Mi'ens - Rifft Valley

Name: Mi'ens - Rifft Valley
Uploaded: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released September 25, 2020 on Kill Rock Stars — a label with deep roots in 1990s riot grrrl and feminist indie rock — 'Rifft Valley' arrives during a period of heightened DIY music-video production driven by YouTube distribution and the pandemic-era collapse of touring revenue. The track is part of Future Child, an album that, per the…

2020 · Post-Internet Indie/Math Rock Era (2018–2022) · music video

2020Post-Internet Indie/Math Rock Era (2018–2022)Math rock / noise rock underground — Vancouver DIY scene, Kill Rock Stars indie lineage

What this video is

Released September 25, 2020 on Kill Rock Stars — a label with deep roots in 1990s riot grrrl and feminist indie rock — 'Rifft Valley' arrives during a period of heightened DIY music-video production driven by YouTube distribution and the pandemic-era collapse of touring revenue. The track is part of Future Child, an album that, per the band, explores 'childhood nostalgia for a near-past utopia' amid contemporary…

Why it matters

Represents the early-2020s maturation of the Vancouver math/noise-rock scene, bridging art rock, post-rock, and experimental electronics within a two-piece format. As a Kill Rock Stars release, the video participates in a lineage of feminist indie visual culture, while its polyrhythmic editorial…

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