Yumi And The Weather - All We Can

What this video is

Released in October 2013 as the lead track from Yumi And The Weather's debut EP on XVI Records, 'All We Can' arrived at a moment when Brighton's DIY indie-electronic scene was generating significant UK blog-hype. The project is the solo work of Ruby Taylor, who self-produced all tracks at home in Brighton under the name 'Yumislavia Studios.' The EP drew attention from tastemaker outlets including XLR8R, The Line of…

Why it matters

Represents an early and critically noted artefact of the UK bedroom-pop / chillwave crossover, fusing lo-fi beach garage textures with atmospheric synths and bass-driven pop structures. The track and its visual document are emblematic of how artists in the 2012–2014 Brighton scene leveraged…

The director

Ciarán Wood (b. 1988, Liverpool, UK) is a London-based artist working primarily with video installation. His practice originates in historical and personal video footage, using the medium to revisit and reposition events, often questioning its function in…