LoneLady - Intuition

What this video is

Released in late 2009 / early 2010 as the second of two 7-inch singles ahead of LoneLady's debut album Nerve Up on Warp Records, 'Intuition' arrived at a moment of renewed critical interest in UK post-punk minimalism. LoneLady (Julie Campbell), a Manchester-based multi-instrumentalist and Fine Art graduate, had developed her sound through years of lo-fi home recording in a tower block, channelling the sparse…

Why it matters

As a key artifact from LoneLady's debut era on Warp, this video document is significant in the post-punk revival canon for its uncompromising rejection of visual artifice. Its zero-cut, near-static format aligns with a tradition of austere performance videos in the post-punk and DIY indie lineage,…