They Are Gutting a Body of Water put out a collection of previously unreleased tracks earlier this week and they've been kicking my ass. For my money they're the most interesting band making shoegaze/adjacent music right now--doing a whole lot more than just rehashing old sounds. They incorporate electronic music in really cool and sometimes subtle ways, have a bit of a glitch thing going, and work in some breakbeats here and there. Got to see them play in NYC back in March and though it was a very short set, it was most excellent. Had almost DnB-like tracks playing through a sequencer or something in between songs played by the band.
And what's the deal with Philly? Seems to be a pretty clear thruline from Alex G-->Blue Smiley-->TAGABOW. Don't know that I'll be able to find the interviews but I seem to remember the guy from Blue Smiley calling themselves an Alex G tribute band and then another interview with the guy from TAGABOW calling themselves a Blue Smiley tribute band. But each is much more than their influences.
So, anybody else keen on these guys?
― Ubiquitor, Friday, 21 June 2024 18:02 (three months ago) link
What’s the album? Doesn’t seem to ge on their bandcamp page.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 22 June 2024 00:12 (three months ago) link
swanlike (loosies 2020-2023)
It's up on spotify and youtube
― Ubiquitor, Saturday, 22 June 2024 00:33 (three months ago) link
I love TAGABOW. I didn't get into "s" quite as much as Dextiny XL, but I agree completely that they're doing more interesting stuff w/ shoegaze than most.
I am a major sucker for heavy distortion, warped sounds and tons o' fuzz.
You know Blue Smiley's main songwriter passed away several years ago now, yeah?
― alpine static, Saturday, 22 June 2024 07:48 (three months ago) link
"what's the deal with Philly?"
best indie rock scene in America for a decade now, probably? i assume it's because everywhere nearby got too expensive and artists ended up there. (idk, i live 3,000 miles away.)
― alpine static, Saturday, 22 June 2024 07:49 (three months ago) link
Mad not to make the album buyable.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 22 June 2024 11:51 (three months ago) link
Philly is pretty good for independent music and always has been, ime as someone both from here and as someone who left for 15 years only to return. The punk/hc and indie-rock scene of the mid to late 90s was incredible, and it's kept up since then tbh.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 19 July 2024 16:41 (two months ago) link
xpost alpine static, yeah it's a damn shame. Spotify algorithm fired Blue Smiley across my bow a few months before the remaining members put out their previously unreleased material in the fall of '23 and I was utterly crestfallen to hear that the brains behind the operation had passed away. Their music sounds like it comes from a damaged soul, but it has a particularly uplifting quality that I feel can only come from such a source.
― Ubiquitor, Saturday, 20 July 2024 00:24 (two months ago) link
The new album by Orcas (Rafael Anton Irisarri + Benoît Pioulard) came out this week and will make your ears bleed technicolor https://orcasmorr.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-color-a-thousand-mistakes
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Saturday, 20 July 2024 16:53 (two months ago) link
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete in Tijuana last night. (my short review: fuck yeah!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_CgDxFZlJI
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 July 2024 01:40 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq5C6g9L2-c
awesome
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 July 2024 01:53 (two months ago) link
Think I talked about Pink Breath of Heaven earlier in the thread — easily my new favorite SF band and I would have seen them last night again if it wasn’t for finally getting a chance to see Cold Gawd at last. Anyway: new Pink Breath single is out:https://pinkbreathofheaven.bandcamp.com/track/the-wind-is-calling
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 4 August 2024 00:14 (one month ago) link
this popped up on boomkat email this week, probably fits here musically but someone will know more about them than i do
Belong:https://boomkat.com/products/realistic-ix
― koogs, Saturday, 10 August 2024 10:24 (one month ago) link
(i only clicked through because i liked the cover)
alternatively i could scroll back like a page...
― koogs, Saturday, 10 August 2024 10:25 (one month ago) link
The Belong album is so MBV drenched, it’s crazy.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 10 August 2024 13:08 (one month ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2245469/tiktok-has-made-shoegaze-bigger-than-ever/columns/sounding-board/are we talking about this anywhere else?― 龜, wednesday 20 december 2023 10:38 (seven months ago)
are we talking about this anywhere else?
― 龜, wednesday 20 december 2023 10:38 (seven months ago)
Wisp (still only 19 years old) played at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium yesterday and reviews are very positive.
In case you didn't click that, here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foTFjWd21e0
― StanM, Sunday, 18 August 2024 07:06 (one month ago) link
Full Cold Gawd set from July
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTu5UTnBYZk
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 6 September 2024 21:05 (three weeks ago) link
Yup, they're something live, caught them a month back here doing an opening set as mentioned upthread a bit and it killed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 September 2024 21:59 (three weeks ago) link
Is there a good Shoegaze thread?
Joe Dilworth (amazing drummer and photographer*) is releasing a book of his photographs from 1987-1994 from London including many, many acts that were performing in the scene before shoegaze and shoegaze-adjacent was retroactively applied to it. Many appeared in Melody Maker.
*Joe was the original drummer of Stereolab, Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Th' Faith Healers & Add N to (X). His photographs appeared on hundreds of albums, most notably for this thread: the Isn't Anything front and back covers.
https://bildbandberlin.com/collections/all-books/products/joe-dilworth-everything-all-at-once-foreverhardback, limited to 600
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 28 September 2024 02:49 (twenty hours ago) link
Hmm! Very tempted.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 September 2024 02:50 (twenty hours ago) link