Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Electrify The Internet Age With Their First-Ever Official Music Video
- Charles Luberisse
- 4 hours ago
- 2 min read
Written By: Big C
Two decades after reshaping indie music with their unshakable DIY debut, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have finally lifted the curtain on their first-ever official music video for fan-favorite The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth.” Co-directed by award-winning filmmakers David M. Helman and Daniel Henry, the visual follows a strip mall computer repairman unlocking the hidden lives of his customers through digital portals. Helman and Henry filled the visual with inside jokes, cultural artifacts. The band’s founder Alec Ounsworth entrusted the duo to “run wild,” and what they created is a hyper-detailed tribute to the past, present, and digital chaos of growing up online. Ounsworth says:
Twenty years ago, I stubbornly refused many music industry tools. But now, I see video not as a prescription, but a collaboration. David and Daniel’s work brings a new layer of meaning to this track I’ve played for years.
With a VHS-tinted aesthetic, glitchy nostalgia, and frenetic edits, the clip doesn’t just complement the song, it transforms it. The track becomes a cinematic backdrop for a slice-of-life dreamscape, nodding to themes of connection, isolation, and time travel. Wrapped in the lore of both West Virginia and New York, it’s a long-overdue visual for a band that redefined what it meant to be indie in the 2000s. The video arrives in tandem with a 20th anniversary reissue of the self-titled Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album. Set for release on May 30 via Secretly Distribution, this deluxe edition features redesigned artwork, splatter vinyl, a flexi-disc with the original 2004 “Heavy Metal” demo, and collectible peel-off gecko stickers. Connect with CYHSY on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, and YOUTUBE.
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