Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight

What this video is

Released April 10, 2018 as a lead single from Hope Downs — Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's debut full-length on Sub Pop Records — 'Talking Straight' arrived at the crest of a significant wave of critical interest in Australian indie rock internationally. The band had built momentum through their 2016 EP Talk Tight and 2017's The French Press, earning festival slots at Coachella and Primavera Sound. The song was…

Why it matters

A landmark single in the mid-2010s jangle-pop and dolewave revival, 'Talking Straight' exemplifies the Melbourne guitar-pop tradition updated for the Sub Pop international indie market. Genres cited include indie rock, jangle pop, and dolewave — placing the band in a lineage from the Go-Betweens…

The director

Australian-based freelance film director, photographer, and visual artist. Credits include music videos for San Cisco, Jack River, Kllo, Birds of Tokyo, Tame Impala, Melody's Echo Chamber, Confidence Man, Pond, Peking Duk, Spacey Jane, Methyl Ethyl, and…