Goldrush - Wait For The Wheels

What this video is

Goldrush emerged from the Oxford indie scene built around the Bennett brothers' own Truck Records label and annual Truck Festival, operating as a self-sustaining independent ecosystem apart from the mainstream UK music industry. After being dropped by Virgin Records in 2002 following their debut Don't Bring Me Down, the band pivoted toward transatlantic Americana influences and the US independent circuit, recording…

Why it matters

Represents the mid-2000s UK Americana-inflected indie rock wave — a strain of British music deeply indebted to Neil Young, The Band, and shoegaze — that operated largely outside mainstream charts. Goldrush were emblematic of a generation of Oxford-area bands who built careers through independent…