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Shoegaze thread?
My library is too full of bleeps and bloops. I already like Ride's Nowhere, Loveless, Slowdive's Souvlaki and Pygmalion, Bark Psychosis' Codename Dustsucker, and Kinoko Teikoku's ????. Looking for emotional but powerful stuff. Could I get an essentials list or something?
C'mon. Modern releases too.
>>48427919
give this a try i guess
and their 2013 record turnaround too
>>48427919
What did you like best of those OP? I have some recs for ya
Nigga you already got the essentials down. Time to branch out.
Cheatahs self titled album
do it
>>48428954
Liking this, thanks.
>>48429014
I adore WHIRLPOOL on ????, the chorus riff and everything is great. Same goes for Dreams Burn Down on Nowhere and Alison on Souvlaki. I like to use Codename: Dustsucker and Pygmalion to calm down to but lately I think I'm wanting more dynamic, powerful kinds of shoegaze.
>>48429070
tryna
>>48429680
Look up Jesu's Silver EP for powerful 'gaze, seriously. It'll blow you away
>>48427919
not OP
is there any more shoegazy music about being a NEET/intense loneliness? Not loneliness out of a desperation for love, just complete emptiness.
I listened to Deerhunter's Microcastle and Halycon Digest and enjoyed them
>>48429802
Less dream pop and more gaze than Deerhunter, but this album could work - tbh I've never paid too much attention to the lyrics but the music speaks for itself and the track titles definitely suggest some isolation. My AOTY last year as well
Try This OP.
>Jazzgaze/psych
>progressive dream funk
>>48429800
imo his self titled is more powerful than his later output, tho it's more on the sludge side than shoegaze
My AOTY for 2013.
SPC ECO - Sirens & Satellites
Fallen Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TCYM-QYww
A Storm in Heaven by the Verve. Yes they used to make shoegaze stuff before they sold out with Urban Hymns
>>48430096
Indeed they did. Blur too, to an extant.
>>48429800
Oh man. Nice, I remember hearing this somewhere before, don't know why I forgot about it. Thank you.
Gonna try everything in this thread guys.
>>48429832
thanks anon I'm liking this
What is THE BEST shoegaze album of all time?
>>48430289
Sedimentary fucking kills me and the whole album flows super well. Super psyched to see what they do next after a debut like it
>>48430209
For sure, absolutely - also based on you liking Dreams Burn Down check out Chrome by Catherine Wheel, another great 90s shoegaze release in a similar style
>>48430292
Silly question but pic related is my favorite, even though it's an EP
i listened to loveless recently as my intro to shoegaze and im not sure what to think
is it just me or was that album badly mixed?
the vocals sound too quiet and dry, the instruments don't ever pack a punch
it's like they were playing in quiet in a room because there were people sleeping next door
>>48430400
You're not alone, I feel like it could have been much better.
Am I the only one who thinks Loveless is pretty much a 7/10 but completely defines the genre?
>>48430472
Loveless a shit
>>48430400
imo Loveless isn't a great entry to shoegaze, just because it remains pretty unique (even with the slew of imitators it spawned). Really, none of the top three 'pillars of shoegaze' (Loveless, Souvlaki, Nowhere) I think are that great a place to start. If you're looking for the beginnings of the genre check out Cocteau Twins and late 80s noise pop like JAMC, or if you're looking for what shoegaze becomes check out more recent things. Loveless really is a whole different beast once you've heard a lot of shoegaze.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/MyBloodyValentineLoveless.jpg
Needn't we mention My Bloody Valentine?
>>48430472
I kind of got to shoegaze through a backdoor (via the band Curve) and I've never been a big fan of Loveless although a lot of my respected music friends swear by MBV. I love the genre however, especially a lot of the outlying stuff.
>>48430534
i've only listened to diiv which i see a lot of people call shoegaze
i thought cocteau twins were dream pop? thanks i've been meaning to listen to them for a while now
A /mu/tant made shoegaze EP.
Great little shoegaze recording.
Heavy Ghost - Ten Thousand Years
http://heavyghost.bandcamp.com/
>name your own price
>>48429802
microcastle/weird era cont and halycon digest are phenomenal albums, love deerhunter
check out the Flourescent Grey EP too
>>48427919
check out Drop Nineteens - Delaware and Duster - Stratosphere
>>48430712
just say its you, i dont understand why you need to lie
>>48430472
>>48430594
I fucking love Loveless
the guitar textures and sounds are so on point and interesting, every sound is just right...its pretty masterful IMO
These guys are from the same area as me, they're pretty alright.
http://iriss.bandcamp.com/
>>48430534
I couldn't disagree more. Cocteau Twins sounded dated and cheesy the first time I listened to it, and it's not even shoegaze. Loveless is really accessible in my opinion.
>>48430746
I have absolutely nothing to do with this band. I was just present in the thread a few years back where the guy asked for opinions and received lots of glowing thumbs ups.
Been listening to it ever since.
>>48430746
I guess that's the new meme here
https://rateyourmusic.com/~Shoehaze thoughts on ratings?
>>48429832
Im so glad to see this mentioned on /mu/
such an overlooked album, its a shame because it was really good...not my AOTY last year but it made my top 25
>>48430633
Nooo I hate it when people call DIIV shoegaze. They aren't really imo, more of a krautrock-inspired-dream-pop-mildly-noisy hybrid. And yeah Cocteau Twins are most definitely dream pop but dream pop and shoegaze go hand in hand (or at least they did at the start) - the twins were hugely influential to the genre
>>48430819
Yeah Loveless is accessible obviously, that's why so many people start there, but it doesn't give you a good feel for what shoegaze was / would become outside of MBV's specific sound. What Cocteau albums have you listened to?
>>48430399
Heh, I also like Crank but never bothered with the album. Will now though.
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I like this an APTBS.
>>48430791
It's my favorite album. I think there was nothing that they did wrong.
>>48430868
Heaven or Las Vegas, Blue Bell Knoll, Treasure. I like them now, I just don't think they're a good representation of shoegaze at all.
>>48430950
I wasn't ever saying they were representative of shoegaze, I was suggesting them if he wanted to hear the beginnings of the genre. And a few tracks on Heaven or Las Vegas are definitely early shoegaze - Frou frou foxes in midsummer fires is noisy as fuck with huge guitar textures
>>48430907
The whole album is pretty consistent
Anyone heard the new Wye Oak album? Is it as good as Civilian?
Holy Holy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmjMFPSLXI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r63gWAO6pPU
>>48431083
m8 thank you I never see anyone bring up Wye Oak on here, pic related is their best imo, the opener is a 10/10
Shriek is alright, you know it's essentially all electronic right? They went completely dance music, but the feel of the songs is still semi similar
>>48431132
I need to get off of my duff and listen to it. Civiluian in retrospect was my AOTY for 2011. Folky shoegaze. I loved it.
>>48431180
If you haven't heard If Children listen to it first - I don't wanna give you bad expectations for Shriek but it is not the Wye Oak you know and love
>>48430594
I never got into MBV either but I still love shoegaze
How about some proto shoegaze:
Loop - Arc Lite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qc_pXs22ug
>>48430292
loveless
And for a bump and I know it's been said already but I'll reiterate ...
Cheatahs - s/t
Geographic (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRaJoakMtGQ
still my favorite album this year.
listen to Lush
>>48431634
Good advice.
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>>48430292
I personally like Souvlaki the most
>>48430292
That one album by the Goslings.
![VAgqOvv[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/phGf0vI.png "VAgqOvv[1].png")
>>48434571
Hey you might be interested in this.
Slowdive - Live in Oslo
>Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, "Official" Bootleg
https://mega.co.nz/#!HEJ1nJ6I!dksTkYmST6BgnOxXujUqK8YUrbhQGdtZSuVXyuxPLHw
sample:http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VNM4AKWGgy
Ulrich Snauss is really great at combining soft electronic and dream pop.
>>48434632
Whoops, meant Schnauss. Also, this is a great modern shoegaze record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77WRGGFPWE
>>48434643
Listening right now, sounds really nice, I'll check out their album.
>>48434629
why thank you.
>>48429680
>?
What kind of hieroglyph is that? Is that a fucking robot hurrying somewhere to the right?
>>48434697
no problem
Starts out a little dream poppy, then a few blasts of shoegaze walls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZGoDRia_Sk
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>>48434803
>echodrone
cool
not all shoegaze, but...
>>48434875
I wasn't too crazy about the Nothing album. Nothing in it really seemed to stick out.
>>48434888
Really? I'd say it's my shoegaze AOTY, what about you?
>>48434929
For me, it's probably either Queller by Nadja or the new HANL.
>>48434946
>Queller by Nadja
This is actually pretty good, thanks anon, I'll check them out more later
>>48435088
Yeah, it's actually the first album of theirs I've heard, it was a really pleasant surprise.
>>48430868
what other shoegaze albums have a lot of repetitiveness like loveless has?
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>>48435120
This one has a lot of repetition and drones and stuff. It's a shoegaze/trip hop hybrid. Really, really, really chilled out stuff.
>>48427919
>>48435199
A bunch of shoe gaze in here, some of its alright
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someone should finish this wallpaper
>>48434629
Holy shit, thanks. Machine Gun sounds glorious.
I remember listening to loveless and then reading that it was shoegaze. I looked it up and was really disappointed when i realized there's no other music like it. Loveless doesn't share anything with most other shoegaze albums. I really don't get why people group Ride, slowdive and mbv together as the same genre
>>48436914
I agree, but check out Astrobrite, LSD and the Search for God, loveliescrushing, and cosmicdust.
>>48427919
Whirlpool from Kinoko Teikoku was amazing. Is there more like it?
>>48436942
yea i've heard all of them, some of astrobrites crush is pretty good. LSD and the search for god sounds more like the normal shoegaze to me, their approach to production and songwriting is completely different from mbvs and more like slowdives. It's not weird that we get the mbv vs rest of shoegaze debates every thread since it's completely different kinds of music. I do like other shoegaze than mbv though, oeil, burrrn, pasteboard and especially sweet trip are amazing.
>>48427919
>>48428171
>Kinoko Teikoku
Muh niggah, been thinking of buying all their albums of amazon.nippon actually.
>>48437223
I'm considering going to their show on wednesday, what are their best songs? Quick entry level stuff pls
>>48437253
>Yorugaketaara (Or however the fuck you spell it) >Sea and bouquet(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdgQ82boywc)
>Uzu Ni maru (Whirlpool)
And also the title track of the Eureka album, honestly I don´t care that much about specific tracks of theirs, I just put on their full albums and drift off.
Bdw kinda jelly that you are gonna see them, where do you live? In Japan or are they touring America/Canada atm?
>>48436948
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdgQ82boywc
Indeed there is, and all of their albums are up on youtube aswell.
>>48437307
thaaanks, ???? was pretty nice. I'll try eureka next.
I live in Tokyo, they seem to play here every month or so atm.
>>48437400
Ah, I´m from Sweden and I don´t think they have even done a european tour, let alone come up here :(.
If you are interested in more japanese shoegaze you could check this channel out:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWubfmD-UY92kgCct3PXvZQ
Great stuff, he post all of the "big" japanese shoegaze releases (like Kinoko, Tokyo Shoegazer, My broken little sister etc) aswell as more classic albums. Pretty neat.
And this is directed to everyone in the thread: I heard from my brother that there exists a sort of compilation album from a lot of japanese shoegaze bands all covering songs from Loveless (or Mbv songs in general, can´t remember exactly). Is this true? And if it is does anyone have a link I wanna hear it :'(
>>48437464
ah yeah, that channel is sweet, already subbed. Pasteboards glitter is great. And it's yellow loveless you're looking for:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWubfmD-UY92kgCct3PXvZQ
>>48437532
>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWubfmD-UY92kgCct3PXvZQ
fuck
>>48437552
okay i'm genuinely retarded. Last try:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbf8h3sykiw
>>48437532
Thanks m8
>>48437464
It's called Yellow Loveless (with Boris, Tokyo Shoegazer etc.). There's also Blue Loveless with Korean bands IIRC.
>Yellow Loveless
>shoegaze, Japan
https://mega.co.nz/#!2U0SwQiD!LvvxrBV6HFKGnpRRMr8qHBsz0OdZTVpt9jogsW2gj3s
Check out the archive, there's a DL link with a compilation of Loveless covers.
