Lozenge and the massive, wistful heavenly heaviness of "Aubrey Plaza"

 

"I can't forget you / tried a thousand times..."

For sure, for absolutely damn sure shoegaze never went away. It has been a constant but buzzy birds are saying that shoegaze or so-called nugaze is spreading as quickly as the tendency for most guitar pedals to now have a dedicated shoegaze setting. Whatever the case maybe, the specific hazy wonderment of "Aubrey Plaza" by Leeds, UK band Lozenge is, well, fucking rad (yep I still say rad). 

In terms of the different shades of shoegaze, Lozenge is a lot more exquisitely heavy than a lot of the current other bands mining this genre. There cadence is more amped up too. The bending guitars and pushed loud / louder aesthetic has more breathing room in spots giving that dynamic punch. There are iconic 90's touchstones and, if I have to throw some comparisons, I do feel a visceral amalgam of Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, (the obligatory) Slowdive, with the massive volume of METZ and the vocal tenderness of The Drums and early Surf Curse scrunched together or something like that. You might have other connections, other touchstones but those are mine, someone much older than you who still says "rad".

I really dig this, the lovely wistful vocal melodies and the sheer heaviness feels so heavenly youthful that I don't even care that I can only pick out every other, other word.  

"Aubrey Plaza" is from Lozenge's new EP "Blink Into Nothing".

-Robb Donker Curtius

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2BspV2SDRrNTAChw5vlDIi

https://www.instagram.com/___lozenge___/

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https://lozengeuk.bandcamp.com/track/precious

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Nu-gaze band from Leeds, UK

Lozenge, nostalgic, shoegaze grunge, nugaze, Leeds UK, alt rock, garage rock, metal, post hardcore, post punk, EP "Blink Into Nothing", single "Aubrey Plaza",