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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Ambient * Ethereal *
Artist..: Ringo Deathstarr
Album...: Mauve
GENRE....: Indie
STYLE....: Shoegaze
LABEL....: Club AC30 SCENE.....: 2015-11-27
BITRATE..: 984 kbps avg STORE.....: 2012-00-00
ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 13
SIZE.....: 275.0MB SOURCE....: CD
URL..: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Deathstarr
- TRACKLIST
1 Rip 2:26
2 Burn 2:41
3 Drain 2:16
4 Slack 2:19
5 Brightest Star 5:47
6 Drag 2:43
7 Fifteen 2:41
8 Girls We Know 3:27
9 Nap Time 3:42
10 Waste 3:47
11 Do You Wanna? 2:26
12 Please Don't Kill Yourself 2:31
13 Wave 2:59
Total Playtime: 39:45
Ringo Deathstarr's debut album Colour Trip was modern-day shoegaze classic of
sorts; faithfully reanimating the sound of the late-'80s and early-'90s
pioneers, while giving the noises-meets-melody template a blast of excitement
and energy. The songs were also super catchy and as compelling as anything
that came out of the first wave. The only problem was that Ringo Deathstarr
was about 20 years late to the party. No matter, they appear to be very
willing to keep bashing away no matter what the calendar says. The group's
follow-up, Mauve, sticks pretty closely to the sound and approach of Colour
Trip and succeeds for the same reason; total mastery of all aspects of noise
pop and shoegaze. The trio's playing is inspired, nailing dynamic shifts and
sounding fiery even when they slow the tempo. Elliott Frazier's production is
spot-on, bathing the listener in noise but never overwhelming them. The band
drowns their candy-sweet melodies in ugly layers of tremolo-ed guitar noise
(Frazier's playing is especially loud and fuzzy this time out), they temper
the headlong rush of tracks like "Slack" and "Waste" with hazy, sleepy
ballads that sound like they were written in bed ("Brightest Star," "Girls We
Know"), and sound impressively dark and forbidding when they discard the
"pop" part of the noise-pop equation and get nasty ("Nap Time"). When they go
outside the template and try something a little different, as on the quietly
loping, completely dreamy "Drag," the band shows they are more than just
imitators and have their own ideas. Even if they were just to imitate My
Bloody Valentine and Chapterhouse for a few more albums, it would still be a
worthwhile venture because they do it so well. Especially when you consider
that, just as with Colour Trip, Mauve would have jumped to the head of the
pack if it had come out in 1991 and made Ringo Deathstarr a household name
among shoegaze mavens. In 2012, the album is still an impressive achievement
and cements the trio's place as the absolute best band of shoegaze
revivalists operating.
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