Loma - Half Silences

What this video is

Released first as a standalone Sub Pop single in March 2019 and re-issued with its final mix in August 2020 ahead of Don't Shy Away (October 23, 2020), 'Half Silences' occupies a liminal moment in Loma's discography — a bridge single between their acclaimed 2018 debut and their sophomore album. The video reflects a broader 2018–2020 indie-folk tendency toward anti-spectacle, DIY production values, and intimate…

Why it matters

Loma occupies a rare intersection of slowcore, art-folk, and chamber-ambient within the Sub Pop catalog, a lineage that includes Low and Grouper. 'Half Silences' — both song and video — is a defining artifact of the early-2020s DIY art-folk aesthetic: durational, non-narrative, and built around…

The director

Loma is the Austin/Dripping Springs, Texas-based trio of Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg and Cross Record members Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski, signed to Sub Pop Records. Their self-titled debut appeared in February 2018 to critical acclaim. Sam…