“A nocturnal album meant to plum the depths of isolated depression”
Reverb-drenched and relentless: The City Gates blend post-punk urgency with shoegaze atmospherics on Chimera, brooding rhythms meeting shimmering walls of sound in a nocturnal landscape of isolation and memory distortion. Danila Kozyrev unleashes a jangly cacophonous mess bustling with melody and psychedelic production on wraith, while j.demar fuses dream pop haze, post-punk energy, and breakbeat velocity into soaring crescendos on artifacts. SMIC strips things back with a slow, atmospheric meditation on survival and clarity, and Yama Uba floats haunting vocals over dreamy ambience in the liminal space between hymns and mantras.
“Montreal's The City Gates deliver a jangly post-punk tune with shoegazed guitar whirls and a driving pulse.”
“'State Fair' is a dreamy shoegaze / post-hardcore inspired standalone single from SLEEP CLUB. Typically known for slower, simpler and heavier tracks, 'State Fair' comes from within revived archived...”
“‘Under the Rainbow’ pushes the boundaries of traditional Jangle Pop - evolving the genre by mixing elements of Dreampop and Shoegaze across its twelve tracks.”
“A black metal album about jail. Experimental and sonically adventurous. Psychedelic and shoegaze.”