In 2021, trend forecaster Mandy Lee predicted the return of “indie sleaze”, referring to the hedonistic and unfiltered UK and US indie music scene which stretched from 2006 to 2012. As of March 2023, the Instagram account “@indiesleaze”, which shares images of “the decadence of the mid-late aughts and the indie sleaze party that died in 2012”, has amassed over 135,000 followers.
The appetite is there, then, for Meet Me in the Bathroom. Based on the 2017 book of the same name, the documentary is an oral history of and an “immersive journey through” the New York scene.
