There’s something inherently funny about watching a music video about information overload on the exact device responsible for most of it. Trevor Finlay knows that, and rather than fighting the contradiction, he makes it the centerpiece of the official video for “A Little Too Much.”
The Nashville-based blues-rock artist has spent more than three decades building a career on musicianship, personality, and a refusal to take himself too seriously. “A Little Too Much” taps directly into that combination, turning the exhausting realities of modern screen culture into something considerably more entertaining.
Written with Finlay’s late longtime friend and collaborator Robert K. Wolf, the song takes aim at the endless stream of information that has become part of everyday life. Breakups, outrage, opinions, arguments, updates—we know more about strangers than we ever asked to, yet somehow we keep scrolling.
Finlay doesn’t approach the subject with a lecture. Instead, he finds the humor in our collective inability to look away.
That perspective becomes even sharper in the self-directed and self-edited music video. Filmed to resemble a livestream, Finlay and his band are packed inside the vertical portrait frame of a smartphone. It’s simple, clever, and perfectly suited to the song: the screen becomes both the delivery system and the subject of the joke.
There’s also a refreshingly DIY quality to the visual. Finlay’s decision to direct and edit the video himself gives it the same personality that drives the track. Rather than feeling like a separate promotional piece attached to the song, the video functions as another part of its storytelling.
Musically, “A Little Too Much” remains firmly rooted in Finlay’s blues-rock foundation, but there’s a playful rhythmic energy underneath it. The recording also marks a first for the veteran musician, bringing the loop-pedal technique he has long incorporated into his acoustic performances into the studio to help create the track’s rhythmic foundation.
That sense of movement is important. A song about information overload could easily become heavy-handed, but Finlay keeps things moving with humor, groove, and self-awareness. He isn’t telling listeners to delete their social media accounts or throw their phones into the nearest river. He’s acknowledging that he’s caught in the same cycle as everyone else—and even adding another piece of content to it.
Beneath the humor is something considerably more personal. Wolf’s passing gives “A Little Too Much” another layer of meaning. What sounds on the surface like a witty commentary on modern life is also part of a creative partnership that continues through the songs the two friends left behind.
That balance between humor and substance is where Finlay is particularly effective. After a career that has included sharing stages with James Brown, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Chris Isaak, and Charlie Daniels, he doesn’t have much left to prove musically. Instead, he sounds like an artist comfortable enough in his own identity to have some fun with the world around him.
Following June’s “Shut the Hell Up,” “A Little Too Much” continues Finlay’s current run of singles leading toward his seventh studio album. If these releases are any indication, he isn’t interested in simply revisiting classic blues-rock territory. He’s using those musical foundations to comment on the world he’s living in now.
And in a culture where everyone seems to have a little too much information, content, outrage, and screen time, Finlay manages to add something to the feed that might actually be worth stopping for.
