Die Spitz plunge suburban dystopia into total collapse on disturbingly surreal "American Porn"
Die Spitz’s tour of global domination continues unchecked with the release of a new, unsettlingly surrealist video for “American Porn” from last year’s incendiary Something To Consume; a scathing diatribe that rails against the plastic hypocrisy of the fading promise of an American Dream™ with the frenetic intensity of a razorblade dervish spiked with gleeful mania in witness to the crumbling facade of performative decorum.
Brilliantly directed by Emily Sanchez who also helmed the video for the band’s blisteringly violent empowerment anthem “Throw Yourself To The Sword,” “American Porn” aligns neatly with its predecessor, juxtaposing the track’s confrontational composition with a sensation of untethered ennui and slowly creeping terror that lurks below a linoleum and wood-paneled surface.
There’s an undeniable connection in both visuals and themes with Soundgarden’s iconic 1994 video for “Black Hole Sun,” but Sanchez sidesteps the warped, hyper-saturated psychedelia of the MTV staple in favor of muted tones and a tangible sense of cinematic realism that feels more like an A24 slasher directed by Wes Andersen. A flurry of vignettes introduce coexisting facets of modern life in a concentrated suburban dystopia. Body builders and drag queens share fences with AR-wielding housewives and boomer trolls, all suppressing their impulses while simultaneously airing their bloody laundry for all to see; cries for help that fall on ears too distracted within their own echo chambers of cognitive dissonance to recognize that the entire house is burning down around them, keeping up appearances for the sake of tradition and a set of values preached rather than practiced.
As the mid-track breakdown unfurls the visuals become increasingly more unhinged, racing toward destruction as the wheels come flying off in a downhill death luge towards the complete obliteration of normalcy. The band remains wholly desensitized to the overwhelming absurdity and theater of the macabre playing out around them. The cast of caricatures lose their minds, unable to stand on pretense any longer as gender roles and societal norms implode in a cartoon apocalypse of collective insanity, commoditized and served up hot with the unfulfilling blandness of a processed TV dinner.
Something To Consume is available now via Third Man Records and Bandcamp. Stream the album on Spotify and follow Die Spitz on Instagram.
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