LoneLady - Bunkerpop

What this video is

Released February 2015 as the lead single from LoneLady's second album Hinterland (Warp Records, March 2015), 'Bunkerpop' situates itself in a distinctly Northern English post-punk lineage descending from Joy Division, Section 25, and The Fall. The choice of a WWII bunker on Hull's coastline as the visual setting — a brutalist structure laden with historical resonance — reinforces Campbell's stated artistic…

Why it matters

Bunkerpop occupies a significant position in the 2010s UK art-pop landscape, bridging Warp Records' experimental heritage with the post-punk revival's renewed interest in spatial, industrial, and politically charged aesthetics. The video's location-driven austerity and performance-art sensibility…

The director

Juliet Ellis is a Sheffield-born, New York-based interdisciplinary filmmaker, actor, performance artist, and theatre maker. Her feature film Ruby (2021) won Best Drama at the Berlin Independent Film Festival and the Fellini Award at Austin Arthouse Film…