METZ - Pure Auto

What this video is

Released May 2019 as the lead single from Automat, a Sub Pop retrospective collecting METZ non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities dating back to 2009. 'Pure Auto' was originally the B-side to the 2015 Three One G/Sub Pop 7-inch 'Eraser,' recorded by Graham Walsh at Union Sound Company following the sessions for METZ's second album II. The animated video commissions James Kerr (Scorpion Dagger) — a figure at the…

Why it matters

Represents the intersection of Sub Pop-era noise rock and internet-native animated art, situating METZ's abrasive, punk-rooted sound within a visual language drawn from art history and GIF culture. Scorpion Dagger's aesthetic has appeared across Adult Swim, Gucci, and major documentary film; its…

The director

Montreal-based Canadian digital artist and animator (b. 1978), best known under the alias Scorpion Dagger. Studied political science and history at Concordia University, Montreal. Launched the Scorpion Dagger animated GIF project on Tumblr in 2012, creating…