Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Falling Thunder

What this video is

Released May 5, 2020, during the first wave of global COVID-19 lockdowns, 'Falling Thunder' stands as a document of pandemic-era creative adaptation. The band's original vision — a performance video in a Melbourne hall named for the Aeolian immigrant community — was abandoned when lockdown was imposed. The repurposed smartphone footage transforms the video into an accidental meditation on diaspora, place, and…

Why it matters

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever occupy a pivotal position in the 2010s–2020s Melbourne indie guitar revival, alongside peers such as Courtney Barnett and Camp Cope. 'Falling Thunder' exemplifies their hallmark of melodic density and three-vocalist interplay within a tightly coiled post-punk…

The director

Jamieson Moore is a visual artist and friend of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. She is credited across multiple press sources (Sub Pop, The FADER, DIY, Rolling Stone AU, Louder Sound) as the footage provider and de facto visual creator of the 'Falling…