Band: BLEARY EYED Who: Shoegazers from Philadelphia. Two years ago
they entered the scene with debut EP Triple Split.
Track: HEAVEN YEAR
The 3rd single, following last year’s songs Shimmer Away and 2 True.
All three part of their upcoming debut album Easy, out on July 25th.
Album artwork
Vintage shoegaze radiance.
Layers of glistening guitars.
Chrystalline vocals.
Band: FAITH NO MORE Who: Nu punk-metal heroes from San Francisco, led by Mike Patton Active: 1979–1998, 2009–present / 7 studio LPs
Anniversary album: ANGEL DUST – their 4th LP Released: 8 June 1992 – 30 years ago today Score: #9 in the US, #2 in the UK, #4 in Australia
AllMusic: “Angel Dust steps up the meta-metal of earlier days with the expected puree of other influences, further touched by an almost cinematic sense of storming atmosphere… Patton’s voice is stronger and downright smooth at many points throughout, the musicians collectively still know their stuff, and the result is twisted entertainment at its finest.” Score: 4.5/5.
Singles/clips: Midlife Crisis / Easy / A Small Victory
– MIDLIFE CRISIS –
– EASY –
– A SMALL VICTORY –
Stream full album on Spotify
. Billy Gould (bassist) about the upsetting back sleeve artwork: “It’s really
aggressive and disturbing and then really soothing. It’s the beautiful with the sick.”
Nabi Sue Bersche (singer/songwriter):“It’s about the good and evil
things we are raised to believe. I was held captive by an ideology that
severely limited my life and my perspective of the world around me.
It’s a process I’m still in the middle of, this work of extraction.”
“I was raised in the world of charismatic Christianity – an offshoot of
Pentecostalism. God was magic and prophetic ecstasies happened every
Sunday. As a child, I spoke in tongues and prayed until my body swayed
with a gentle force like wind knocking me backward. A deep and abiding
love of the natural world took hold of me. I witnessed firsthand the wild
power of music – how it could uplift, ensnare, console, inspire.”
Turn Up The Volume: Feelings of frustration and doubt are bottled up
in this funky synth-pop groove. Remember R.E.M.’s frontman Michael Stipe
losing his temper and his religion? The emotions are similar here as singer,
lyricist Nabi Sue Bersche articulates clearly with her crystal voice…
Leave a piece of yourself in each churchyard/gymnasium
Like songs you wrote to God then gave away to everyone
The powers that be predicted you to me
A flood/relief/it shifts this one-way street
