Coconut Cream - Safety Net

What this video is

Released November 24, 2021, 'Safety Net' arrived at a moment when Australian independent music was experiencing a resurgence of intimate, confessional songwriting. Coconut Cream — signed to Broth Records, a label founded by former Gang Of Youths guitarist Joji Malani — represented a wave of Sydney Conservatorium-trained musicians fusing shoegaze textures with emotionally direct indie-pop. The self-shot video…

Why it matters

A key single in the 2021–2022 Australian indie-pop revival, 'Safety Net' demonstrates the shoegaze-inflected, confessional strand of the genre descending from Lush and Slowdive. Its self-shot video represents the democratisation of music video production in the streaming era, where DIY aesthetics…