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Originally Posted by dead_battery
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I picked this up today, (Actually, I ordered it, since the only legit music store in my area did not have it) so I downloaded it as well. Good call, man. Seriously, I rarely buy an album by a hitherto unknown artist without listening to quite a bit of it first. But I read your post this morning, Spotified the motherfucker at work for a bit, and ordered it on my way home.
Very few of these **neo-shoegaze... bands have much to offer, beyond making shoegaze itself sound like a dull and mind numbing concept. Once in a while, a band like this comes along and does something inventive and exciting with the template, and I think this album is a great example of that.
** (I wish I had a better name for it... I want to say "navel-gaze," because people are too fat to even see their feet, let alone "gaze" at them without the assistance of a mirror. Phone-gaze would work, but sounds clunky. Anyway, forgive me)