It’s comforting to observe the steady re-emergence of shoegaze psychedelia aka dreampop into the musical mainstream. From London’s Echo Lake to Baltimore’s Beach House, there’s been no perfect a time to fall in line under a lazy strum of electric guitar and some soft-hearted harmonies. As much is waiting (and more) in Paris-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Melody Prochet […]
Washed Out’s debut album couldn’t have arrived at a more perfect time. The water’s just right for a little chillwave.
There are some records that forever remain at the bottom of the review pile, and boy do Smith Westerns make us regret it.
Crystal Castles go disco (mutated to CC standards but still disco) on “Sad Eyes”, the third track taken from their third album (III). The clip for “Sad Eyes” features live footage of the band performing mixed with shots of Alice Glass lip-syncing along and other randomness. The melodic synth lines of the track screams ABBA (no, seriously), and is another departure from the screaming and soundsystem destroying sonic meltdowns that Crystal Castles are notable for. Having just caught the band on tour in Australia last week, they were on their usual deafening form, working the writhing masses into a frenzy. Life’s got to be a gas in that band, I tell you.
