#121

I had never heard of these guys until a few days ago. They’ve reissued their 1993 album this past week, and it’s hitting the spot quite nicely.

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#122

We had these booked for Nottingham. If we ever get them to come over (probably 2022) you’ll have to come up

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#123

Always wanted to see Nottingham.

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#124

In The Presence of Nothing is probably their MBV- est moment. They ended up being most famous for Nanny in Manhattan (jeans commercial):

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#125

That album is really great

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#126

Agreed I only discovered it about 3 or 4 years ago thanks to Gideon Coe playing February Fourteenth and me thinking how good it was and whether I’d missed a Swervedriver hidden classic somehow…LP is superb and made me wonder how much good first wave US shoegaze I might have missed out on…this is my favourite US 90s shoegaze record but I like some Bethany Curve and Loveliescrushing too

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#127

Presume you’ve heard Drop Nineteens?

And if you haven’t heard Swirlies, I would rectify that immediately:

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#128

Was going to mention Drop Nineteens – this song in particular is amazing. The bassline and the guitars are so good

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#129

Thanks as ever… yes that Swirlies record has some great moments and I like some Drop Nineteens tracks - in fact when I was younger I thought in my mind that they pretty much represented the only US shoegazers - so was pleased to be corrected in the era of internet and streaming…one US shoegaze LP I really like is Crush by Astrobrite but that was a bit later…lots of MBV plagiarism but very good

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#130

Was well annoyed to miss out on the fancy blue vinyl of this excellent recent US 90s-ish shoegaze compilation. Good listen though.

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#131

This is ace cheers. Loads of stuff I’ve never heard of to dig into.

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#132

Got recommended this lovely remix recently.

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#133

Drop Nineteens chat has reminded me to share this

Whole thing is like a checklist of early 90s indie band aesthetics, even more perfect it’s also a rip from an ancient video tape of 120 Minutes or something.

#134

Just saw this mentioned on Stereogum, figured I’d post it here.

Drawing inspiration from Parannoul’s personal struggle and depression as well as his rock star dreams, To See The Next Part Of The Dream presents a compelling blend of shoegaze, bedroom pop, and emo. It’s mostly quite lo-fi, but that doesn’t much hinder the splendor; Cohen’s references to the Radio Dept. and The Glow Pt. 2 are on point. Basically, you can expect to encounter big fuzz, big feelings, and some astonishingly expansive home-recorded rock music.

I’m only two songs in but so far it’s great.

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#135

Funnily enough I for a random search for new shoegaze today and this came up. Enjoyably lofi, will give it another go next week…

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#136

Featuring members of Slowdive, and you can tell.

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#137

Oooh! I saw them tweet about it on Saturday but without the song and foolishly thought, you know what, I’m going to wait until I’ve heard a song before I preorder anything. Since then, it’s sold out pretty much everywhere. Thankfully Rough Trade still have some.

Sounds nice and lush as you’d expect.

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#138

The first time I saw Drop Nineteens, Radiohead supported. True story.

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#139

Enjoying this!

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#140

New Tennis System pre-order up, sexy limited edition. I haven’t heard anything from this new LP but Technicolour Blind is excellent.

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