Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

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Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by ohm-men » Sun May 02, 2021 11:24 pm

I just discovered this band as a friend of mine tipped them to me...

Classic Shoegaze, think MBV/Slowdive...

If have some time on your hands, check out their performance reccorded at the AB Brussels on 24/04/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGL-sa4m7-Y

This is really good stuff imho....
I'm definite going to check them live when all this will be possible again!!!
Something to look forward too!!!

And, yes it Offset galore... ;)

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by O Drones » Mon May 03, 2021 6:24 am

My band’s last show before the world imploded was with them in Glasgow. Good folks and a great band. Recommend.
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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by kaptainkaffeine » Wed May 19, 2021 12:21 pm

This album rules, thanks. I swear that at some point one of their songs (the first on the 2020 album, I think?) came up on one of those curated shoegaze/dream pop Spotify playlists I throw on while I'm working.

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by cestlamort » Wed May 19, 2021 12:27 pm

O Drones wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 6:24 am
My band’s last show before the world imploded was with them in Glasgow. Good folks and a great band. Recommend.
We were scheduled to play with them soon after the world imploded. (That didn't work out, of course)

Great band.

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Post by budda12ax7 » Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:23 pm

funny, this showed up on my new music list today via the Stoner Hive.

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by O Drones » Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:27 am

Here’s a gear rundown from the bassist and one of the guitarists, including sone nice offset stuff :-* https://youtu.be/qbJoCqrQyG0
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Post by budda12ax7 » Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:03 pm

all day long with this.

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Post by windmill » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:55 am

It sounds good

Thanks for posting it.

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by JMJM1 » Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:56 pm

Thanks, this is great. I knew Ancienne Belgique from their high-quality audio youtube videos of bands like Wilco, so it's pretty cool they put forth a video of the same quality for a shoegaze band that doesn't get 100k's of views (7890 at time of post).

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by jorri » Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:56 am

They are good but I hear them and dont think classic shoegaze. Its like a mix of heavier 0000s genres with some my bloody valentine-ish sounds added on top, if you know what i mean...well maybe. Or maybe thats just what Nugaze is... Or maybe how even shoegaze wall of sound is updated to today's 'clarity is everything' production.

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by sal paradise » Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:38 am

When hardcore bands went shoegaze it was all atmospheric tremolo, but crisp production more like dream pop I guess.

Who knows. I like this band though. I’m still toying with the idea of some kind of grungy Slowdive crossover type thing. These guys are pretty close to that but fitting what’s followed in the indie, post rock & punk scenes IMO.
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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by jorri » Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:22 am

sal paradise wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:38 am
When hardcore bands went shoegaze it was all atmospheric tremolo, but crisp production more like dream pop I guess.

Who knows. I like this band though. I’m still toying with the idea of some kind of grungy Slowdive crossover type thing. These guys are pretty close to that but fitting what’s followed in the indie, post rock & punk scenes IMO.
Yes thats what i am hearing: post-hardcore (or postpostposthardcore?) with added sounds. At least like its seeded from it. I dont knock it though!
Its just what i love about shoegaze is experimentalism and being unclear on purpose.. maybe even that it lacked pastiching thing 😆🤔

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by sal paradise » Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:56 am

jorri wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:22 am
sal paradise wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:38 am
When hardcore bands went shoegaze it was all atmospheric tremolo, but crisp production more like dream pop I guess.

Who knows. I like this band though. I’m still toying with the idea of some kind of grungy Slowdive crossover type thing. These guys are pretty close to that but fitting what’s followed in the indie, post rock & punk scenes IMO.
Yes thats what i am hearing: post-hardcore (or postpostposthardcore?) with added sounds. At least like its seeded from it. I dont knock it though!
Its just what i love about shoegaze is experimentalism and being unclear on purpose.. maybe even that it lacked pastiching thing 😆🤔
Ah, you see what got me into shoegaze was bands like editors. Back in the 90s, if it wasn’t grunge or skatepunk I wasn’t digging it. I woke up to Gish & MBV way too late in life.
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by jorri » Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:55 am

sal paradise wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:56 am
jorri wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:22 am
sal paradise wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:38 am
When hardcore bands went shoegaze it was all atmospheric tremolo, but crisp production more like dream pop I guess.

Who knows. I like this band though. I’m still toying with the idea of some kind of grungy Slowdive crossover type thing. These guys are pretty close to that but fitting what’s followed in the indie, post rock & punk scenes IMO.
Yes thats what i am hearing: post-hardcore (or postpostposthardcore?) with added sounds. At least like its seeded from it. I dont knock it though!
Its just what i love about shoegaze is experimentalism and being unclear on purpose.. maybe even that it lacked pastiching thing 😆🤔
Ah, you see what got me into shoegaze was bands like editors. Back in the 90s, if it wasn’t grunge or skatepunk I wasn’t digging it. I woke up to Gish & MBV way too late in life.
Prob Radiohead and Sigur Ros and Mogwai for me led me onto it. Well anything ethereal, like Doves or something and even early Coldplay and thinking "surely someone does this better than this" although sure, it led to something else 😆 i think interpol and editors just led me to joy division and the bunnymen

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Re: Slow Crush - Belgian Shoegaze

Post by jorri » Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:59 am

jorri wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:55 am
sal paradise wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:56 am
jorri wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:22 am


Yes thats what i am hearing: post-hardcore (or postpostposthardcore?) with added sounds. At least like its seeded from it. I dont knock it though!
Its just what i love about shoegaze is experimentalism and being unclear on purpose.. maybe even that it lacked pastiching thing 😆🤔
Ah, you see what got me into shoegaze was bands like editors. Back in the 90s, if it wasn’t grunge or skatepunk I wasn’t digging it. I woke up to Gish & MBV way too late in life.
Prob Radiohead and Sigur Ros and Mogwai for me led me onto it. Well anything ethereal, like Doves or something and even early Coldplay and thinking "surely someone does this better than this" although sure, it led to something else 😆 i think interpol and editors just led me to joy division and the bunnymen
And i think, somehow i created an aversion to anything grungy and post-hardcore haha. I mean discovering Sonic Youth or electronica like Aphex and BOC i think i basically ditched any connotation to 'rock music' for a while...

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