Lael Neale - Every Star Shivers in the Dark

What this video is

Released October 21, 2020, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, this video arrived as Lael Neale's debut single for Sub Pop Records — a label historically associated with American indie and alternative underground culture. The video's self-directed, lo-fi, observational aesthetic reflects both the material constraints of pandemic-era production and a deliberate artistic philosophy rooted in minimalism…

Why it matters

A landmark entry in the 2020s minimalist indie-folk revival, this video and its accompanying single established Lael Neale's visual and sonic signature: spare two-chord compositions, Omnichord-driven church-organ warmth, and self-directed, documentary-style visuals that reject music video…

The director

Lael Neale is a Virginia-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and visual artist. She released her debut album I'll Be Your Man in 2015. In 2019 she began home-recording with an Omnichord, leading to her Sub Pop signing. She has directed her own music…