BEACH HOUSE -- ＂DARK SPRING＂ - BEACH HOUSE -- ＂DARK SPRING＂

What this video is

Released April 2018 as the opening track and third single from Beach House's seventh album '7' (Sub Pop), 'Dark Spring' emerged during a period of heightened sociopolitical anxiety in the United States. The band explicitly cited the societal conditions of 2016–2017 as a core creative influence, with thematic preoccupations centering on women's roles, collective trauma, and the beauty found in processing darkness.…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of the 2010s dream pop and shoegaze revival, this video exemplifies the era's convergence of high-concept experimental filmmaking with indie music video production. Zia Anger's application of rapid montage, monochromatic abstraction, and collaborative process to a dream pop…

The director

Zia Anger is an American filmmaker and artist known for her experimental approach to moving images. She directed her first feature Always All Ways, Anne Marie (2010–2012), which was rejected by multiple film festivals. She subsequently built a career…