{"id":2008464,"date":"2025-09-09T08:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2008464"},"modified":"2025-09-09T08:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:52:17","slug":"new-music-videos-show-visual-vitality-of-the-okc-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-videos-show-visual-vitality-of-the-okc-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"New music videos show visual vitality of the OKC scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OKLAHOMA CITY \u2013 There\u2019s something of a lost art to the music video, that once-ubiquitous and requisite part of the music industry that kept a stranglehold on popular music for decades, right up until streaming and cable-cutting changed the game.<\/p>\n

But some artists are still committed to the unique creative possibilities of marrying music and visuals, whether it\u2019s a full narrative compressed into a sing\u2019s length, an evocative or experimental art film with a pop soundtrack, or even just a creatively shot band performance.<\/p>\n

And right here in OKC, some of our most exciting and irrepressibly imaginative artists are covering all those bases and more, joining the city\u2019s wealth of wildly talented indie filmmakers with some of the most catchy and creative recent tracks from across a wide swath of the music scene.<\/p>\n

From early-morning partying to late-night, neon-backed jamming, and from abstract, contorted choreography to electrically charged sci-fi laser fights, these recent OKC-made clips are here to prove that there\u2019s nothing \u201clost\u201d about the art of the music video.<\/p>\n

stepmom \u2013 \u2018Survival Mode\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Continuing the surrealist, anti-corporate narrative that is stepmom\u2019s \u201cProfitopia,\u201d this new clip for EP standout \u201cSurvival Mode\u201d serves up all the oozing, brainwashing, and pink fantasy freakout energy that fans have come to expect.<\/p>\n

Utilizing loads of sets, props, and concepts that diehards will recognize from Factory Obscura\u2019s immersive \u201cProfitopia\u201d experience<\/a>, the video picks up somewhere after the \u201cChaos Candy\u201d clip left off, with stepmom ringleader Lindsey Cox successfully assimilated into the hyper-capitalist TV-worshipping corporate cult.<\/p>\n

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stepmom \u2013 \u201cSurvival Mode\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now schilling empty promises on a pitch-perfect home shopping-style TV program, Cox finds herself breaking out of the brainwashing and (in classic rock video fashion) fighting off the blockheaded capitalists with the electric power of her guitar skills.\u00a0 Of course, she also breaks her bandmates free of the mass media spell and they join the fight to reawaken and free the spirits of their corporate captors.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s exactly the kind of pointed, teeth-baring satire that we need right now, but presented in an exceedingly fun, funny, and inspired way by frequent stepmom collaborator (and award-winner) Lauren Bumgarner directing alongside Cox.<\/p>\n

Watch \u201cSurvival Mode\u201d by stepmom HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

daychaser. \u2013 \u2018Take Care\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pop-punkers daychaser. scream it from the rooftops in their new clip for \u201cTake Care,\u201d setting up and rocking out on the Stonecloud roof in front of the iconic neon Sunshine Cleaning sign.<\/p>\n

But even though that would already make for an awesome and memorable visual to accompany the track, director Tate Talley intercuts it with a poignant, wordless story of a passionate romance, an equally passionate breakup, and the lingering, unavoidable feelings left in its wake.<\/p>\n

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daychaser. \u2013 \u201cTake Care\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s an apt pairing for a song about the wounds that time doesn\u2019t heal and the resignation that we hope \u00a0eventually comes with maturity and perspective.<\/p>\n

The cinematography is great, particularly in the neon-light, nighttime shots on the roof, and the performances of Carter Harvey and Rainey Denison feel emotional and believable, which is no small feat when there\u2019s no audible dialogue.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a wonderfully realized throwback to the videos that once dominated MTV in the bygone pop-punk heyday of a couple decades ago.<\/p>\n

Watch \u201cTake Care\u201d by daychaser. HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sun Deep \u2013 \u2018Water\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leave it to the genre-smashing, cross-cultural mastermind that is Sun Deep to follow an on-a-lark brainstorm all the way to one of the most creative and compelling local videos of the year.<\/p>\n

For the dense and delicately chaotic track \u201cWater\u201d from his brand new full-length \u201cGhar,\u201d<\/a> Sundeep Sharma wanted to try out a hazy concept of dual single-shot interpretive dance clips presented side-by-side in split-screen and starring Natasha Abu-Fadel and Paige Fischer contorting and blending their movements together.<\/p>\n

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Sun Deep \u2013 \u201cWater\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two views almost appear to be the same shot running both forward and backward simultaneously \u2013 with each beginning or finishing where the other began or finished \u2013 but they are, in fact, two wholly different shots following Fischer and Abu-Fadel exploring different movements and shapes around Sundeep\u2019s own home.<\/p>\n

If reading that doesn\u2019t make any sense, I don\u2019t blame you. It\u2019s not really meant to be explained with words, but rather seems to be a remarkably simple and shockingly effective visual representation of the song\u2019s lyrics exploring the intertwining and inexorable threads of life, death, and whatever may exist in between.<\/p>\n

Watch \u201cWater\u201d by Sun Deep HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ben Quad \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s Just a Title\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Easily one of the biggest underground breakouts from Oklahoma in recent years, rockers Ben Quad have exploded across the national emo scene, converting bleeding hearts and emo diehards by the thousands with a blend of deeply earnest, energetic rock and totally irreverent and self-deprecating personalities.<\/p>\n

After a brief foray into the screamier side of Midwestern emo, \u201cIt\u2019s Just a Title\u201d finds the Ben Quad boys returning to their more time-honored, melodic riffs and singer Sam Wegrynski\u2019s smoother, pleading vocals, augmented by the mathy, finger-tapping lead lines of guitar wizard Edgar Viveros.<\/p>\n

The new track \u2013 the first single from upcoming Pure Noise Records debut LP \u201cWisher\u201d \u2013 seems to be grappling with the new responsibilities and expectations of being such an underground scene breakout, tackling the unavoidable reality that notoriety and respect alone can\u2019t heal or change anything broken inside you.<\/p>\n

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But the tracks new Alex Scalzo-Brown-directed video takes a decidedly more fun approach to the band\u2019s exploration of their own snowballing profile, with the guys taking in an Oklahoma morning in and around the kind of McMansion that we\u2019ve been lead to believe Midwestern fame affords us.<\/p>\n

Along the way, they pop up at some instantly recognizable OKC locales, including the Flamingo Apartments on 23rd<\/sup> and the Round Up Cleaners on Penn (making them the second group of pop-punkers in this article to rock out at an iconic local dry cleaning sign.)<\/p>\n

And they do it all without ever changing out of their silk bathrobes, even when shredding some blistering emo lead lines silhouetted against the sunrise on the open Oklahoma plains.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a super fun little clip that grounds the band firmly within their native OKC, and Scalzo-Brown\u2019s camera work provides some genuinely gorgeous shots.<\/p>\n

Plus, it\u2019s just cool for us Northwest-siders to see some representation in media for a change.<\/p>\n

Watch \u201cIt\u2019s Just a Title\u201d by Ben Quad HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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You can find out about local music and performance happenings in the OKC metro weekly in this <\/em>music column<\/em><\/a> by Brett Fieldcamp. | Brought to you by <\/em>True Sky Credit Union<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Brett Fieldcamp is our Arts and Entertainment Editor. He has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for 15+ years, writing for several local and state publications. He\u2019s also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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