Photo by Ben Stas

New England post-hardcore outfit Actor Observer are back with their first single since 2022. It’s called “Found Wanting” and it comes with an absolutely riotous video. The clip pits the band against an antagonistic papier-mâché goose who serves as the embodiment for all Internet haters and their own self doubt. 

For what the band has described as a “shoestring budget,” the video sports some pretty extraordinary editing and cinematography from Ben Eames as well as production design and direction from Greg Marquis and Michelle Mee. There are stunts, great uses of light, and splashes of visual comedy. The signature goose prop is well realized and, like the shark in Jaws, gains power from how sparingly it’s shown. 

And it wouldn’t be an AO video without some iconic locations. “Found Wanting” was filmed inside the legendary Model Cafe and in the snowy woods of Beaver Brook Reservation in Belmont.

Watch the full video below and comment “wild_g00se_69.”