Six Finger Satellite — Parlour Games (2025 Remaster)

JUL 01 2025 · 12:00

Six Finger Satellite — Parlour Games (2025 Remaster) (2025) Director: Guy Benoit Era: Post-Punk Synth Revival / Archival Remaster Era (2025) - 30th anniversary reissue context; original footage ca. 1995, repackaged for Sub Pop's Severe Exposure Deluxe Edition High curatorial value as a dual-layer artifact: both a primary document of Six Finger Satellite's mid-1990s underground moment and a 2025 archival act of cultural preservation by Sub Pop. The video's Beavis and Butt-Head provenance, DIY director (Guy Benoit of Thee Hydrogen Terrors), and low-budget VHS aesthetic make it an exemplary case study in 1990s indie video culture. Its reissue as an official video for the Severe Exposure Deluxe Edition 30th Anniversary makes it additionally valuable for research into contemporary archival and remastering practices. Context: Originally produced in 1995 as a low-budget music video for Six Finger Satellite's Sub Pop single 'Parlour Games' from the album Severe Exposure, the clip gained outsized cultural traction when it aired on Beavis and Butt-Head — a significant validator of underground credibility in the mid-1990s MTV ecosystem. The 2025 reissue places this artifact within the broader context of Sub Pop's 30th anniversary celebration of Severe Exposure, repositioning Six Finger Satellite's fusion of caustic post-punk and synthesizer-driven rhythm as a prescient antecedent to the early 2000s dance-punk revival championed by acts like LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture. The video functions as a primary document of Providence's tightly networked DIY underground scene. Director notes: The original 'Parlour Games' video — described across multiple sources as a low-budget production — was directed by Guy Benoit circa 1995 for the single from Six Finger Satellite's Sub Pop album Severe Exposure. The video achieved notable cultural visibility when it was featured in an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head. The 2025 official video release appears to be a remastered or re-presented version of this original footage, issued in conjunction with Sub Pop's Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition (30th Anniversary) on September 12, 2025.