"It was the first day of the year / All crushed out since November / Running until you disappear / Until I can’t remember..."
The exquisite genre blend (and bend) of "Found and Lost" by Melbourne, Australia's Sylvia is truly cross generational, truly cinematic. Not only does the song possess leanings and attitudinal shifts from 80's new wave, (most especially) 90's alt rock and twee distilled into 2000's power pop revivalism and cross cut shoegaze into a current distillation of all those artforms. AND besides all this dense bending, the sonics are fucking amazing. I haven't heard such squealing, cool evocative / massive guitar sounds in such a long time. The tube analog atmospheres that would make Billy Corgan giddy feels so wonderfully thick and the sound of the lead work in combination, against the chords is heavier than heaven itself. This potent dreamy alt rock framework is perfection for this sound and Gemma's vocal countenance.
I am really stoked about the sound they are crafting.
LINER NOTES:
[Sylvia is a Melbourne, Australia band drawn from various points across the country and from various points on the musical map. Singer and guitarist Gemma is originally from Darwin and was one half of quietly-loved dreampop duo Earache. Drummer Murray was the powerhouse rhythm element in acclaimed Brisbane noise-rockers No Sister. Bassist Dee is a current member of dystopian industrial band Red Hell. Guitarist Sean was previously the vocalist of Canberran powerviolence band Hygiene. Sylvia's music falls roughly in the middle of those reference points: melodically sharp pop songs emerging from a noisy squall.]
[The new five-tracker 'EP II' was recorded by the band in their Brunswick self-storage unit. To match their new widescreen sound, the band employed the mixing ear of Californian engineer Jack Shirley who has worked with sonically-adjacent bands Happy Diving, Joyce Manor, and Deafheaven. The result sees Sylvia building on the blurry, gauzy guitar-scape of their debut with a riff-and-vocal-hook-laden collection of new songs.]
Totally rad. Yes, I still say rad.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://www.instagram.com/__sylvia________/
https://sssylvia.bandcamp.com/album/ep-ii
The band formed in 2021 and have spent the last three years playing across Melbourne and NSW. They released a self-recorded, self-titled EP in 2022 and will follow it up with a second in 2024.
The new five-tracker 'EP II' was recorded by the band in their Brunswick self-storage unit. To match their new widescreen sound, the band employed the mixing ear of Californian engineer Jack Shirley who has worked with sonically-adjacent bands Happy Diving, Joyce Manor, and Deafheaven. The result sees Sylvia building on the blurry, gauzy guitar-scape of their debut with a riff-and-vocal-hook-laden collection of new songs.
Sylvia, alt rock, post punk, indie rock, heavy guitar rock, 90's rock, twee, shoegaze, five-tracker 'EP II', new song "Found and Lost", Melbourne, Australia band,
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/__sylvia________/
https://sssylvia.bandcamp.com/album/ep-ii
The band formed in 2021 and have spent the last three years playing across Melbourne and NSW. They released a self-recorded, self-titled EP in 2022 and will follow it up with a second in 2024.
The new five-tracker 'EP II' was recorded by the band in their Brunswick self-storage unit. To match their new widescreen sound, the band employed the mixing ear of Californian engineer Jack Shirley who has worked with sonically-adjacent bands Happy Diving, Joyce Manor, and Deafheaven. The result sees Sylvia building on the blurry, gauzy guitar-scape of their debut with a riff-and-vocal-hook-laden collection of new songs.
Sylvia, alt rock, post punk, indie rock, heavy guitar rock, 90's rock, twee, shoegaze, five-tracker 'EP II', new song "Found and Lost", Melbourne, Australia band,
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