Bria Salmena - Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)

What this video is

Released January 17, 2023, ahead of Bria's Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 EP (Sub Pop / Royal Mountain Records, February 24, 2023), this video arrives at the peak of a Canadian alt-country renaissance driven by queer and feminist artists reinterpreting the genre's patriarchal canon. Bria — the project of Toronto post-punk veterans Bria Salmena and Duncan Hay Jennings, both formerly of FRIGS and Orville Peck's touring band —…

Why it matters

This video documents a pivotal moment in the 2021–2023 Canadian alt-country underground: the wholesale queering and post-punk-ification of classic country source material under the Sub Pop banner. Bria's cover chain — from Loretta Lynn's 1967 first-wave feminist country to a 2023 punky dance-pop…

The director

Andrew Matthews is a Canadian video director whose work has appeared in the Sub Pop Records ecosystem. He co-directed Bria's 'Green Rocky Road' video (2021) with Maitland Austin-Olsen, and returned as sole director for the 'Don't Come Home A-Drinkin''…