shoegaze
Track: Wolf Alice – ‘Storms’
We’ve mentioned London band Wolf Alice before and were very impressed by their darker shoegazey sound. This is never more evident than in their new single “Storms”, streamed here: A wall of fuzzy guitars cut by lilting, yearning vocals and smashed out of the court by a driving chorus. It’s lovely. This band is being touted as …
Rising: We talk with Edinburgh post-rockers Wozniak
We were sort of captured when we heard ‘El Maresme’, the latest single by Edinburgh’s Wozniak. We’ve heard layers of guitars before, but this was something else. Moody, downcast even, but writhing beneath layer upon complex layer of effects laden guitars. Our minds might not be the strongest things out there, but they were well …
Track: The Library is on Fire – 1913
Out right now is Brooklyn three piece The Library is on Fire’s new album, Halcyon and Surrounding Areas and third single to be taken from it 1913. The band, Steve Five, Pete Sustarsic and Travin Tonn, make this kind of shoegaze, gothy music that has these dreamy shards of hopefulness, joy even, that sparkle particularly …
Track: Toy – Conductor (Tom Furse Remix), plus US tour dates
We’ve been fans of Toy here on Backseat Mafia for a long time. Their updated take on psychedelia, with added sophistication and a sprinkle of shoegaze and noise has floated our boat since we first heard of them. We’re not the only ones to fall for the London five-piece and the band are currently preparing …
Track: L A C E D release the shimmering Shoegaze of Celeste
Birmingham five piece L A C E D have followed up last years Jade Vine with a new track, Celeste. Its taken from their forthcoming EP, New Bloom, out soon (can’t do better than that right now I’m afraid) on Rattle Pop records. The track is a wash of noise and guitar feedback, but it’s …
Album Review: Nothing – Guilty Of Everything
One of the most arresting, pounding, and quite beautiful 40 minutes you could spend would be with Nothing’s Guilty Of Everything. Imagine this vast black space and you’re staring down into it. It’s scary as hell, and you see no discernible bottom in this cavernous hole. Yet there’s something quite beautiful emanating from it that …
Track: Anto Dust – ‘1955’
If you’re looking for a tune to help you unwind, look no further. Anto Dust’s latest release,’1955’, will whisk you away from the hustle and bustle of daily live, and drop you off in your own private chill out zone. We introduced you to Anto Dust a few weeks back, just to re-cap, Anto Dust …
News: Dead Leaf Echo announce US Tour Dates
The celebrated American Poet Robert Frost noted that “There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.” To be fair to most teachers these days, quail shot …
Album Review: Medicine – To The Happy Few
When you hear a song like “Long As The Sun” -the opener on Medicine’s excellent new album To The Happy Few– you don’t think that this is a band that has essentially been stored in moth balls for 18 years. You think you’re hearing The Beach Boys ran through the Jesus and Mary Chain warpulator. …
Album Review: Whirr-Around
Whirr are lumped into that genre we Generation X oldsters affectionately call “shoegaze”. And while some of my favorite music is lumped into this category, I have to say it’s getting used way too much. It’s become this generic term used to describe anyone that looks at the floor more than ten seconds in order …