#zot2017
SPIRIT VALLEY - NEGATIVES (FUZZ CLUB, AUGUST 04, 2017)
A classic release from Fuzz Club Records, but - it must be said - of definitely higher quality than the average of the recent releases around the end of 2017 and this year 2018. Spirit Valley is a duo from Sydney, Australia, made up of Dave Tomlison and Chris Stabback, who now go by the "nicknames" Dave Spirit and CHris Valley. Based in Amsterdam, in the fertile Netherlands, which has now become home for Fuzz Club, where they also established the label's first festival in Eindhoven, held practically a month ago, the two recorded "Negatives" in Utrecht, their second LP following a self-released album from a couple of years prior. The sound is very minimal, and I believe the album works precisely because it is not entirely aligned with other sounds of the neo-psychedelic genre (there are some elements, like "Waiting For Real") but instead leans more towards dark sound forms influenced by the '80s, akin to the garage sound derived from Nikki Sudden/Jacobites. The sound is obsessive (especially the title track), very fuzzy, accompanied by the inevitable keyboards and synths, and with distorted guitars definitely rooted in the wave tradition ("Dileria Hysteria," "Chronic Youth," "Vacational Mind"), but there are gems like the Suicide-esque "Don't Panic," reinterpretations of Velvet Underground through New Order ("TNNLVSSN"), low-intensity post-industrial loops like "Heatwave," and the beautiful closing ballad "Spheres." It will surely appeal to fans of Joy Division, Nikki Sudden, Jacobites, Epic Soundtracks, as is inevitable for anyone who loves the Underground Youth, Throw Down Bones, etc. It's a nice little record; it's hard to ask for more from a formula like this.
Spirit Valley - Heatwave
#negatives #spiritvalley #levitation #wave #neopsichedelia
SPIRIT VALLEY - NEGATIVES (FUZZ CLUB, AUGUST 04, 2017)
A classic release from Fuzz Club Records, but - it must be said - of definitely higher quality than the average of the recent releases around the end of 2017 and this year 2018. Spirit Valley is a duo from Sydney, Australia, made up of Dave Tomlison and Chris Stabback, who now go by the "nicknames" Dave Spirit and CHris Valley. Based in Amsterdam, in the fertile Netherlands, which has now become home for Fuzz Club, where they also established the label's first festival in Eindhoven, held practically a month ago, the two recorded "Negatives" in Utrecht, their second LP following a self-released album from a couple of years prior. The sound is very minimal, and I believe the album works precisely because it is not entirely aligned with other sounds of the neo-psychedelic genre (there are some elements, like "Waiting For Real") but instead leans more towards dark sound forms influenced by the '80s, akin to the garage sound derived from Nikki Sudden/Jacobites. The sound is obsessive (especially the title track), very fuzzy, accompanied by the inevitable keyboards and synths, and with distorted guitars definitely rooted in the wave tradition ("Dileria Hysteria," "Chronic Youth," "Vacational Mind"), but there are gems like the Suicide-esque "Don't Panic," reinterpretations of Velvet Underground through New Order ("TNNLVSSN"), low-intensity post-industrial loops like "Heatwave," and the beautiful closing ballad "Spheres." It will surely appeal to fans of Joy Division, Nikki Sudden, Jacobites, Epic Soundtracks, as is inevitable for anyone who loves the Underground Youth, Throw Down Bones, etc. It's a nice little record; it's hard to ask for more from a formula like this.
Spirit Valley - Heatwave
#negatives #spiritvalley #levitation #wave #neopsichedelia
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