Charcoal Burners is based in Dunedin, New Zealand and recently released The Best Day You Could Imagine which completes a trilogy of albums.The band is comprised of Andrew Spittle (guitar/vocals), Sally Lonie (bass/vocals) and Finn (drums).
The music seems very influenced by the early ’90s. There is overt ’90s aesthetics that can be traced to bands like Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine and plenty of bands in between. The vocals play really low in the mix in typical shoegaze fashion. The band gets going with “Winged Bird” which is a fairly straightforward song considering the genre. There is a good amount of fuzzy chords which sort of turn into white noise while soft and warm vocals lay on top. The song is well written and there is clearly a memorable chorus which sounded surprisingly poppy. Up next is “Battlescarred” which is one of the highlights. The song hits hard and the vocals reminded me of My Bloody Valentine. It's repetitive and hypnotic. “Days Behind” is very atmospheric and I would argue more tranquil than anything that came before. “Rings Run Circles” is a fast one. The vocals were a little too buried for me but I still enjoyed the melodies. “Reticent” was another solid song bringing to mind a group like Primal Scream while “Darkroom” is certainly dark and ambient. “Blind You” is perhaps the catchiest song in the batch and “Robbed and Beaten” contains some of the best dissonant shoegaze textures on the album. This album will most likely resonate with people who actually grew up on the genre. There is definitely a purity to it that seems to be founded in rock bands from the early ’90s. Recommended.
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