-=- SHGZ -=- * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal * ARTIST..: Rocket ALBUM...: Versions Of You GENRE...: Indie STYLE...: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Grunge YEAR....: 2025 LABEL...: Transgressive COUNTRY.: USA PLACE...: Los Angeles, CA FORMED..: 2021 ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0 BITRATE.: 275 kbps avg QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo SOURCE..: CDEP TRACKS..: 8 SIZE....: 55.97 MB URL..: http://rockettheband.bandcamp.com/album/versions-of-you http://altcitizen.com/rockets-meteoric-rise-into-the-alt-rock-stratosphere-on-debut-ep-versions-of-you (Interview) - TRACKLIST 1 On Your Heels 2:24 2 Sugarcoated 3:47 3 Pipe Dream 4:24 4 Portrait Show 4:15 5 Trial Run 2:42 6 Normal To Me 3:55 7 Future Memory 3:26 8 Take Your Aim 3:20 Total Playtime: 28:13 First released in late 2023 and now reissued in an expanded form, Versions Of You is the debut EP from alt-rock newcomers Rocket, one which has made them one of the genre's hottest new properties. Boasting a new single 'Take Your Aim' in the tracklisting, it's one for fans of Dinosaur Jr. and Nirvana. * Los Angeles, CA's Rocket announce their signing to Transgressive Records / Canvasback with new single "Take Your Aim". The blistering new track was written shortly after the release of their 2023 debut EP Versions of You, and appears on the tracklist of this newly reissued EP. The now 8-song collection received nods from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Paste, and Consequence, among others, and landed the band their first cover story at NME. The forward momentum put the band on the road for most of 2024, opening for iconic bands like Ride, Sunny Day Real Estate, Silversun Pickups, and peers including Julie, Bar Italia, and Hotline TNT. The band appeared on festival stages around the world, including Pitchfork London & Paris, Bumbershoot, Best Friends Forever, and more. * Rocket have shared their grungy new single 'Take Your Aim' and have announced the reissue of their 'Versions Of You' EP. Featuring fuzzy guitars, heavy drums and a throbbing bassline, frontwoman Alithea Tuttle sings: "Why don't you lie to me / Why'd you stop crying to me / You said I am all to blame / Why don't you go and take your aim," describing the feeling of being taken advantage of but not being able to confront the person. "It's about a friendship that was built upon them taking more than they give and watching the friendship grow sour as time goes on," said Tuttle. "The verses illustrate the nature of the relationship; what that person says is what goes and no one can change their mind. The choruses fall back into the repetitiveness of overthinking; 'if this is all my fault like you say it is then take your aim.'" * The Los Angeles based quartet Rocket toss it squarely back to alternative rock's mid 90's heyday with their debut EP, Versions of You. Rocket is comprised of Alithea Tuttle (bass and vocals), Baron Rinzler (guitar), Cooper Ladomade (drums) and Desi Scaglione (guitar) who do an admirable job of reaching and delivering smoldering guitar driven rock around sweet vocals. Opening with the excellent "On Your Heels" the group eases into things with hip swaying sounds before dropping a heavier then hell breakdown/solo that dives into metal territory; this juxtaposition is dynamite from the young LA band. They mix the saccharine sounds and fuzzy, heaviness again on the dreamy/crashing "Pipe Dream" while "Sugarcoated" is a rich excursion into shoegaze as the two guitars layer and fuzz up blissfully. "Portrait Show" and "Trial Run" both stay on the peppier pop side of things with an easy going feeling that works well. The drums and bass push "Normal To Me" as the guitars go into scratching overdrive while "Future Memory" wraps up the debut release returning to their soft/loud/soft formula; if it's not broke why try to mess with it? Rocket are not breaking any new ground here, inspiration from acts like The Pixies, Dinosaur Jr. Veruca Salt (and more), can be glimpsed in their playing, but Versions of You is a granite solid collection of guitar driven alt-rock that any fan of that genre will enjoy. An impressively strong debut from this Los Angeles act. -=- SHGZ -=- -=-=-==-=-=- Shoegaze is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the late 80s. The genre is very difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and textural distortion that create a tranquil, opaque feeling. ---==--==---