BEACH HOUSE - ＂DRUNK IN LA＂

What this video is

Released September 2018 as part of Beach House's critically acclaimed seventh album '7' (Sub Pop/Bella Union), 'Drunk in LA' emerged during a peak moment for neo-psychedelic dream pop's mainstream critical recognition. The video — directed by album co-producer Sonic Boom, a founding member of Spacemen 3 — represents a rare instance of a legacy psych-rock figure directly shaping the visual language of a contemporary…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of 2010s dream pop's psychedelic turn, this video documents the convergence of shoegaze production lineage (Spacemen 3) with contemporary indie pop. Its complete rejection of performance footage and narrative editing, combined with kaleidoscopic digital processing of real-world…

The director

Peter Kember (b. 19 November 1965), known as Sonic Boom, is an English musician and producer. He co-founded the neo-psychedelic band Spacemen 3 in 1982, active until 1991. Post-Spacemen 3, he recorded under the Spectrum and E.A.R. (Experimental Audio…