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Cocteau Twins guitar legend Robin Guthrie has reworked one of the highlights of the Swedish shoegaze trio's acclaimed debut album Pink Noise (SCR 135CD/LP). He's taken the Disintegration-meets-slightly-out-of-focus-Saint Etienne of the original and turned it into a classic indie-pop song -- like Lush, The Primitives, or even Strawberry Switchblade, with some nice Cocteau-style bits in the background. On the flipside, ther's an audacious cover of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" (which often features in their live sets). They slow the song right down and turn it inside out, only adding the famous guitar riff as a synth motif near the end.
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Swedish shoegaze trio Echo Ladies release their debut album Pink Noise which comes just a few months after their self-titled EP (SCR 134EP, 2018), which got the attention of BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio X, Beats 1, The Line Of Best Fit, and Clash, to name but a few, and sold out immediately upon release. The album mixes A Place To Bury Strangers-style total sonic annihilation with skewed synth-pop and the band cite the Cocteau Twins and The Jesus And Mary Chain as the main musical influences, but there's also a nod to The Cure's Disintegration (1989) and even Saint Etienne. Lyrically, it's all about teen angst, which explains their perfect mixture of melancholy, euphoria, anger, and tenderness. A sense of emotional confusion that is echoed by the title.
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LP version. Pink vinyl. Swedish shoegaze trio Echo Ladies release their debut album Pink Noise which comes just a few months after their self-titled EP (SCR 134EP, 2018), which got the attention of BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio X, Beats 1, The Line Of Best Fit, and Clash, to name but a few, and sold out immediately upon release. The album mixes A Place To Bury Strangers-style total sonic annihilation with skewed synth-pop and the band cite the Cocteau Twins and The Jesus And Mary Chain as the main musical influences, but there's also a nod to The Cure's Disintegration (1989) and even Saint Etienne. Lyrically, it's all about teen angst, which explains their perfect mixture of melancholy, euphoria, anger, and tenderness. A sense of emotional confusion that is echoed by the title.
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2018 repress forthcoming... Echo Ladies' mixture of guitars, synths, and drum machines is more like a Venn diagram of your favorite bands and records. At various points you can hear The Cure's Disintegration (1989), The Jesus And Mary Chain's Automatic (1989), New Order and A Place To Bury Strangers' total sonic annihilation, but crossed with the soaring indie-pop melodies of The Radio Dept, Alvvays, Camera Obscura, and even a little bit of Saint Etienne. This self-titled debut EP was released by Hybris in Scandinavia in 2017, and is reissued by Sonic Cathedral. Echo Ladies is Matilda Bogren, Mattis Andersson, and Joar Andersén.
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