Flock of Dimes - Long After Midnight

What this video is

Released July 23, 2025 as the lead single from Flock of Dimes' third album The Life You Save (Sub Pop, October 10, 2025), 'Long After Midnight' arrives during a broader mid-2020s resurgence of intimate, acoustic-forward singer-songwriter work that prioritizes emotional directness over sonic maximalism. Jenn Wasner — known also as half of Wye Oak and collaborator with Bon Iver and Sylvan Esso — channels themes of…

Why it matters

Represents a crystallization of mid-2020s indie folk minimalism: acoustic guitar-led composition, Joni Mitchell-adjacent jazz-inflected chording, and a video grammar of radical simplicity — zero edits, naturalistic light, single performer. Positions Flock of Dimes within the lineage of…

The director

North Carolina-based independent filmmaker and photographer specializing in directing and cinematography. His artist collaborations include Flock of Dimes, Mitski, CHVRCHES, Blood Orange, Helado Negro, Julianna Barwick, Moses Sumney, M83, MJ Lenderman, and…