Shoegaze Origins and info Shoegaze can be described as a transient amorphous wall of sound characterised by distinctly hazy guitar and washed-out, often inaudible vocals, as if a noisy rock band were submerged in glue. Perhaps the best way to understand it is a genre is in the name itself. NME coined the name ‘shoegaze’ because the bands […]
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Album Review: Beach House – Thank Your Lucky Stars
Beach House Thank Your Lucky Stars 16 October 2015, Sub Pop Only a couple months after the release of Depression Cherry, dream pop band, Beach House, have dropped yet another album: Thank Your Lucky Stars. A flow of haunting sounds wash over you as you listen to Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally’s latest creation: […]
Album Review: Beach House – Depression Cherry
Beach House Depression Cherry 28 August 2015, Sub Pop The music of Beach House has always been sedate, wave-like and moving; the kind of songs you would listen to whilst drenching yourself in the sun’s rays on a deserted Caribbean coastline. With the arrival of Depression Cherry, it becomes startlingly clear that this is […]