Sometimes I put this tape on knowing exactly what to expect. I'm prepared, and I'm ready to get into a feel. But last night (note: actually 'last night' is actually 'tonight' as I type this now to post tomorrow morning) I just casually pressed play and I came to a dead stop in my slippers. Like, I know SILVER SHADOWS are good (were good - there are only two releases and the most recent is seven years old), but holy fuck did they just hit me this time. Shoegaze - sure, it's an easy and obvious compartment, but SILVER SHADOWS belong on a fucking altar and not some compartment, you know? WAX IDOLS and FLESH WORLD for contemporary comparisons....maybe appropriate but definitely not completely accurate and then they hit "Fragile Dawn" and COCTEAU TWINS energy just oozes out of this recording and I am completely gobsmacked. No idea how a band can release something this fucking good and not be universally heralded, even if only posthumously. But this is the world we live in, so me and my slippers are going to go to bed listening to the most synth-heavy Cold Plastic and check this post for typos in the morning....just in case.
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