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One thing you should probably know about me is that I buy a lot of music on Bandcamp. I'm not saying I've got anywhere close to the largest collection on the service but with 2,707 purchases, I imagine I'm above the average. This is almost entirely because I buy music for my local Nashville music podcast We Own This Town rather than stealing it.* Here's a few recent releases you may want to consider for yourself.
There's a healthy collective of musicians in Nashville that cross pollinate and make a lot of "shoegaze inspired" music. It's never following the genre tropes like a recipe but you can't hear the lo-fi vocals and giant guitars without thinking "shoegaze" in some respect. This latest release from Celltower is such a great example of taking that comfortably familiar sound but owning it as their own. Nothing derivative here, just a fantastic wash of sounds best enjoyed loud.
Thomas Luminoso - "Speed Bug" / "Sugar Pill"
Interestingly enough, Thomas Luminoso is part of the same collective of musicians as Celltower. Similarly, you can hear the underpinnings of "shoegaze" in the deepest DNA of the work but Luminoso is steering it in a much different direction. This is the most confident work I've heard from him yet and I can't say enough great things about the vocal layering, the synth and the pitter patter drums on "Speed Bug." The b-side is wonderfully dark.
Sundaes "Anyway"
This is the first single from a larger release by Sundaes and I'm quite impressed. Going back into the deep discography of Sundaes, the sounds and techniques they were using back in 2017 were much different. That's the way it should be! It's been really rewarding to hear how this project has blossomed over the years. I love the guitars on this and the instrumental bridge could easily be expanded into 10 hours and I'd listen the entire time.
Celltower - Pegasus 93
There's a healthy collective of musicians in Nashville that cross pollinate and make a lot of "shoegaze inspired" music. It's never following the genre tropes like a recipe but you can't hear the lo-fi vocals and giant guitars without thinking "shoegaze" in some respect. This latest release from Celltower is such a great example of taking that comfortably familiar sound but owning it as their own. Nothing derivative here, just a fantastic wash of sounds best enjoyed loud.
Thomas Luminoso - "Speed Bug" / "Sugar Pill"
Interestingly enough, Thomas Luminoso is part of the same collective of musicians as Celltower. Similarly, you can hear the underpinnings of "shoegaze" in the deepest DNA of the work but Luminoso is steering it in a much different direction. This is the most confident work I've heard from him yet and I can't say enough great things about the vocal layering, the synth and the pitter patter drums on "Speed Bug." The b-side is wonderfully dark.
Sundaes "Anyway"
This is the first single from a larger release by Sundaes and I'm quite impressed. Going back into the deep discography of Sundaes, the sounds and techniques they were using back in 2017 were much different. That's the way it should be! It's been really rewarding to hear how this project has blossomed over the years. I love the guitars on this and the instrumental bridge could easily be expanded into 10 hours and I'd listen the entire time.
* I do play these songs on a podcast without permission, so I'm certainly not throwing shade at anyone that does steal music.
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falfa / Apr 9th 2024, 9:53 AM