Goat - Union of Mind and Soul

What this video is

Released October 2016 as a promotional video for Goat's third album 'Requiem' (Sub Pop Records / Rocket Recordings), this video arrives at the mature peak of the 2010s psych-rock underground revival. Goat, an intentionally anonymous Swedish collective from Korpilombolo, had already cultivated a devoted global following through 'World Music' (2012) and 'Commune' (2014). 'Requiem' marked a deliberate stylistic pivot…

Why it matters

Emblematic of the mid-2010s convergence of psychedelic folk, afrobeat-inflected rock, and world music eclecticism in the indie underground. Goat's genre-defiant practice — fusing Scandinavian folk sensibility with global rhythmic traditions and psych-rock energy — is encapsulated in this single's…

The director

Christofer Hogberg and Henrik Nyblom are Swedish co-directors confirmed to have helmed this official video. No additional independently verifiable career biography was found in available sources beyond their directorial credit on this video.