Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - My Echo

What this video is

Released on April 5, 2022, 'My Echo' was the third single from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's third album 'Endless Rooms' (Sub Pop / Ivy League, May 6, 2022). The song and video emerged directly from Melbourne's prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, during which band members were unable to rehearse together. The song's thematic core — screen dependency, paranoia, and temporal dislocation — made the warehouse…

Why it matters

Represents the melodic, guitar-driven strand of 2020s Australian indie rock operating in the lineage of jangle pop and post-punk. The video's aesthetic — warm underexposure, warehouse setting, long takes — typifies the no-frills visual grammar of the Melbourne indie scene and reflects a broader…

The director

Nick Mckk (also credited as Nick McKinlay) is a Melbourne/Blue Mountains-based Australian director, cinematographer, and editor known for his prolific work within the Australian indie music video scene. He has served as director, DOP, and editor across a…