Conor Oberst's punk band, Desaparecidos released their music video for "City on the Hill," proving they aren't necessarily the biggest fans of capitalism.
Directed by Rob Soucy, the video congragates old news segments, ads, commercials, TV and movie clips, according to Pitchfork. The band uses imagery to protest current ideas of U.S. culture consisting of consumption and sustainability. Soucy has a tracklist of working with musicians rapper Iggy Azalea and symphonic pop-punk band Set it Off, notes Spin.
The band originated in Omaha, Nebraska and released Read Music/Speak Spanish in 2002 with Saddle Creek. Gaining popularity at the same time as Obersts' Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos remained on the back burner while band members Oberst, Denver Dalley, Landon Hedges and Ian McElroy worked on side projects.
Upholding their image as a punk band, Desaparecidos, or "disappeard ones," have never been particularly reluctant about relinquishing their judgments. From their first album in 13 years, "City on the Hill" is the bands first track to get a video off of sophomore album, Payola.
Payola will be released via Epitaph Records on June 23, but to hold fans over until then, the newest "deport Conor Oberst" T-shirt can be purchased off of Desaparecidos' official site. The front of the shirt is adorned with the quote and accompanied by the face of long-time companion and colleague of Oberst, Cursive's frontman Tim Kasher. Oberst himself wore the shirt on stage at Coachella this weekend during Desaparecidos' set.
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