Curve - Coast Is Clear (Video)

What this video is

Released in May 1991, 'Coast Is Clear' arrives at a pivotal moment in UK alternative music—the same year My Bloody Valentine released 'Loveless' and shoegaze crystallized as a genre identity. Curve, formed in 1990 and signed to Dave Stewart's Anxious Records, occupied a niche where shoegaze textures, post-punk aggression, and electronic programming converged. The video's monochrome performance aesthetic—directed by…

Why it matters

As a foundational shoegaze/noise-pop artifact from 1991, this video documents Curve's role in bridging the gap between post-punk electronics and the guitar-wall texturalism of the shoegaze movement. The rapid editing pace (avg shot 1.52s) is atypical for shoegaze's usually slow-burn visual…

The director

Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (born 31 January 1962, London) is an English music video director who has directed over 300 music videos. She trained at Central St Martins and earned a postgraduate degree in Film and Television at the Royal College of Art. Her…