Tearwave offers a debut of female-led dream-pop from Buffalo, New York. The entire album plays wonderfully from start to finish, as individual songs seem to blend into the next. Swirling guitars and keyboards play over crisp percussion to produce a dream-like atmosphere that works just as well when scrutinized as when it's left playing in the background.
Their haunting, ethereal sound is reminiscent of shoegaze giants of the past such as Cocteau Twins and Slowdive. While they don't offer anything overwhelmingly new to the genre, the balance they strike between eerie and lush presents, very simply, beautiful music.
Streamable Track: "Crimson Water Cleanses the Soul"
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2.24.2008
Tearwave - Tearwave (2007)
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"...shoegaze giants of the past such as Cocteau Twins and Slowdive"
really? never heard of em. i'm going to have to get one of these CDs from you, see what shoegaze is all about. it still cracks m up.
I'll burn you some "essential shoegaze" if you'd like. It's the only genre that's as fun to say to as it is to listen to.
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