'The Band That Shot Themselves In The Foot': Glide Doco 'DISAPPEAR HERE' Gets Trailer

A documentary about the beloved Sydney band Glide has been a long time coming. Filmmaker Ben deHoedt teased the release back in 2019.

Disappear Here, deHoedt’s documentary film on Glide, follows the recent release of the filmmaker’s Never Leave Town - Live In Sydney screenings based on another beloved Aussie indie rock band, Bluebottle Kiss.

Ben deHoedt initially announced the project in 2019 under the name Tangled, but its new name, Disappear Here—the title of the second Glide album—is more appropriate for what he’s created.

In the trailer below, the band discusses being “the band that shot themselves in the foot” after denying signing lucrative record deals, with Tim Rogers of You Am I fame detailing his love for the band.

Formed in 1991 and fronted by William Arthur, Glide released their debut album, Open Up & Croon, in 1995 and went on to tour with Blur and Lush.

Glide released their second LP, Disappear Here, in 1996 before Arthur passed away in 1999. In 2000, the indie-rock outfit released their third and final album, Last.

Discussing the completion of Disappear Here, deHoedt explained:

I've always been a film guy, and when I set out to make this documentary, I aimed to create something that has a universality to it: a documentary that isn't just for music doc fans, and a music doc that isn't just for Glide fans.

William's songs have their own personality, and so does this film. Despite having such limited means to make this with (I was the entire film crew), I made this to be seen on a cinema screen, and it's going to work really well in that presentation. I just need to make sure I've got the awareness happening so that screenings can be booked! 

I encourage every film and music lover out there to spread the word. Independent filmmaking needs all the support it can get.

In a 2022 interview with The Music about the project, deHoedt said, “Glide were such an influential band to me throughout the ‘90s. William Arthur's darkly evocative and often ambiguous lyrics, spectral and pastoral chord voicings, and beautifully gnarled sense of harmony was a kind of cathartic sorcery to me. I wanted to write songs like that. Even in their more straight-ahead pop songs, something in there makes you want to listen again and live in that world for a little longer.

“I knew that if Glide were the subject of my next documentary, I would have more than enough love and care for their story, and William's story, to sustain my passion throughout the process.”

Check out the trailer for Disappear Here below.