Trash Talk is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2005 in Sacramento, California. They have toured extensively internationally and in festivals, gaining recognition. The band has worked with several record labels but started their own label called Trash Talk Collective. In 2012 they signed to Odd Future Records, the first non-hip hop artist on the label, and released their album "119" through various partners.

1. Trash Talk is an American hard-core punk band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2005. They
have toured all over the world including Japan and Europe, as well as performing in many festivals in
support of their releases, which has helped give the band recognition from publications such as The
Rolling Stones. The band has had their fair share of record companies; they've been through RED
Distribution, True Panther Sounds, Deathwish Inc. /Malfunction, Six Feet Under, Reflections Records,
AllianeTrax, Rumble, Sell Our Souls, Holy Roar Records and Honey Bucket Records. They then started
their own label called Trash Talk Collective. In May 2012 it was announced that Trash Talk signed to
Odd Future Records; this made them the first non-hip-hop artist to sign to the label. They will
release their new album 119 on Odd Future Records in partnership with their Trash Talk Collective
imprint and Sony BMG Music Group's RED Distribution.119 was released on October 9 2012.
The song ‘Awake’ is taken from their EP titled 'Awake 7"' which was released on
True Panther Records on 11th October 2011. The music for the track 'Awake' of
off the 'Awake 7"' EP was their first music video made for them. The director of
their music video is Sean Stout. Stout is a 23 year old L.A based videographer, director and editor. He
also is the designer for the known music media website Terror Eyes TV, where they post
underground music videos for people to find out about and get to know the artists. They also post a
lot of live footage from the bands. Not only that he also has his own website where he posts music
videos and live sessions that he has either filmed/directed or edited. It also contains information
about himself as a director.

2. The camera work in Trash Talks music video is mainly
shot close up and also in first person. The idea around
this is that the audience feels more involved, bringing
the video down to a more personal level. It begins with
a man who is talking to the camera; this is a first person
shot as though the man is actually talking to you. You
also have the men behind him who are staring right
into the camera, furthering the impression that they
are looking at you. As he is talking towards the end
flash clips of a man, in what looks like his home start
appearing. You then hear a buzz that gets louder until it
drops and goes into the song. After the initial 42-
second introduction the following clips are very fast, cut
shots ranging from long shots to close ups. In the
majority of the clips you do not see his full body; it tries
to focus on the act rather than the man. This is the
same throughout; the only real change that is noted
that it has been shot throughout the day, as it gets
darker towards the end of the song.
This video lives up to the hard-core band music typecast. That is that this type of genre is far more
that just music; it can bring a person to life. It doesn’t matter who you are or whether or not you can
play an instrument, the music allows free expression. Often this can be shown through aggression,
which is more often than not too brutal in most circumstances for the laid back mainstream
listener.Bands are willing to push all the boundaries when it comes to breaking the rules when
making music, they are unstoppable message that screams from the seams that they are different
from the countless trends that are around today.What hard-core does is bring everyone together
and this is the exact message that the man was saying at the start of the video. Forget stereotypes,
they mean nothing, it is the media that is separating people, it doesn’t matter who you are. They
broadcast this message at the start showing their roots and where they are coming from not only as
a band but also as a genre. Another great video that shows their diversity and views are this video
here. It contains interviews with all the different people at one of their shows. This follows the genre
by meeting with the routs and bringing it to today’s standards, it then leads off into its only path,
which is left for own personal interpretation.

3. The Land of Nod
is a place in the
Book of Genesis
of the Hebrew In the land of nod, he who sleeps with both eyes open is god.
bible. God is not only
And makes a living off of killing the living one at a time. responsible for the
good things; everything
I am your hammer and sickle I am your ball and chain
God only there that happens is under
while the brain is I am your brain on drugs his watch.
on drugs in their
imagination I seek the peak of bliss and ZZZ is all I wish
He sees all that is
Reflected in conniption fits I'm jaundiced, gaunted, sick sicksick. Awake.
good but wishes
I sleep through day after day but I just want to stay awake that he could stop
His life is tough,
but he would just I know the path is steep but still I seek the king of sleep
like to step down
Amassed in moss, this ivory face I see cannot be me
and relax
Tie me off, come on and string me out
Collapse the highways to my heart straight from the horse’s mouth
I am the hole in your pocket I am your ball and chain
I am your brain on drugs
I seek the peak of bliss and ZZZ is all I wish
Reflected in conniption fits I'm jaundiced gaunted sick sicksick awake
There is not many relations between what is happening visually in the video to what the lyrics are
too the song. I believe the video is more there to be open to interpretation and be able to take it
how you see it, personally I believe what they’re trying to portray by the relationship between the
lyrics and the video is that god may be known whenever something good in life happens, people are
very thankful for, but once something bad has happened it’s never mentioned, god would never be
blamed or thought of because he is what people believe in. The video shows a man dressed in black
running around freely, destroying things and taking what he wants, this I believe is a representation
to the other side of god that people will not talk about. I also don’t believe that the band are
religious; ‘I am your brain on drugs’ showing that god may only be there when you’re imagining him
while on drugs. In the video the man is nearly always alone apart from getting a light from a
homeless man and also when jumping into the swimming pool, so he is never seen interacting with
many people another reason to show that only some people believe.
I believe the relation to the music and video is perfect. The way the music starts coming in at the
start as the man is talking you know it is going to hit and you’re waiting for it. When it does it jumps
straight into fast cutting, close up shooting of the man dressed all in black skating around Los
Angeles. The music is very heavy and has a fast tempo, from start to finish which is exactly how the
editing is also, fast cuts, shaking camera, smashing things, smoking, skating all things shown in little
bits but give you everything that is going on at the same time. Because the pace of the music is on-
going throughout the song the video has no need to change its pace either, it stays fast.