Shoegaze Album reviews

GenresShoegaze

Downward Is Heavenward

Hum

Hum - Downward Is Heavenward

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Shoegaze
Isle of the Cheetah is a convincing argument for taking the long way through a rock song. Its guitars spread outward while Matt…

Diamond Eyes

Deftones

Deftones - Diamond Eyes

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
The title track of Diamond Eyes gives Deftones a clear melodic centre without reducing the weight around it. A low, deliberate…

I Let It In and It Took Everything

Loathe

Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Rock
Shoegaze
The quiet music on I Let It In and It Took Everything can feel as disorienting as the heaviest passages. Loathe lets soft guitar…

Insurgentes

Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson - Insurgentes

Album review

Post-Punk
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Shoegaze
Insurgentes is full of beautiful sounds that refuse to stay comfortable. A melody can establish a calm surface, then distortion or…

Lonely People with Power

Deafheaven

Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power

Album review

Black Metal
Indie
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Shoegaze
Deafheaven bring the harsh vocals back to the front on Lonely People with Power, but the lessons from their softer music remain…

You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Hum

Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Shoegaze
The quiet voice inside You'd Prefer an Astronaut makes its enormous guitars feel even larger. Matt Talbott rarely tries to…

private music

Deftones

Deftones - private music

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
Deftones have a sound you can recognise very quickly. The low guitars, the space around Chino Moreno's voice, the way a song can…

Koi No Yokan

Deftones

Deftones - Koi No Yokan

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
The transition from the quiet opening of Leathers into its full guitar attack is one of the strongest moments on Koi No Yokan…

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