Sea Dweller

Sea Dweller

Okay, whoa. To be honest, I already forget how I stumbled upon Sea Dweller — aka Italy's greatest whammy-bending secret — but I am sooooooooooo glad that I did! This is truly some of the best shoegaze I've heard that was made in the past ten years. I suppose we all prefer our noisy melodies in different ways, but the Swirlies/MBV/Ecstasy of Saint Theresa sort of thing that Sea Dweller has got going on could not be more accurately hitting the nail on the head for me. When the the verse comes in on "Settings" I simply die. Anyway, they just released their debut record this past November on 2&1 Records. Had I heard it just a little bit sooner it would have been a huge favorite of the year for me. Listen to "Settings" right now!

[MP3]: Sea Dweller :: Settings (Super Recommended!)

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Susurrate

Susurrate

I've been listening to Ecstasy of Saint Theresa's debut LP Susurrate (Along with The Spinanes' Strand) pretty much endlessly as of late. It feels like such a perfect record to me and I seem to keep getting lost in it. Some strange mixing (see: "Thorn In Y'r Grip"), but it all work so well. Their first EP Pigment is also amazing, and by all accounts probably better than Susurrate, but I love them both. Here's "Pistaccio Places", from Susurrate.

[MP3]: Ecstasy of Saint Theresa :: Pistaccio Places (Highly Recommended!)

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