White Coal Addiction hails from Belgium, and are described as “cold wave, post-punk and a touch of goth.” Researching “cold wave” lead me to a string of unhelpful, example-free Wikipedia entries, but it seems to be some sort of early 80s gloomy European Goth synth. Anyway, enjoy the moody “A Project.”
Posts Tagged ‘Shoegazer’
Shoegazer Sunday: White Coal Addiction’s “A Project”
Sunday, August 29th, 2021Shoegazer Sunday: The Luxembourg Signal’s “Laura Palmer”
Sunday, July 25th, 2021I rather liked last week’s shot of The Luxembourg Signal, so here’s a track off their album Blue Field with a subject Twin Peaks fans may find of interest…
Shoegazer Sunday: The Luxembourg Signal’s “When All That We Hold Decays”
Sunday, July 18th, 2021I know nothing about The Luxembourg Signal except they seem to be a transatlantic ensemble. “When All That We Hold Decays” is off their album The Long Now.
Shoegazer Sunday: Galaxina’s “Oceano”
Sunday, June 20th, 2021I know next to nothing about Galaxina, except they’re probably named after the Dorothy Stratton movie, and I think they’re based in Spain. “Oceano” appears to be off their Evasion y victoria album.
Shoegazer Sunday: The Emerald Down’s “Caught A Wave”
Sunday, May 30th, 2021It’s been many a moon since I featured The Emerald Down, and “Caught A Wave” sounds an awful lot like some early Slowdive songs (like “Shine”), a dreamy, buzzy, steady-state sort of Shoegaze, maybe with a little Ride and My Bloody valentine mixed in.
Shoegazer Sunday: Is Bliss’ “Belong”
Sunday, May 16th, 2021Is Bliss hails from Portsmouth, UK. “Belong,” off their album Strange Communication sounds like a cross between something from the noisy, heavy guitar end of Shoegaze (like Civic) and Gentlemen-era Afghan Whigs, a band I probably hadn’t thought of in two decades. Something about the plaintive, nasal howl of the lead singer…
Shoegazer Sunday: Two Versions of Golden Hair
Sunday, May 9th, 2021Here’s some A/B comparison testing. Here’s Planet Cell covering Slowdive’s cover of Syd Barrett’s “Golden Hair”:
It’s pretty good…up until the end, when it becomes a sort of strident mess.
By contrast, this live version of Slowdive doing the piece themselves at the Best Kept Secret festival (which I’ve posted here before) just takes it to an entirely new level at the end, all the parts of the band meshing together for a soaring climax.
Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s “A Ghost and a Walkman”
Sunday, April 25th, 2021Echodrone has a new album, Resurgence out. I bounced off the first tracks I heard off it, but this one I like:
Shoegazer Sunday: Hundredth’s “Down”
Sunday, April 11th, 2021Hundredth was a hardcore band that turned to shoegaze with their album Rare. Here’s a track off it:
Shoegazer Sunday: Whirr’s “Lean”
Sunday, April 4th, 2021Whirr has been around a while and done some albums on Graveface records. Here’s “Lean” off their split EP with Nothing.