Baths Puts Awe in the Everyday in “Out” Video

A lot of bleep bloop went into Baths’ forthcoming album Romaplasm (out Nov. 17 via Anticon), a second wave of Romanticism. With the first single from the album, “Yeoman,” Will Wiesenfeld put the emotion in at-home. Now, with his self-directed music video for “Out,” Wiesenfeld puts the awe in the everyday.

“Out,” like “Yeoman,” is perfectly produced bedroom pop that actually imagines leaving the bedroom. In the video, Wiesenfeld sits on the couch and promises five hours of preparations to get ready for the mysterious location of “out.” Grain bowls under beds equal friends, drawings on paper translate into outfits, computer codes turn into makeup that one friend boasts is “a drunk Borg.” It’s a romp of digital-age absurdity that manages to be touching.