The Kills - Wasterpiece

What this video is

Released October 2023 as the lead single ahead of God Games — The Kills' sixth studio album and first in seven years — 'Wasterpiece' arrived during a broader moment of legacy indie-rock acts reasserting relevance in a landscape dominated by hyperpop and algorithmically curated streaming content. The video's golf course setting and 'tantrum of entitlement' framing channels post-pandemic class anxieties and a…

Why it matters

Represents The Kills' sixth-album evolution: a duo canonically associated with minimal garage-blues and post-punk tension here deploying a more expansive sonic palette — piano-forward composition alongside guitar — while retaining their confrontational lyricism. The video's sardonic realism…

The director

Noel Paul is a filmmaker based between NYC and London. He began directing music videos with collaborator Stefan Moore under the moniker 'That Go' while both were in art school in Seattle. His client roster spans indie and alternative labels including Dead…