Dubstar - No More Talk

What this video is

Released in July 1997 on Food Records (EMI), 'No More Talk' was the lead single from Dubstar's second album 'Goodbye', arriving at a pivotal moment when Britpop's commercial dominance was beginning to fracture. Dubstar—comprising Sarah Blackwood, Steve Hillier, and Chris Wilkie—occupied a synthpop niche distinct from the guitar-rock mainstream, drawing comparisons to Pet Shop Boys and The Smiths. The single reached…

Why it matters

A representative artefact of mid-1990s UK alternative synthpop's emotional and visual register—melancholic, underlit, and art-directed with restrained austerity. The video is historically significant as an early directing credit for Chris Cunningham, whose subsequent work would reshape music video…

The director

English music video director and video artist born in Reading, Berkshire, 1970. Early career included comic book illustration, prosthetics, and animatronics work on films including Judge Dredd (1995) and over a year on Kubrick's A.I. project. Became one of…