Do I dare ask what "Shoegaze" is?

[telecode101]

Hahahah I always just assumed it was bands heavily influenced by Radiohead but with a shitload of delay pedals.

I dont think so. i get the impression is its much more poppy and less experimental.

 

[James Freeman]

Atmospheric light pop with a lot of reverb.

I'm listening to this right now to have an understanding.

 

[telecode101]

 

[Alex Kenivel]

We need an amish jugband emoji

oof when i say "current" of course i mean 2010

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Radiohead but with a shitload of delay pedals

a new oxymoron for the list

 

[Stone]

Do they use Fractals ?

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Do they use Fractals ?

Rackgaze?

 

[telecode101]

Rackgaze?

there were indeed some nice racks in shoegaze.

 

[Bob Zaod]

Hahahah I always just assumed it was bands heavily influenced by Radiohead but with a shitload of delay pedals.

After listening to a bunch of it this last hour or so I think I have a great description...If Syd Barrett tried his hardest to write pop music.

 

[la szum]

Friends don't let friends Shoegaze.

 

[jellodog]

Friends don't let friends Shoegaze.

Nobody knew where it would start. And nobody knew when it would start. But start it would. War was coming.

Would it be 6 vs 7 strings? Or Short scale vs Long?

Perhaps someone just didn't rate Eddie Van Halen as a player.

Looking back... to that year when everything changed; it's so obvious now. But we were all so powerless to stop it.

It was Shoegaze. That's what started it all.

The great TGF schism had begun.

 

[la szum]

Not enough folks on one side to make it a fair fight, though.

 

[TubeStack]

Rackgaze?

FC-12gaze

 

[duzie]

Damn was I completely of the mark
I thought shoegaze meant looking at the floor and just letting it rip
Like this …

 

[Whizzinby]

Tonally it’s just music that’s washed out with tons of delay and verb. Traditionally the vocals are less prominent and more atmospheric. It encompasses a pretty wide collection of bands as it’s more a vibe than anything.

My Bloody Valentine are considered the goats of the genre.



I like a lot of newer heavy bands that were influenced by the genre, like Holy Fawn.

 

[partytrain]

I’ve always considered Shoegaze to be my favorite genre, but I’m also aware that the shoegaze gatekeepers (almost as bad as metal gatekeepers) would consider a number of my favorite shoegaze bands a stretch. Starflyer 59, Spotlights, Hum,

 

[Whizzinby]

I’ve always considered Shoegaze to be my favorite genre, but I’m also aware that the shoegaze gatekeepers (almost as bad as metal gatekeepers) would consider a number of my favorite shoegaze bands a stretch. Starflyer 59, Spotlights, Hum,

Hum is one of my favorite bands of all time, and they definitely incorporate a lot of what I consider shoegaze, but they don’t necessarily live in it exclusively. Which honestly I don’t think there are all that many bands (certainly that pierced into the larger public consciousness) that are purely shoegaze. Shoegaze is more of a tonal influence than genre imo.

 

[Orvillain]

My band is influenced by shoegaze, but we're not a shoegaze band really. Our parts are too intricate to qualify!

 

[telecode101]

I just listened to Hum. They totally sound like an old 90s alt rock band.

And then I checked the dates of the releases. Those records were released in 95 and 98. LOL!!

 

[Steinmetzify]

Guys. It’s off track.

And it’s weird as a lot of bands qualify regarding this.

Including Khemmis:



This is a 9 min song a lot of people would qualify as doom metal but it makes the grade.

You can find seriously great shoegaze tracks if you look. Pelican qualifies.