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The Shoegaze/Dream Pop Thread Genre • Page 3

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by DarkHotline, Mar 27, 2016.

  1. Sophos

    Regular

    the new diiv album is awesome, that mtv article i read about indie rock being dead because the new diiv album (and porches album) sucks was one of the worst peice of music journalism ive read all year, and trust, there has been some abysmal articles this year.
     
  2. Gooddayz

    always and forever

    Oh man I can't get into the porches album at all though.. His voice just doesn't mesh with me. But either way that's just a flat out ignorant statement to make
     
  3. Sophos

    Regular

    the premise was that people dont care about white male struggles which hey, if people dont care about heroin addiction and recovery (what the diiv album is about) then i guess they dont care about me!
     
  4. Gooddayz

    always and forever

    What the heck? That's so messed up.. Heroin addiction is not something to take lightly, regardless of race or gender. So basically they bashed the content of the album and then declared indie rock is dead? Who's writing this? Geez
     
  5. reid

    @joemochas

    This whole thread just makes me miss the old Starflyer59 stuff.
     
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  6. Gooddayz

    always and forever

    @reid I've heard a lot about Starflyer 59, but I've yet to listen to them. They have a pretty big discography
     
  7. reid

    @joemochas

    they've been around a long time. hell, that silver album that song is from came out in 1994. Been releasing music since 1993 and his last release was a 7" single last year. Jason Martin really jumps around from genre to genre, so there's something for everyone!
     
  8. Cameron

    FKA nowFace Prestigious

    Loved Everything Else Matters, and was curious of this too.
     
  9. Cameron

    FKA nowFace Prestigious

  10. DarkHotline

    Proud To Bathe With A Rag On A Stick Prestigious

    This needed a bump. Anybody got any good recs to share? Got around to listening to the new Diiv, digging it.
     
  11. cwhit

    still emperor emo Prestigious

    white lung album fits in here to a point, though it's more dreamier punk
     
  12. cwhit

    still emperor emo Prestigious

    also pity sex came out but there's been so many better things i haven't cared to listen
     
  13. cherrywaves

    Trusted

    New Pity Sex is their best material yet, big fan.

    Would True Widow count? It's probably more on the sludgy side of things but their 2011 record is awesome
     
  14. Horrorca

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    recently been enjoying this one quite a bit

     
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  15. DarkHotline

    Proud To Bathe With A Rag On A Stick Prestigious

    Love me some RDS
     
  16. local_corn

    an existential crisis mixtape

     
  17. Aaron Mook Jun 4, 2016
    (Last edited: Jun 10, 2016)
    Been listening to plenty of shoegaze and dream/jangle pop lately, almost finished with a hazy project of my own with Richie from Frame and Mantle caled Flower Crown. We're shooting for a digital release this summer and a limited vinyl run in the fall. So stoked! Haha
     
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  18. Cody

    itsgrocer.bandcamp.com Prestigious

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  19. EmmanuelSCastle

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    What makes shoegaze and dream pop what they are? Like, in listening to the stuff on the OP, I don't hear enough sonic differences to make me want to differentiate between the two as separate genres, and they're so often talked about in the same breath (this thread for example) that i can't imagine the difference really being that huge. I don't particularly care to pigeon hole things into one thing or another anyway, but understanding why things are considered what they are is fun to me. The dream pop stuff sort of seems more upbeat, I think? But they both often sound like indie after taking benzos imo. Really enjoyed the My Bloody Valentine track and Lush in particular.
     
  20. Horrorca

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    I'd say

    shoehaze is mainly driven by gtrz + pedals and seek a wall of sound - aggressive yet melodious

    dream pop seems to be less saturated sonically

    ???

    maybe
     
  21. Horrorca

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    and even the lightest MBV jams are somewhat aggressive to me
     
  22. Cody

    itsgrocer.bandcamp.com Prestigious

    I mean, I would say that shoegaze is a bit more abstract than dream pop, a bit more focused on texture/tone/effect as opposed to dream pop which is much more overt in its focus on melody/song structure.
     
  23. Horrorca

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    in their own way, obvi

    srry 4 the triple post
     
  24. Cody

    itsgrocer.bandcamp.com Prestigious

    They're definitely overlapping. I guess I would just call shoegaze effects/texture first, melody second, and then the opposite for dream pop.
     
  25. Horrorca

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    yeah that seems "right"

    shoehaze is timbre first