Superchunk - Driveway to Driveway

What this video is

Released in 1994 as the lead single from Superchunk's fourth album Foolish (Merge Records), 'Driveway to Driveway' arrived at the apex of the Chapel Hill, NC indie rock scene, a moment when bands like Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, and Polvo were defining the sound and ethics of American independent rock. Merge Records, co-founded by Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance, was itself a model of indie infrastructure. The…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of mid-90s American indie rock visual culture, demonstrating that low-budget DIY music video production could achieve genuine cinematic ambition through conceptual intelligence rather than financial resources. The screwball comedy homage structure was rare in indie rock video…

The director

Peyton Reed (born July 3, 1964, Raleigh, NC) attended UNC Chapel Hill, graduating 1987, and worked as a DJ at WXYC college radio. He co-directed several Superchunk videos in the early 1990s before transitioning to Hollywood features including Bring It On…