Pissed Jeans - I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)

What this video is

Released in 2007 as part of Pissed Jeans' Sub Pop debut cycle, this video embodies the band's signature approach of applying noise-punk ferocity to mundane suburban subject matter — in this case, emotional dependence on ice cream as a coping mechanism. The band, formed in 2004 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, were celebrated for discerning nihilism in everyday situations and mixing volatility with humor, traits that…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the mid-2000s noise punk / noise rock revival, this video represents the aesthetic and cultural moment when bands drawing from AmRep, The Jesus Lizard, and 1980s hardcore found a new platform via labels like Sub Pop. The deliberately lo-fi, anti-glamorous production reinforces…

The director

Monty Buckles is a music video director credited on the 2007 Pissed Jeans clip for 'I've Still Got You (Ice Cream),' released in conjunction with the band's Sub Pop debut album Hope for Men. No additional verified biographical details are available in…