-=- SHGZ -=- * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal * ARTIST..: Attic Ocean ALBUM...: The Heavy Blue And Then After GENRE...: Indie STYLE...: Dream Pop, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Punk, Shoegaze YEAR....: 2023 LABEL...: Not On Label - Self-released COUNTRY.: Germany PLACE...: Dⁿsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0 BITRATE.: 268 kbps avg QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo SOURCE..: CDREP TRACKS..: 6 SIZE....: 56.43 MB URL..: https://atticocean.bandcamp.com/album/the-heavy-blue-and-then-after https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/attic-ocean/the-heavy-blue-and-then-after https://linktr.ee/atticocean - TRACKLIST 1 Escapades 4:03 2 Pistachio 5:51 3 August 5:43 4 Glass 5:05 5 Les Yeux FermΘs 3:56 6 Fall 4:48 Total Playtime: 29:26 The five members of Attic Ocean are united by their love of spherical and dreamy music. With their debut single "August / Glass", the young band around singer Hanni attracted local and international attention. With their debut EP "The Heavy Blue And Then After" they are now embarking on a new musical journey that is tantamount to a commitment to a nostalgic and melodic sound. Attic Ocean's sound has been compared to bands like Slowdive, Cranberries and Wolf Alice. On "The Heavy Blue And Then After" Attic Ocean prove why they were called "Germany's dreamiest band": With clearly audible roots in shoegaze and indie of the 90s, they bring a breath of fresh air to the german and international music scene. * We had already talked about Attic Ocean, a very young band from Dⁿsseldorf that, with their "August," has crowned our summer of 2023. They have today released their very first physical release, "the heavy blue and then after," which contains, in addition to the aforementioned "August," five other tracks. The sound design of Attic Ocean is rooted in a syncretism that unites all possible dreampop instances: everything is delicately wrapped in a veil of rarefied melancholy, which can transform into gentle sadness or be sublimated into memories and desires filled with beauty. There are Alvvays, who make an appearance in the opener "Escapades," with an indie soul and a rhythmic section that hints at post-punk, but also Slowdive and Still Corners, traceable especially in the delightful spacepop of "Glass." "Pistachio," perhaps the most accessible track even for an audience unfamiliar with shoegaze and dreampop, moves on expanded indie pop textures and acoustic flutters that flank more typically gaze-like guitars. A perfect travel song, as also reminded by the song's music video. Then there is "Fall," which, with its airy melody and certain poetic images in the lyrics ("City's screaming, noisy walk/Neverending lullaby" "Blurry shapes in acid rain/tell them summer comes again" "Scent of petrichor and storm/icy flowers start to bloom"), grows with each listen, and especially, "Les Yeux FermΘ," a brilliant pearl in French about the heartache of love, which features enchanting shoegaze swirls in the finale. But the true masterpiece of "the heavy blue and then after" is the already mentioned "August", so pure and beautiful that it brings tears to one's eyes. Here, the graceful vocality of Hannin Nasirat paints backgrounds of sweet spleen, becoming an instrument herself, an ineffable wind among the guitars. Melancholy to sing at the top of one's lungs with the sun on your skin, the wind in your face, freedom in your veins, the infinite reflected in your eyes. - Translated from https://dreamgazers.it/attic-ocean - -=- SHGZ -=- -=-=-==-=-=- Dream Pop is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as reverb, echo, tremolo, and chorus. It often overlaps with the related genre of shoegaze, and the two genre terms have at times been used interchangeably. ---==--==---