Here’s a pleasant one off the Saint Marie Records Static Daydream sampler.
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Shoegazer Sunday: Static Daydream’s “Drift Away”
Sunday, April 19th, 2020Shoegazer Sunday: The Capsules’ “Play”
Sunday, January 26th, 2020I just picked up Static Waves 5 from Saint Marie Records, and this is one of the best songs off it:
There’s simply something very pleasing about Julie Shields harmonizing with herself…
Shoegazer Sunday: The Capsules’ “The Long Goodbye”
Sunday, September 9th, 2018The Capsules are another band in the Saint Marie Records stable:
Shoegazer Sunday: Orange’s “Against Nature”
Sunday, March 6th, 2016And here’s Orange, another “classic” shoegaze band I never heard of before St. Marie Records started planning a re-release of their work.
Either you’ll love Sonya Waters’ vocals (a beautiful high warble somewhere between The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan and Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard), or they’ll drive you to distraction. I’m in the love camp, so here’s “Against Nature.”
Sunday Shoegazer: Blackstone Rngrs’ “Frozen Echo”
Sunday, January 24th, 2016For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Austin’s own Blackstone Rngrs (yes, they spell it that way), another Saint Marie Records band, with “Frozen Echo,” another entry in the “Hey, we have no video budget, so how many digital effects can we cram in” sweepstakes.
Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s “Noisebed”
Sunday, April 19th, 2015Still grooving on Echodrone’s new album Five. My favorite piece from the album is “Noisebed,” which has some absolutely lovely harmonies:
So consistent is their sound that only after repeated listenings to Five did I notice that original lead singer Meredith Gibbons had left and been replaced by Rachel Lopez (who seems to have a bit higher range).
Shoegazer Sunday: Seasurfer’s “Waves”
Sunday, January 4th, 2015And here’s yet another track from St. Marie Records Static Waves 3 compilation, Seasurfer’s “Waves” (which is not a cover of Slowdive’s “Waves”):
Shoegazer Sunday: Drowner Covering Slowdive’s “Hide Yer Eyes”
Sunday, December 21st, 2014I’m really digging that Saint Marie Records Static Waves 3 album I talked about last week, though it turns out that only about one-third of the songs on it are actually Slowdive covers.
I was completely unaware of Houston band Drowner before they released this amazing cover of “Hide Yer Eyes,” an unreleased Slowdive song I’d never heard before:
I wonder if vocalist Anna Bouchard is doing the harmony electronically, via overdubbing, or with a guest vocalist.
For contrast, here’s the original
I think this is one of those rare cases where the cover is better than the original.