Monday, 1 October 2007Falling out of cars - Do you come away on Hooked up records Falling Out of Cars Do you come away / Glass Hooked up records 7" color - edition of 500 Released Sept. 17th, 2007 I don't think shoegaze will ever find it's rightful place in rock history. Right now it's a footnote with a few notable bands and albums, but it was over as soon as it began. Whether it was the inevitable slagging of a too quickly heralded movement, or just over saturation, rest assured staring at banks and banks of pedals is here to stay. It takes the form of torch carriers Film School or in psyche-overlords Wooden Shjips. If there is a wall of indistinguishable sound to be made, then sooner or later it will take you back to where it all began with Ride and My Bloody Valentine for those short months in the early 90's. But of course there is more going on here, Falling out of Cars is working with a nice haze of distortion/washy sustained forever guitar, recorded at full volume on top of a lot of other guitars, all layered together, but lead singer Kris is practically upbeat in 'Do you come away?'. The vocals are still awash in reverb, but unlike a lot of the shoegaze stuff I remember, where the vocals likably became another texture, blending into the guitar sea, here they are right in the middle, carrying the track away from traditional shoegaze and into Jesus and Mary Chain territory with a crunchier slightly math-y edge towards the end. There's a combination dying to happen shoe-math. 'Glass' is a little different story...I was glad to hear them steer away from the usual ultra low tempo buildup of no energy this genre can suffer from. And if the A-side was any indication than this track was deceptively going to rock soon. It eventually breaks out of what's expected but suffers from a somewhat uninspired delivery... it is a B-side after all. Falling out of cars does not shy away from the guitar solo either. It could work if it went on longer or really pushed the limits of this borderline blues sound. It sounds a little off... a little out of place here, tacked onto the end. Still if you are still listening to MBV, Ride or any of their contemporaries then this may be a new direction you'll be interested in...along with that new Film School album. Jason Dean Labels: falling out of cars, film school, hooked up records, my bloody valentine, ride
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