Flock of Dimes - Afraid

What this video is

Released August 20, 2025 as the second single from Flock of Dimes' third album The Life You Save (Sub Pop, October 10, 2025), 'Afraid' arrives within a mid-2020s indie folk resurgence defined by confessional songwriting, acoustic warmth, and emotionally direct visual narratives. Jenn Wasner, best known as one half of Wye Oak and a longtime collaborator with Bon Iver and Sylvan Esso, uses the video's home-movie…

Why it matters

Represents the mature phase of 2010s-rooted indie folk-pop, now in its third decade of Sub Pop-aligned confessional songwriting. The video's aesthetic — archival projection, near-stasis, extreme darkness — synthesizes a distinctly 2020s visual grammar for the singer-songwriter form, prioritizing…

The director

North Carolina-based independent filmmaker and photographer specializing in directing and cinematography. Music-focused visual work forms the core of his practice. Documented artist collaborations include Blood Orange, Bonny Light Horseman, CHVRCHES, Flock…