Beach House - Silver Soul

What this video is

Released in early 2010, 'Silver Soul' emerged during a fertile period for American indie dream pop, coinciding with Beach House's transition from cult favorites to critical darlings via Sub Pop. The video's handmade, artist-directed quality reflects the DIY ethos of the Baltimore art scene and the broader indie culture of the late 2000s, in which musicians frequently self-produced visual material. The silver…

Why it matters

A canonical artifact of the 2010s dream pop revival, 'Silver Soul' crystallizes the genre's hallmarks: oceanic reverb, slow tempos, and imagery that favors the subconscious over the literal. The video's artist-directed minimalism set a template for lo-fi conceptual videos within the indie space,…

The director

Victoria Legrand is the lead vocalist and keyboardist/organist of Beach House, the Baltimore-based dream pop duo she co-founded with Alex Scally. She is the niece of French film composer Michel Legrand. 'Silver Soul' marks her debut as a music video…