Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Read My Mind

What this video is

Released April 26, 2019 as the B-side to the 'In the Capital' 7-inch on Sub Pop Records, 'Read My Mind' arrived in the wake of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's critically acclaimed debut album Hope Downs (2018), which appeared on numerous year-end best-of lists and established the Melbourne five-piece as leading voices in the international indie guitar-pop resurgence. The video's choice of a rodeo as subject…

Why it matters

Represents the late-2010s wave of Australian jangle/post-punk bands achieving international Sub Pop-backed recognition. The video's total rejection of performance convention—no band footage, no lip-sync, no narrative—in favor of ethnographic documentary marks a significant curatorial statement:…

The director

Warwick Baker is an Australian photographer and filmmaker, described by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever as a close friend and 'respected Australian photographer.' He brought a still-photography sensibility to the 'Read My Mind' video, his approach rooted in…