BETWEEN FRIENDS - gushers

What this video is

Released in February 2021 during the height of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, 'gushers' arrived as part of BETWEEN FRIENDS' prolific lockdown creative output. The Los Angeles-based sibling duo, Brandon and Savannah Hudson, spent the lockdown period producing their entire 25-track mixtape 'i like when you shine!' largely in-house — a project they described as 'a diary of sorts and a sonic experiment.' The band's…

Why it matters

BETWEEN FRIENDS occupies a distinct niche in early-2020s alt-pop, blending bedroom pop, laptop pop, R&B influence, and shoegaze-adjacent dream textures. 'gushers' exemplifies the sub-2:35 track format characteristic of the mixtape generation, and its accompanying video reflects the lo-fi visual…