‘Everyone was going full pelt’: how Giddy Stratospheres captured indie’s hedonistic 00s

The euphoria and tragedy of the 00s indie music scene are the subject of Giddy Stratospheres. Is it accurate? Klaxons, the Long Blondes, New Young Pony Club and more look back - and give their verdict

If you ever ran for a dawn train after a narcotic all-nighter in 2007 with The Rat by the Walkmen pounding through your liquified brain and a hip flask of breakfast vodka" in your pocket, expect flashbacks from the opening moments of Giddy Stratospheres, director Laura Jean Marsh's debut film set amid the euphoria, hedonism and tragedy of the 00s indie rock scene.

We were all so young, feeling invincible and wanting it not to end," says Marsh, who put on gigs by bands such as the Horrors and Black Wire at her Dolly Rockers club night, hosted parties for the Mighty Boosh and sang with guitar pop band Screaming Ballerinas before moving on to acting and video directing.