Squid - Building 650

What this video is

Released January 8, 2025 as the second single from Squid's third album 'Cowards' (Warp Records, February 7, 2025), 'Building 650' channels the band's 2022 experience of arriving in Tokyo just two days after Japan's COVID-era travel ban was lifted — rendering them among the only Western tourists in the city. The lyrical and visual concept draws on Ryu Murakami's novel 'In The Miso Soup' and Sophia Coppola's 'Lost in…

Why it matters

Represents a mature evolution of the post-2020 UK art rock resurgence — bands such as Squid, Black Midi, and black country, new road redefining post-punk through literary, compositional, and cinematic influences. The video's mixed-format methodology (8mm + digital) and transnational co-direction…

The director

Felix Geen is a Scotland-born director and visual artist specialising in music videos, CGI, VFX, and compositing. He grew up in the rural village of Lintrathen before pivoting from game development to motion design in 2015. His practice spans directing, 3D…