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Shoegazer Sunday: Chromatics Cover of “Petals”

Sunday, March 26th, 2023

A few weeks ago, I heard a more modern song whose melodic structure really reminded me of Hole’s “Petals,” which meant it’s been running through my head a lot recently. And then I found out that The Chromatics had covered it for a movie soundtrack.

It’s not exactly Shoegaze, but I think it might qualify as Dreampop.

One problem though: It’s only half the song. Here’s the original:

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame wrote the music, but I think Courtney Love wrote the lyrics. Despite her well-documented personal problems, she was occasionally a very good lyricist, back in the day.