Get’s a little mopey in the middle, but otherwise a nice solid, slow-tempo Shoegazer song.
SummerMay hails from Zurich, which, judging from the video, seems to be colored entirely in pastels.
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Shoegazer Sunday: SummerMay’s “Radiance”
Sunday, October 21st, 2012Unreleased Peter Gabriel Demo Album: Before the Flood
Friday, October 19th, 2012In mentioning the unreleased Peter Gabriel tracks I had put up here to a couple of other bloggers, I suddenly realized that it had been a year since I put one up. Well, that’s too long?
How about an entire unreleased Peter Gabriel demo album? Before the Flood were mostly piano and voice tracks Gabriel recorded after leaving Genesis, but way before Peter Gabriel I was released. Early versions of “Excuse Me” and “Here Comes the Flood” appear, but there are also five Peter Gabriel tracks (“Howling At The Moon,” “Funny Man,””No More Mickey,” “Get The Guns,” and “God Knows”) that have never seen the light of day.
Shoegazer Sunday: The End Of The Ocean’s “Worth Everything Ever Wished For”
Sunday, October 14th, 2012The End of the Ocean labels themselves post-rock, and some of their work is a bit noodly for my taste, but this one hits a nice melodic shoegaze sweet spot.
The Sound of Cylons
Saturday, October 13th, 2012The only reason this isn’t perfect is that no one has the pure upper tenor Art Garfunkel has. But right now it’s only a 360 hits. By the end of the month I bet it’s over a million.
Shoegazer Sunday: Malory’s “Falling Shine”
Sunday, October 7th, 2012I picked up Malory’s album Outerbeats and I’m enjoying it quite a bit. It’s about halfway between ambient and shoegaze, with a tiny bit of lounge jazz thrown in every now and then. Great end-of-the-day music.
Here’s “Falling Shine.”
Shoegazer Sunday: Thrushes’ “Crystal”
Sunday, September 30th, 2012And the Thrushes kick continues with “Crystal”!
Shoegazer Sunday: Thrushes Cover “Fade Into You”
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012You may already know of my affection for Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” and a couple of week’s ago I put up a Thrushes song, so naturally a Thrushes cover of “Fade Into You” peaked my interest.
The nice thing about this version is that it foregrounds the similarities with Bob Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” and if anything is more wistfully melancholy than the original. The only flaw is that lead singer Anna Conner, while good, just isn’t Hope Sandoval. But who is?
Shoegazer Sunday: Malory’s “Floating”
Sunday, September 16th, 2012Malory is a second-wave Shoegazer band from Germany. Though they get compared to Slowdive a lot, “Floating” strikes me as about halfway between Echodrone and Midsummer. I could do without the French spoken word bit at the beginning, but the part that kicks in after 1:50 is pretty tasty.
This breaks up what is likely to be a big Thrushes kick…
Shoegazer Sunday: Thrushes’ “Heartbeats”
Sunday, September 9th, 2012Thrush is a relatively new band out of Baltimore. They sound a bit like Jesus and Mary Chain by way of Ride and Slowdive, with maybe a bit of Mazzy Star.
Shoegazer Sunday: Lemon Chair’s “Halcyon”
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012I’m really digging Japan’s Lemon Chair. Plus it’s after 1 AM Sunday morning and I’m feeling lazy.
Previous Lemon’s Chair offerings here.