Living Things - Let It Rain

What this video is

Released in October 2009, 'Let It Rain' arrives in the wake of the 2008 US financial crisis and late-stage Bush-era political exhaustion — terrain Living Things had been mapping with politically charged punk since 2004. The track appeared on Habeas Corpus, their third album, recorded at the legendary Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin — a studio freighted with art-rock history. SPIN noted the song as a 'warm, soaring anthem…

Why it matters

Living Things occupied a specific and historically underrepresented niche in late-2000s rock: politically literate, St. Louis-bred punk with major-label backing but underground credibility. 'Let It Rain' documents the band's genre evolution toward post-grunge anthemic rock while retaining punk…

The director

Italian-Canadian director, screenwriter, photographer, and visual artist (born 1965, Pescara, Italy; raised Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). Studied painting and photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Began as a fashion photographer before…