I was in high school in the ’90s and remember first listening to bands like My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Slowdive. The shoegaze sounds nothing like what I heard on the radio and I was attracted to the dissonance, walls of white noise and the ambiguity.
Glitter Etiquette is a young band that are keeping that flame alive with the recently released Silicone Bodies. The shoegaze aesthetic is realized right away with the titular song “Silicone Bodies.” The band sounded good and I thought the melodies were memorable. Great opener. “Reasons” is another good one and even more catchy than the opener. In fact it felt like a “single.” They get a great guitar tone which is somewhere between Dinosaur Jr. and The Jesus and Mary Chain. The hook is infectious. “Salud!” is the most high energy song yet. There are some elements in the song that are really intense. The song is very fuzzy and this time around the bass is leading the charge. This song in particular has some more aggression and aligns nicely with a band like Primal Scream. “What Time Is It?” has its moments and is catchy but “Cellophane” has this soft but loud quality that sounds especially good on the band. Up next is “A Portrait of Arachne” which felt like a slight pivot. It’s dark and there’s some spoken word delivered like a poem. “Canción de cuna'' sounded like it could be a B-side from My Bloody Valentine. I loved the hook on this song. It’s really infectious. The vocalist sings “Always leave us waiting / Waiting for something.” Glitter Etiquette is a very solid shoegaze band. Fans of the genre should take note.
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