Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It

What this video is

Released in 2007 at the height of the mid-2000s Swedish indie pop international breakthrough, 'Tonight I Have to Leave It' was the lead single from Shout Out Louds' second album 'Our Ill Wills' on Merge Records. The band was part of a Stockholm scene that also included Peter Bjorn and John and others who were achieving significant US and UK crossover success. The video's maritime documentary aesthetic aligned with…

Why it matters

Significant artifact of the mid-2000s Scandinavian indie pop export wave. The track's sonic resemblance to The Cure's post-punk melodicism—noted by NPR and other critics—positioned Shout Out Louds within a lineage of emotionally direct guitar pop, while the video's documentary treatment of working…

The director

Ted Malmros is a Swedish music video director and bassist for Shout Out Louds. Together with his brother Tom Malmros, he has directed all of Shout Out Louds' music videos. Ted is best known for the Peter Bjorn and John 'Young Folks' video, which won a…