LoneLady - Marble

What this video is

Released in the period surrounding LoneLady's debut album Nerve Up (Warp, February 2010), 'Marble' sits at the intersection of Manchester's post-punk heritage and early-2010s DIY indie aesthetics. Julie Campbell recorded the album in a purpose-built breeze-block room inside a crumbling mill in Miles Platting, East Manchester, a methodology that directly informed both the sonic and visual character of all associated…

Why it matters

As a track from the debut album of an artist widely received as a significant voice in post-punk revival, 'Marble' and its accompanying video document a moment of deliberate aesthetic counter-positioning: against glossy HD promo culture then ascendant, LoneLady deployed extreme visual restraint…