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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *
ARTIST..: Spirit System
ALBUM...: Nightfalling
GENRE...: Indie
STYLE...: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Gothgaze
YEAR....: 2016
LABEL...: Not On Label / Self-Released
COUNTRY.: USA
PLACE...: Winston-Salem, NC
ENCODER.: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
BITRATE.: 908 kbps avg
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / 2 channels
SOURCE..: CDR
TRACKS..: 7
SIZE....: 240.84 MB
URL..: http://www.facebook.com/SpiritSystem
- TRACKLIST
1 This Endless Dance 5:12
2 Lull 5:48
3 Black Moon 5:51
4 December, Solitaire 3:24
5 100,000 Days 4:10
6 Nest 7:27
7 More Is More 4:55
Total Playtime: 36:47
We can probably say without taking the risk of being inaccurate that Spirit
System was born from the cold corpse of Elevator Action, but mostly from the
still warm ashes of Telltale, the former musical project of Eric Gilstrap and
Laurie Ruroden immediately after4 both musicians relocated from Brooklyn back
to their native Winston Salem in North Carolina. It was the end of 2012 and
along with it some brave new sonic adventures to both Eric and Laurie.
To cut a long story short, we should mention that the initial aim of Spirit
System was to rework on some unfinished ideas and definitely give them a go
for some sonic though not yet explores reverberation boundaries. It didn't
take them long to bring to light their bedroom tapes effort in the form of
½Together in The Merciful Dark╗, an EP which was released on January 1st
2013.
The first semester of 2014 brought a new member to the band, nonetheless than
their longtime collaborator and friend Gary Guthrie once a member of Elevator
Action to take good care of both drums and samplers. Once the Spirit System
holy trinity was completed, their symbiosis worked out smooth and nicely and
most of all rewardingly in such a way that during the summer of 2014 they
have not only played a bunch of shows, but also got into Galuminium Foil
Productions to begin recording Spirit System's debut full-length with a
little help from Jeff Berner at the helm of production console, who was also
in charge along with Max Goransson of additional guitars, synth, percussion
and noise on some of the songs. The album was mastered by Alex DeTurk.
The recording process which ends up being most of the times a properly called
creative process too lasted from July 2014 until January 2015. The album was
initially scheduled for release in March 2015, but due to unexpected delays
was rescheduled for March 1st, 2016, but in the meantime precisely in June
25st, 2015, the band decided to release ½Afterblume╗ their second EP
containing the extras from the recording sessions of the album.
Spirit System sonic imagery is anchored into the melodic gloom of post - punk
derivatives maybe not so literally a ½total sonic devastation╗, but
admittedly a very good hallowed domain for ghosts and recurrent nightmares to
come alive in a wasteland pinnacled of drone dark filtered neo psychedelic
pop.
Spirit System's music burns slowly, spiraling in some sort of warm unfinished
disquiet or as I like to call it an atmospheric tamed anxiety that
surrealistically hoovers the listener by means of swollen waves of reverbed
delay. The aesthetics they present builds upon post-punk refractions,
shoegaze and goth and as a final product redounds in a light gloom dark
neo-psychedelia.
As an overall assessment I'd say that this is a fine, fine album with a set
of seven songs that challenge the listener and does not give any room for
remaining indifferent to the sonic release they propose. From track one to
track seven we build the idea of something coherent and consistent, well
written beautifully played, masterfully produced. There is circularity in
this album not a repetitive one, but that of something perfectly finished
like a life cycle that speaks to you as a whole piece of artistry. Well done!
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https://theplanetofsound.net/2016/01/20/north-carolina-psychwaveshoegaze-band-spirit-system-to-release-debut-album-march-2016
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Shoegaze
is a genre of alternative rock that
originated in the late 80s. The genre is very
difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music
within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its
shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and
textural distortion that create
a tranquil, opaque
feeling.
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