Django Django frontman Vincent Neff takes the lead role in Jack Barraclough's video for Kick The Devil Out - playing Satan as the annoying lodger in an ordinary British family.In the same vein as low budget, oddball comedy films and old Beastie Boys videos, we find the red-hued Horned One welcomed into the bosom of the family by Mum - but eyed suspiciously by Dad, who's worst fears are confirmed by the guest's niggling bad habits: he misbehaves at the table, cuts his fingernails on the sofa, mixes his colours with whites in the wash... all clear signs that he has to go.Mixing in lo-fi greenscreen dancing footage and a skaterboy mini-DV fantasy, the aesthetic is charmingly DIY, and leans into the absurd concept. Amongst all of this madness, the performances are grounded in reality, and act as a conduit for viewers to understand the frustration and pain of this unwanted house guestBarraclough's energetic and fastmoving screwball comedy is a departure for the alt-rockers, who often embrace visual experimentation and whimsical humour in their videos, but it's a welcome one.
Rob Ulitski - 25th May 2021