Bria Salmena - Dreaming My Dreams With You

What this video is

Released in August 2021 during the tail end of pandemic-era social isolation, this video emerges from a project conceived in the depths of 2020 when Salmena chose to forgo original songwriting and instead curate a set of country covers as a form of emotional mirror-holding. The EP Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 was recorded at a hobby farm in Hockley Hills, Ontario, giving the video its rural, domestic visual register. The…

Why it matters

Represents a significant moment in the 2020s queer Americana revival, situating Toronto post-punk musicians within a tradition of subversive country interpretation. The video's ultra-minimal, single-shot aesthetic rejects the spectacle of mainstream country music video production in favour of a…

The director

Bria Salmena is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, frontwoman of post-punk band FRIGS (whose 2018 debut Basic Behaviour was Polaris Prize long-listed) and a permanent member of Orville Peck's live band. She co-directed this video alongside…