is there anything that's like this but a little more
how would I even put this
like, easier to pull apart? I feel like everything in this record sort of coalesces into this gelatinous mash of sound. Which isn't bad, but I prefer things where I can pick stuff out more easily.
^^ So I've heard. Somehow I have yet to get around to it.
The other two shoegaze records which have that sort of critical status, by the way, are My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and Ride's Nowhere. Interestingly, all of these bands burnt out only a few albums into their careers before reforming years later.
There are other relevant shoegaze bands and albums but those three come up the most outside of really nerdy circles.
^ The Chameleons, first two albums. They sort of pre-date shoegaze per se but they were one of the first bands to have that guitar sound while still basically being a fairly energetic post-punk act at their core. (Their third is also good but you'll want to hear the first two first and make up your mind on them.)
Incidental shoegaze-related thing: I came to the realisation recently, as noted in my metal journal thread, that Have a Nice Life's Deathconsciousness is basically a Lifelover record with clean vocals and weirder production, yet I have yet to see another person make this comparison.
Also, you could honestly sum up a lot of shoegaze as a sequel to either that or "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", although that does seem to be the one described as such in particular.
@Jane: As a huge Starflyer 59 fan, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention their first album, Silver, might be to your liking. That one's either on the very tail end of the first wave of shoegaze, or the very beginning of the second wave.
I've been getting a kick out of RYM recently (a friend on TVT introduced me) but like
I'm amazed at how pretentious the community is at times
I mean, I was just reading the reviews for Halsey's Badlands and one guy was going on about how it was the "worst album [he] forced [himself] to get all the way through" and some other dude was basically implying he could only listen to the thing in bursts before wearing himself out and it dumbfounds me that pop music can even make people get so hyperbolic
RYM is mostly self-impressed bullshit and all the album scores for anything poppier than The Bends or more challenging than Kid A are wildly deflated by the sheer mass of people who Don't Get It. There are pleasant exceptions—an acquaintance on TVT introduced me to an awesome list of weird metal bands—but it's a bit like Reddit for music.
i mean, he has a point, this is definitely the sound of a band biting off more than it can chew (the bits where they try to get overtly technical with it are really amateurish and awkward) but it's pretty fun
and, y'know, the world needs more knockoff Tom Warrior vox stapled to voivod-ish riffs
RYM is mostly self-impressed bullshit and all the album scores for anything poppier than The Bends or more challenging than Kid A are wildly deflated by the sheer mass of people who Don't Get It. There are pleasant exceptions—an acquaintance on TVT introduced me to an awesome list of weird metal bands—but it's a bit like Reddit for music.
RYM is mostly self-impressed bullshit and all the album scores for anything poppier than The Bends or more challenging than Kid A are wildly deflated by the sheer mass of people who Don't Get It. There are pleasant exceptions—an acquaintance on TVT introduced me to an awesome list of weird metal bands—but it's a bit like Reddit for music.
It also links to a whole bunch of other neat, at times hilarious lists of out-there metal acts. The only major personal oversights I can see on this list are Book of Sand and any given Vladimir Cochet project, but it makes up for it in having introduced me to Utarm, which they describe as black metal!Ramleh and they're not wrong.
Except the ones about being a wife cheated on, which for some reason get more tedious thinkpieces written about them
"Um, actually, Carrie Underwood didn't have evidence sufficient in a court of law-" this is a fantasy revenge song written to convey thoughts and feelings that don't have to conform to the categorical imperative, you thinkpiece writing weirdo.
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The other two shoegaze records which have that sort of critical status, by the way, are My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and Ride's Nowhere. Interestingly, all of these bands burnt out only a few albums into their careers before reforming years later.
There are other relevant shoegaze bands and albums but those three come up the most outside of really nerdy circles.
^ The Chameleons, first two albums. They sort of pre-date shoegaze per se but they were one of the first bands to have that guitar sound while still basically being a fairly energetic post-punk act at their core. (Their third is also good but you'll want to hear the first two first and make up your mind on them.)
I haven't listened to their later stuff yet, however, which is apparently even more abstract.
Incidental shoegaze-related thing: I came to the realisation recently, as noted in my metal journal thread, that Have a Nice Life's Deathconsciousness is basically a Lifelover record with clean vocals and weirder production, yet I have yet to see another person make this comparison.
What album would you recommend?
Also, you could honestly sum up a lot of shoegaze as a sequel to either that or "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", although that does seem to be the one described as such in particular.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
this album is actually very good for the exact reasons outlined in this review
im so offended right now
I'm amazed at how pretentious the community is at times
I mean, I was just reading the reviews for Halsey's Badlands and one guy was going on about how it was the "worst album [he] forced [himself] to get all the way through" and some other dude was basically implying he could only listen to the thing in bursts before wearing himself out and it dumbfounds me that pop music can even make people get so hyperbolic
and, y'know, the world needs more knockoff Tom Warrior vox stapled to voivod-ish riffs
It also links to a whole bunch of other neat, at times hilarious lists of out-there metal acts. The only major personal oversights I can see on this list are Book of Sand and any given Vladimir Cochet project, but it makes up for it in having introduced me to Utarm, which they describe as black metal!Ramleh and they're not wrong.
^ I recalled as much!
huh
he's a bit of a snob when it comes to tunes and "real emo" but he said he digs them
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden passed away last night.