I feel crushed at the current state of shoegaze. It is apparently 2009's hottest Pitchfork commodity to have a "shoegaze revival" sound, an early 90's nostalgia that kids who look up to Pitchfork and the indie community as their divine word probably have no recollection of. What used to be music for old fogies is now music for the ever increasing hipsterdom of meaning-seeking youth. How did this happen? Could have MBV's
reunion show last year contributed to any of this?
Maybe I am just too stubbornly sticking to the old, but how come the newer bands just don't sound as good?
1. Chapterhouse - Breather [Whirlpool, 1991]
2. My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said [Loveless, 1991]
3. Lush - Scarlet [Gala, 1990]
4. Ride - Vapour Trail [Nowhere, 1990]
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I don't know, I'm all about School of Seven Bells ever since I heard them earlier this year, and I must say, if a Shoegaze Revival is happening (although I'm not sure it ever quite went away - less popular yes, but not quite extinct) then I'm all for it! Bands like SVIIB are making incredible music that I can't stop listening to.
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