Death Vessel - Mercury Dime

What this video is

Released February–March 2014 alongside Death Vessel's third album Island Intervals (Sub Pop), the Mercury Dime video is rooted in the Providence, Rhode Island DIY art underground, a scene historically associated with Fort Thunder and avant-garde performance. Director Peter Glantz, himself a veteran of that community through his collective trutheatertheater, brings an in-house theatrical sensibility to the clip. The…

Why it matters

Mercury Dime sits at the intersection of freak folk, chamber folk, and New England art-song traditions. The video is a key artifact of the 2010s neo-folk theatrical music video wave, demonstrating how Sub Pop artists of this era leveraged local arts communities and DIY production craft to create…

The director

Peter Glantz is an American director of theater and film based in Providence, RI. He is known for the Lightning Bolt documentary Power Of Salad (Load Records), directing for MTV's Liquid Television, OK Go's touring show, and music videos for artists…