Don’t Light My Fire (Otoboke Beaver Music Video)
Don't Light My Fire (Otoboke Beaver Music Video)
Punk rock group Otoboke Beaver is a female quartet from Japan. This video illustrates a song from their recent album, Itekoma Hits. Are their masterful changes in rhythm and tempo ventilated anger or pure fun? The fierce garage punk track ends with whispered, eerie chanting: “GO TO HELL”.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 3"
- Medium/Format
- Digital
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