Naima Bock - Giant Palm

What this video is

Released April 2022 as the lead single and title track of Naima Bock's debut album (Sub Pop / Memorials of Distinction, July 1 2022), 'Giant Palm' emerges at the intersection of post-lockdown creative freedom and South-East London's deeply communal DIY folk underground. Bock, born in Glastonbury to a Brazilian father and a Greek mother and a former member of Goat Girl, brings a cross-cultural sensibility—Brazilian…

Why it matters

A landmark artefact of the 2020s UK indie-folk revival, 'Giant Palm' synthesises bossa nova melodicism, European folk songcraft, and post-punk South-East London community spirit under a Sub Pop platform with global reach. Its analogue-synth instrumentation and gauzy video aesthetic signal a…

The director

Max McLachlan is a director and editor from Scotland, living and working in London. He is a graduate of Westminster Film School, where he directed the short film Tonight with Roger Goodman (2018, nominated Best Student Director, Oakland Short Film Festival)…