms at a moment when those genres were increasingly absorbed by mainstream indie aesthetics. 'I'm Closing In' as a title track single from Bed & Bugs exemplifies the band's concise, riff-forward songwriting. The…