Malory - The Third Face
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Label : Supermodern
Style : Indie
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 31/Jul/2007
Street : 25/Apr/2005
Songs : 11
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Release Notes:
This is THE german shoegaze/dream pop band.
Epic as Slowdive, Dreamy as Lush and sometimes they even
rock like Ride. On this 2005 album they also added some pop
electronic sounds, but just to smoothly layer them on to their
wonderfull wall of sound.
You don't know what i'm talking about? OK, for all those too
late born emo-kids nowadays, let an old man tell you, what's
realy important:
Dream Pop is an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock
that relies on sonic textures as much as melody. Dream pop
often features breathy vocals and processed, echo-laden
guitars and synthesizers. Though the Cocteau Twins, with
their indecipherable vocals and languid soundscapes, are
frequently seen as the leaders of dream pop, the genre has
more stylistic diversity than their slow, electronic
textures. Dream pop also encompasses the post-Velvet
Underground guitar rock of Galaxie 500, as well as the loud,
shimmering feedback of My Bloody Valentine. It is all tied
together by a reliance on sonic texture, both in terms of
instruments and vocals
Shoegaze is a genre of late '80s and early '90s British
indie rock, named after the bands' motionless performing
style, where they stood on stage and stared at the floor
while they played. But shoegaze wasn't about visuals -- it
was about pure sound. The sound of the music was
overwhelmingly loud, with long, droning riffs, waves of
distortion, and cascades of feedback. Vocals and melodies
disappeared into the walls of guitars, creating a wash of
sound where no instrument was distinguishable from the
other. Most shoegaze groups worked off the template My
Bloody Valentine established with their early EPs and their
first full-length album, Isn't Anything, but Dinosaur Jr.,
the Jesus & Mary Chain, and the Cocteau Twins were also
major influences. Bands that followed -- most notably Ride,
Lush, Chapterhouse, and the Boo Radleys -- added their own
stylistic flourishes. Ride veered close to '60s psychedelia,
while Lush alternated between straight pop and the dream pop
of the Cocteau Twins. Almost none of the shoegazers were
dynamic performers or interesting interviews, which
prevented them from breaking through into the crucial U.S.
market. In 1992 -- after the groups had dominated the
British music press and indie charts for about three years
-- the shoegaze groups were swept aside by the twin tides of
American grunge and Suede, the band to initiate the wave of
Britpop that ruled British music during the mid-'90s. Some
shoegazers broke up within a few years (Chapterhouse, Ride),
while other groups -- such as the Boo Radleys and Lush --
evolved with the times and were able to sustain careers into
the late '90s.
. <allmusic.com>
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Track List:
01. Sleeper 04:15
02. Silence Flows Through Noise 04:14
03. She Has Gone 04:32
04. Take Me Down 03:41
05. Endora 05:36
06. Track II 04:28
07. Ajar Door 02:57
08. Ray Of Hope 03:25
09. Want You 05:23
10. City Lights 04:56
11. Wake Up 05:32
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Total
48:59 min