Kyle Craft - Broken Mirror Pose

What this video is

Released May 21, 2019 as a lead single from Showboat Honey (Sub Pop, July 12, 2019), 'Broken Mirror Pose' sits at the intersection of Portland's thriving DIY indie rock ecosystem and a broader late-2010s critical appetite for vintage-referencing rock songwriting. Kyle Craft & Showboat Honey self-produced the album at Moonbase Studios, a band-owned facility, embodying an ethos of full creative sovereignty…

Why it matters

Exemplifies the late-2010s indie glam rock revival, fusing 1970s rock theatricality with Pacific Northwest DIY production values. The track and its video demonstrate how Sub Pop-affiliated artists in this era recontextualized vintage aesthetics through fully self-produced pipelines, contributing…

The director

Kyle Craft is a Portland-based singer-songwriter signed to Sub Pop Records, known for albums Dolls of Highland (2016) and Showboat Honey (2019). Showboat Honey was co-produced by Craft, Kevin Clark, and Billy Slater at their own Moonbase Studios in Portland.…