Shoegaze Album reviews - Page 2

GenresShoegaze

private music

Deftones

Deftones - private music 9.0

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 9.0

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…

Blood Music

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse - Blood Music 7.5

Album review

Shoegaze
Blood Music gives rhythm more work to do. Chapterhouse retain their light singing and layered guitars but bring keyboards, samples…

Slowdive

Slowdive

Slowdive - Slowdive 8.5

Album review

Shoegaze
The songs remain clearly visible between the guitar layers on Slowdive. The band lets sounds linger while giving bass, drums and…

This Is Not A Safe Place

Ride

Ride - This Is Not A Safe Place 7.0

Album review

Shoegaze
The opening songs of This Is Not A Safe Place reveal very different sides of Ride. Instrumental opener "R.I.D.E." is dark and…

Oshin

DIIV

DIIV - Oshin 8.1

Album review

Shoegaze
The guitars do most of the storytelling on Oshin. They interlock, move melodies past each other and give the music a gently…

loveless

my bloody valentine

my bloody valentine - loveless 9.6

Album review

Shoegaze
loveless makes distortion as important as melody. The guitars of my bloody valentine keep moving even when the chords are held for…

What Does Anything Mean? Basically

The Chameleons

The Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean? Basically 8.5

Album review

Post-Punk
Shoegaze
What Does Anything Mean? Basically gives the Chameleons’ guitars a larger, more heavily treated setting. Keyboards and layers of…

Chameleon

Trauma Ray

Trauma Ray - Chameleon 7.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Shoegaze
Chameleon works through the pressure of layered guitars. Trauma Ray build their debut album around a heavy shoegaze sound, with…

Jar

Superheaven

Superheaven - Jar 8.2

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Shoegaze
Jar makes its heavy guitars feel personal. Superheaven, who originally released the album as Daylight, draw on grunge and…

Peripheral Vision

Turnover

Turnover - Peripheral Vision 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Indie
Shoegaze
Peripheral Vision gives Turnover's songs a softer surface without removing their emotional pull. The guitars are clear and lightly…

Script of the Bridge

The Chameleons

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge 8.9

Album review

Post-Punk
Shoegaze
Script of the Bridge makes a strong case for atmosphere without losing the songs inside it. The Chameleons use two guitars that…

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