!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Must Be The Moon

What this video is

Released in May 2007 as the second single from !!! 's third album Myth Takes (Warp Records), 'Must Be The Moon' arrived at the commercial and critical peak of the mid-2000s dance-punk revival. The band occupied a unique position between the DFA Records New York underground and the Warp Records European electronic canon, making them both critically credible and festival-circuit staples. The video's dark,…

Why it matters

A definitive artifact of mid-aughts dance-punk, 'Must Be The Moon' exemplifies the genre's fusion of disco-funk rhythm sections with post-punk guitar energy and indie-rock attitude. The video's rapid editing (1.24s avg shot length) functions as a formal analogue to the music's propulsive drive,…

The director

Benjamin Gerrish Dickinson is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor born November 13, 1981, in Santa Monica, California. He began his career directing music videos as a member of the Waverly Films collective, working with artists including LCD…