Jul 28, 2007
Shoegazing Part III
“Yet on the walls of my brain, frescoes: the kneeling Angel holding a wand of vineleaves, announcing; the agony in the garden; two naked lovers turned out; and over the dome of my brain Creations and Damnation, Judgements, Hells and Paradises.”
- William Goyen.
- Lovesliescrushing – blooded and blossom blown
(Xuvetyn / 1996) - Livid – love song (Syd Barrett)
(unknown) - Tears run rings – a question and an answer
(a question and an answer Ep / 2007) - Foxtail Somersault – A Love Song Part 1
(Fathom EP, 2007) - The Verve - a man called Sun
(Verve Ep / 1992) - Slowdive – In Mind
(5 ep / 1993) - The Pastels – cycle (my bloody valentine remix)
(Illuminati / 1999) - Polmo Polpo – rottura
(the science of breath / 2002) - Seefeel – plainsong
(Quique / 1993) - Airiel - sugar crystals (feat. Ulrich Schnauss)
(the battle of sealand / 2007)
More than a year has passed since I last did one of these Shoegaze series and the only reason for me to stop is that I simply lost it. By “it” I refer to my interest in shoegaze. Maybe never really lost it but rather avoided it. For the past year I was trying to stray away from any melancholic frames, trying to be productive with the blues, asking drugs to be recreative, meeting different kinds of people, pleasing, bland as milk… but then a breakdown/breakthrough came; I tread through muddy waters and I run through molasses… a coccoon of echo surrounding me and a collection of chords making my body shiver, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift. This could all change tomorrow, but why did I try to escape from it in the first place? I gaze to them eyes longer than I should & she lets me know I do so. A limboed state of mind arriving just in time for a last, loner type of trip up to the mountains before heading back to university.
See also: Shoegazing part I & part II
Photo(s): Teteheredtothesun, me*voila & Vanka.
verve track link is not working… need to fix and feeling drowsy. come back later and download because it’s magnificent.
Moka out.
Brilliant collection.
Thanks so much.
“In Mind” is amazing.
This is really cool to listen to. I mean some make really good travel tracks.
This list incredible. Thank you, indeed.
You should check these bands out as well: The Sleepover Disaster, The Meeting Places, and The Stevenson Ranch Davidians. Incredible, undiscovered California shoegaze.
uy, moka… yo tambien he peleado siempre que la version de naxos (Gorecki – Sinfonia 3) es muchísimo mejor que la de Nonesuch… ¿será que los intelectuales de closet siempre traen prejuicios consigo? jajaja, nada de eso, pero… ¡gracias por el link-back!
sabes que lideras una de las bitácoras mas chingonas de la red.
saludos, y besos… (sorry, ese atributo me lo tomo a la “malagueña”)
Excellent, beautiful post! Albeit a little sad, your Cohen reference does not go unnoticed. “Heading back to university” never sounded so reluctant to me before.
Great choices on the playlist, really beautiful and melancholic songs. It’s nice and tempting to dwell in these feelings, but don’t gaze at your shoes too long with a whole future still ahead of you.
Dave Jul 28th, 2007 at 3:24 pm -
Hey Dave, sorry about your post getting snagged at the spam filter. It takes me awhile to rescue it, it’s been crazy.
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