shoegaze

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With its sensual sonic grains and gusty sweeps of shoegaze, the full-length's an entrancing and richly textured listen.

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  • With its sensual sonic grains and gusty sweeps of shoegaze, the full-length's an entrancing and richly textured listen. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories
  • Rex strut of "Crush with Eyeliner" to the lapping, shoegaze-y waves of "Let Me In" (a tribute to Kurt Cobain), there is hardly a sub-par tune on the record, though I must admit I've never been partial to the flaccid dirge of "Bang and Blame" or the discotheque-isms of "King of Comedy". —  Murmurs.com
  • Incorporating the dreamy melodies and dense sounds of shoegaze is a popular trend among many "post-metal" - inclined bands these days, but the tasteful way this foursome uses that style, confidently performed yet never overused, sets this record apart from many other like-minded acts. —  PopMatters
  • At any one show you can see lo-fi shoegaze, the Wet Secrets 'style of idiosyncratic dance rock and doom metal. —  gauntlet.ucalgary.ca RSS feed
  • Superstar pop-metal meets ambient shoegaze, at last. —  Pitchfork: Latest News
 

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