Lyla Foy - Honeymoon

What this video is

Released on 18 March 2014 as part of Lyla Foy's debut album 'Mirrors the Sky' on Sub Pop Records, 'Honeymoon' sits within a moment of strong UK indie-pop export to North American audiences via the Seattle label's international A&R push. Foy had transitioned from her bedroom-project alias WALL, signing to Sub Pop in late 2013, and 'Honeymoon' served as one of the album's visual calling cards. The video's stark…

Why it matters

A precise artifact of UK dream pop's 2014 moment — where folk-rooted songwriting met electronic texture and art-film visual language. The video's use of slow-cinema duration, reverse temporal logic, and symbolic material culture (sheet music as artistic self, petals as romance, plumes as…

The director

Mark Donne is a London-based filmmaker and former journalist who co-founded the film collective Brass Moustache with Director of Photography Joe Morris in early 2009. The collective, based in Soho, London, produced short-form political documentaries and…