Shearwater - I Luv The Valley OH!

What this video is

This video accompanies Shearwater's cover of Xiu Xiu's 'I Luv The Valley OH!', originally released by Xiu Xiu on Fabulous Muscles in 2004. Shearwater's version appeared on Fellow Travelers (Sub Pop, November 2013), an all-covers album in which frontman Jonathan Meiburg covered bands Shearwater had toured with over the previous decade, inviting members of those bands to contribute to tracks other than their own…

Why it matters

Represents a significant moment in 2010s indie art-rock's engagement with cover culture as artistic statement. Shearwater's orchestral, falsetto-driven interpretation of Xiu Xiu's abrasive avant-punk source material demonstrates the cross-pollination between experimental noise and art-rock…

The director

Branan Edgens is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, director, editor, and cinematographer. He holds a BA in studio art and art history from Sewanee: The University of the South and an MFA in Film from Syracuse University. He received the Golden Lion Award in…