Hinds - British Mind

What this video is

Released in October 2018 as a standalone post-album single described by the band as 'an epilogue for I Don't Run,' 'British Mind' captures Hinds at the peak of their touring-band identity. The song and video reflect the experience of being a Spanish band perpetually on the road in the UK — the lyrical concept, coined by guitarist Ana Perrote, interrogates the British cultural obsession with sunshine as a metaphor…

Why it matters

Hinds occupy a singular position in the 2010s garage rock revival as a Spanish-language-rooted, English-singing DIY band drawing from Velvet Underground, C86, and 1960s pop-rock. 'British Mind' and its video exemplify how the band weaponized their outsider perspective — as Spaniards in British…