Electro Group
The new wave of shoegaze, nu-gaze, whatever, is a big wet steaming pile of shit. Sorry, but its true. It’s as if a whole generation of kids hellbent on creating their own version of “Loveless” missed the point entirely and instead over-saturated a scene of limp, lifeless, daydreaming gear nerds with soul-less sounds to stare off into space to. I can count the bands on one hand (with fingers to spare) who took the sound of My Bloody Valentine, Ride, etc. and ran in the right direction. Electro Group is one of those very few, and is easily my favorite. Instead of wasting away in dreamy soundscapes of dreamy dreaminess, Electro Group pulled together ripping pop riffs, club-fisted cave-man drumming and drenched it all in tape-melting, ear-splitting white noise. They dabble in tape loops and incidental noise tracks as accents, but steer clear of making 20 minute stoner jerk off jams a focal point to their records. Blissful, blistering pop that achieves a delicate balance of pretty and punishing. After a fairly prolific and high profile few years of shows and releases, the band disappeared almost entirely, only recently reappearing after almost 6 years to start again with a new album and more on the way (fat chance of ever seeing them live again though).
Electro Group -Line Of Sight
Electro Group -Continental
Electro Group -Manimal
Electro Group -Bikini States
Electro Group -Trauma
December 25th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
mp3s won’t play! gasp.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
hmm, they all played for me.
December 26th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
cu-rap. i’ll try and reupload them. they worked before, but now they don’t seem to load right in Quicktime or whatever. try downloading them and opening them with iTunes. or go to their myspace.