Brandon Berry is fascinated with media and quite good at it. He’s an talented writer with a knack for thoughtful critique and wonderfully creative videographer. He’s also one of our time’s most infectious songwriters and a powerpop genius.

Amusing Ourselves to Death is a public discourse on society’s relationship with media written in 1985 by Neil Postman which takes a cautionary stance on the rise of digital information and entertainment. The aptly named new album by The Paint Splats of the same title takes a much more cheeky position and finds a narrator obsessed with formats of yesteryear - video tapes,