Man Man - Alibi

What this video is

Released in May 2024 as the third single from Man Man's seventh studio album Carrot On Strings (Sub Pop Records), 'Alibi' arrives during a period of renewed creative confidence for frontman Ryan Kattner (Honus Honus), who characterized the album as a departure from the pandemic-era anxiety of its predecessor. The band, rooted in Philadelphia's early-2000s experimental underground and later transplanted to Los…

Why it matters

Man Man occupies a singular node in 2000s–2020s American experimental indie rock, blending Beefheart-lineage art-rock, Krautrock, soul-pop, and cabaret. 'Alibi' and its video represent the band's mature synthesis of these influences under a more melodically accessible surface, with the…