Shoegaze

Shoebox · 06-09-2011, 08:58 AM

I not too familiar with this genre, but I really like Serena-Maneesh's self-titled album a lot. (I think it is the only shoegaze-album I have though.)

Howard the Duck · 06-09-2011, 10:41 AM

i seem to think this is the very first shoegaze song:-

not really that familiar with the genre but i love MBV's Loveless and Ride's Nowhere

Obi · 09-01-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

Fixed it for you.

Yeah the first two APOF albums were great, especially Out Of The Angeles. I didn't really like their last album Road Eyes though, it feels like a miscalculated attempt to break into the American market. It sounds a bit directionless and confusing at times. I'm still hoping they release another album like Out Of The Angeles.

Ooh cheers. Late reply here, but I personally liked Road Eyes. Not for the same reason I loved their first two records, which were caked in feedback etc.

New album has a more Alt Rock vibe, no doubt, and even a Knapsack-esque emo influence it sounds like. (And Mew on track 3?) I like a couple of songs though.

Sneer · 09-01-2011, 04:41 PM

One of the very best original Shoegazing bands right here.

~~Farfisa~~ · 09-01-2011, 06:56 PM

Ringo Deathstarr are a pretty good shoegaze band. I'd say the channel a lot of J&MC and MBV.

jackhammer · 09-01-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

One of the very best original Shoegazing bands right here.

I honestly didn't know that they started out with Shoegaze influences. I have had their 2006 album Watching Black for a couple of years and it is has elements of Trip Hop and Melancholic Dream Pop but virtually no Shoegaze influences at all. It is a damn good album but so is this vid. Time to dig a little more methinks.

Sneer · 09-01-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I honestly didn't know that they started out with Shoegaze influences. I have had their 2006 album Watching Black for a couple of years and it is has elements of Trip Hop and Melancholic Dream Pop but virtually no Shoegaze influences at all. It is a damn good album but so is this vid. Time to dig a little more methinks.

Yeah get hold of Pigment and Susurrate, really hazy and psychedelic in sound. They're great.

Zer0 · 09-02-2011, 10:57 AM

I know I've posted a bit about them lately but Malory are just amazing. A beautiful and seductive mixture of shoegaze, dream-pop and ambient electronica. The two albums I have, Outerbeats and The Third Face, are both incredible.

If you're looking for some good early shoegaze you can't go wrong This Scarlet Train. They were a band from Scotland that only existed for two years and released one EP in 1987 called Fimbria. They were a bit ahead of their time and recorded some very dreamy stuff .

duga · 09-02-2011, 12:48 PM

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Not Here Not Now is also a great album. I've been a Malory fan for a while now. I'd say they definitely hit on an M83 vibe. Not surprising considering they are both French...I've found shoegaze to be very regional. The French like to add a lot of electronica, the English like a very twangy Britpop sound, and American shoegaze is usually very beefy and dense.

Zer0 · 09-02-2011, 04:56 PM

Malory are from Germany as far as I know. But I get what you're saying with the regional thing, you can nearly always tell the British bands from the American bands,

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Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I know I've posted a bit about them lately but Malory are just amazing. A beautiful and seductive mixture of shoegaze, dream-pop and ambient electronica. The two albums I have, Outerbeats and The Third Face, are both incredible. If you're looking for some good early shoegaze you can't go wrong This Scarlet Train. They were a band from Scotland that only existed for two years and released one EP in 1987 called Fimbria. They were a bit ahead of their time and recorded some very dreamy stuff . __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	^ Not Here Not Now is also a great album. I've been a Malory fan for a while now. I'd say they definitely hit on an M83 vibe. Not surprising considering they are both French...I've found shoegaze to be very regional. The French like to add a lot of electronica, the English like a very twangy Britpop sound, and American shoegaze is usually very beefy and dense. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	Malory are from Germany as far as I know. But I get what you're saying with the regional thing, you can nearly always tell the British bands from the American bands, __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

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Shoebox Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Norway Posts: 24	I not too familiar with this genre, but I really like Serena-Maneesh's self-titled album a lot. (I think it is the only shoegaze-album I have though.)

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~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	Ringo Deathstarr are a pretty good shoegaze band. I'd say the channel a lot of J&MC and MBV.