Various: Dark Side Of The 80s 2004

 

Dark Side of the 80s is a stunning double-disc set spanning the mingling sounds of goth rock, indie

KILLING JOKE

rock, and alternative rock. Standout cuts from Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Cure, the Sisters of Mercy, and the Cult round out some of the collection's more blackish desire while tunes from the Pixies, Talk Talk, and Killing Joke highlight the frigid shifts within new wave and college rock. 
                   

BAUHAUS

Although the title and the sleeve artwork depict a goth like character, and the title implies "dark" what

THE HOUSE OF LOVE

we get here are only a couple of songs that would qualify as "dark", while the rest are the same New Wave 80s rock and pop that you'd find elsewhere on other compilations albums. If they called it "80s Alternative" it would be a more fitting description. It's a nice set if you want to hear a lot of the same tracks you've heard on daytime satellite radio 80s New Wave channel, but as far as the "dark" is concerned, it's a joke.
                        

THE SISTERS OF MERCY

Exactly what are Billy Bragg, Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” and The Stranglers’ “Peaches” doing here?

THE TERADROP EXPLODES

Most of the rest, apart from The Fall’s cheerfully excruciating “Mr Pharmacist” (a borderline “dark side” case in itself) and Killing Joke’s genuinely menacing “Love Like Blood”, has you asking yourself where the ’80s backlash is.
                        

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES

Various – Dark Side Of The 80s
Label: BMG Belgium NV/SA – 82876595762
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: Belgium
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Dark Wave, Goth Rock, Indie Rock
                          

CD1.

                    

01. The Cure – Lullaby    4:10
02. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary    4:14
03. The Sisters Of Mercy – This Corrosion    5:34
04. The Mission – Wasteland    5:02
05. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Happy House    3:50
06. The Damned – Eloise    5:07
07. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon    4:26
08. Bauhaus – Ziggy Stardust    3:10
09. The Jesus & Mary Chain – April Skies    3:59
10. Spear Of Destiny – Never Take Me Alive    4:14
11. The The – The Beat(en) Generation    3:05
12. Killing Joke  – Love Like Blood    4:10
13. Fields OfThe Nephilim – Moonchild    4:25
14. New Model Army – No Rest    4:12
15. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink    3:59
16. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven    2:55
17. The Fall – Mr. Pharmacist    2:18
18. The Wedding Present – Brassneck    3:37
19. The House Of Love – Christine    3:23
20. All About Eve – Martha's Harbour    3:03

Flac Size: 547 MB

CD2.

                    

01. The Mission – Tower Of Strength    4:36
02. The Sisters Of Mercy – Dominion/Mother Russia    6:57
03. Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child (Wild One)    3:32
04. The Stranglers – Peaches    4:05
05. New Order – True Faith    5:51
06. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus    3:43
07. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere    4:19
08. The Teardrop Explodes – Reward    2:41
09. Talk Talk – Today    3:15
10. Bow Wow Wow – Go Wild In The Country    5:20
11. Black Sabbath – Paranoid    2:47
12. The Alarm – 68 Guns    3:16
13. Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction – Prime Mover    3:41
14. The Wonder Stuff – A Wish Away    2:30
15. Big Audio Dynamite – E = MC²    4:22
16. The House Of Love – Shine On    4:02
17. The La's – There She Goes    2:42
18. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Perfect Skin    3:12
19. Billy Bragg – Sexuality    3:46
20. Cocteau Twins – Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops    4:09

Flac Size: 560 MB

NOTES

                          

Release is subtitled: "The very best of Alternative Rock, Goth & Indie Guitar". 

Jimi Page & The Black Crows: Live At The Greek 2000

 

In October 1999 The Black Crowes was joined by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for two pairs of shows in New York and Los Angeles, yielding a live release, Live at the Greek on TVT Records. Due

to contractual issues with Columbia, Live at the Greek does not feature any of the band's songs performed with Page. The collaboration led to a more extensive tour with Page and The Who in summer 2000, during which Pipien was replaced by Greg Rzab. Following the tour, singer Chris Robinson married actress Kate Hudson on December 31, 2000, before heading back to the studio to record the band's sixth studio album.
                     

The Black Crowes were dogged with comparisons to the Rolling Stones and the Faces throughout the first decade of their career, so it came as a mild surprise that they teamed with Led Zeppelin guitarist

Jimmy Page in late 1999 for a couple of concerts. Zeppelin had a mystique and majesty about them that the Crowes never attempted to emulate. They were an earthy, bluesy rock band and while they found a number of different ways to rework their influences, they never tried the stately grandeur that was Zeppelin's second nature. So, some observers were curious to see how these two approaches worked. Well, it worked very, very well indeed. 
                        

It shouldn't have come as a surprise that it was a good, comfortable fit since Page always demonstrated a true love of blues and early rock & roll, even on Led Zep's heaviest moments. What may be a

surprise, at least to listeners that always dismissed the Black Crowes as revivalist hacks, is how supple and muscular the band sounds on Live at the Greek and how powerful vocalist Chris Robinson is. The double-disc album, released originally only through the internet but then through retail on TVT, essentially replicates an entire concert from Page and the Crowes, one of the first before they set out on a full-length American tour in the summer of 2000. 
                        

An expanded and remastered version was released by The Orchard Records for the album's 25th

anniversary, on 14 March 2025. Most of the tracks were recorded at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on 18/19 October 1999; songs performed included material from the Led Zeppelin and The Black Crowes catalogues plus old blues and rock standards.
                           

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live At The Greek
Label:     Steamhammer – SPV 091-72022 DCD
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Enhanced
Country: Europe
Released: 2000
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Blues Rock

CD1.

                                

01. Celebration Day   3:43
Written-By – J. Page, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant
02. Custard Pie   5:19
Written-By – J. Page, R. Plant
03. Sick Again   4:34
Written-By – J. Page, R. Plant
04. What Is And What Should Never Be   5:27
Written-By – J. Page, R. Plant
05. Woke Up This Morning   4:15
Written-By – B. King, J. Taub
06. Shape Of Things To Come   3:09
Written-By – J. McCarty, W. Relf, P. Samwell-Smith
07. Sloppy Drunk   6:06
Written-By – J. Rogers
08. Ten Years Gone   6:31
Written-By – J. Page, R. Plant
09. In My Time Of Dying   9:34
Written-By – J. Page, J. Bonham, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant
10. Your Time Is Gonna Come   6:02
Written-By – J. Page, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant

Flac Size: 374 MB

CD2.

                          

01. The Lemon Song   9:00
Written-By – C. Burnett, J. Page, J. Bonham, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant
02. Nobody's Fault But Mine   6:42
Written-By – J. Page, R. Plant
03. Heartbreaker   5:50
Written-By – J. Page, J. Bonham, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant
04. Hey Hey What Can I Do   3:31
Written-By – J. Page, J. Bonham, R. Plant
05. Mellow Down Easy   5:20
Written-By – W. Dixon
06. Oh Well   4:11
Written-By – P. Green
07. Shake Your Money Maker   4:25
Written-By – E. James
08. You Shook Me   8:26
Written-By – J.B. Lenoir, W. Dixon
09. Out On The Tiles   3:40
Written-By – J. Page, J. Bonham, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant
10. Whole Lotta Love   5:34
Written-By – J. Page, J. Bonham, J. Paul Jones, R. Plant, W. Dixon

Flac Size: 404 MB

LINE - UP

                     

Jimmy Page – electric and acoustic guitars
Chris Robinson – vocals
Rich Robinson – guitars, vocals
Steve Gorman – drums
Eddie Harsch – keyboards
Audley Freed – guitars
Sven Pipien – bass
Greg Rzab – bass on "Misty Mountain Hop" and "In the Light"

Ramases: Complete Discography 2014

 

With a name that means – ‘born of the sun-god Ra’, Ramases, or indeed as modern Egyptologists have it Ramesses, is the name that is conventionally used to describe the names of 11 Egyptian pharaohs of the New Kingdom period of the country’s history. It’s no surprise therefore, that when Mr Barrington Frost from Sheffield, was visited by one of the great kings himself in a vision, that he

took the name of his visitor, renamed his wife, Dorothy Frost, Selket, after the Egyptian Goddess of cures and set out to make music. Once you’ve met a Pharaoh, I assume you just have to do something extravagant to honour them. Like a British Moondog then, Ramases embarked on the practice of strange costume and strange behaviour. The music he made, whilst perhaps equally strange to some, bears the hallmarks of serious endeavour and forethought. Spaced, conceptual and unashamedly grandiose, and cut with outstanding musicians on board, the two albums that Ramases released are now both cult prog classics, released on the equally cult prog label – Vertigo. 
                           

Without a band at this point, the pair located to Strawberry Studios in Stockport to record their debut, Space Hymns. The studio was owned by four chaps who were to have a lasting impact on the UK

music scene themselves as 10cc. Kevin Godley, Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman and Lol Crème would form the band in 1972, but at this point they were free to help Ramases and help him they most certainly did. Space Hymns was released on the label in 1971, (Vertigo 6360 046). Replete with a dramatic and beautiful painting by Roger Dean on the cover, the inside folded out into a huge, solarized poster of Ramases and Selket holding ears of corn in retrospect it looks for all the world like a progressive rock album – but it isn’t. 
                      

Decidedly folky in tone, with the hippy tinges one might expect from Amon Düül or Quintessence,

it was really a psych record that found its audience in the prog market as a welcome anomaly. A counterpoint perhaps to the endless tempo and time-signature twiddling of labelmates like Gentle Giant or Cressida and full of tantric chanting and quasi-religious overtones. Two singles were released from the debut, Balloon/Muddy Water (Phillips 6113 001) and Jesus Come Back/Hello Mister (Phillips 6113 003) – once again neither, perhaps unsurprisingly, bothered the pop charts.
                       

In 1975, Ramases and Selket returned with this masterpiece, Glass Top Coffin. Co-produced by Ramases and keyboardist Barry Kirsch, the album was markedly different from the debut. More eclectic and certainly more professional it was another concept album based on space themes. Orchestral arrangements gifted by members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London

Symphony Orchestra clearly helped Ramases to fashion his space hymns into a space opera. Confident perhaps in their abilities with a solid recording set-up Ramases and Selket both found their voices on this record. Their duet on Now Mona Lisa being a seductive and beguiling standout. The cover was a sticking point for Ramases, who clearly had an acute aesthetic sensibility. The cover was designed by him with artist Dave Field, but a mistake in the production, which lead to the figure on the cover not being pop-out as he had planned annoyed him just enough to lose interest. Ramases were no more and after poor sales he retreated from the industry.

(Brian Currin, May 2012)
                           

The strange saga of Ramases suggests that he, (real name Barrington Frost) (AKA Ramases), was

quite a persuasive force. On the first album, 'Space Hymns', his backing musicians were Strawberry Studio owners Godley, Stewart, Gouldman and Crème later known as 10CC and here four years later he somehow managed to enroll members of the Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras to augment a fresh backing band. The result is stunning. The bookends to this concept album are reminiscent of a theme from a 1950's movie. Between them are ten songs with various levels of arrangement and orchestration from stark to lush. Seemingly heartfelt and innocent they become surreal under the weight of accomplished musicianship - rather like what you would expect if an 8 year old

child wrote some songs which were arranged by a professional and brought to fulfillment by a world class orchestra. Ramases' voice is beautifully recorded and far more polished than on Space Hymns, while his writing style reminds one of 'Long Time Back' from the Star Trek episode 'The Way To Eden' - Space campfire songs almost. With the knowledge of his suicide in 1976, the themes of his spirit returning to outer space take on a melancholy flavor re-enforcing the delusion that he was the reincarnation of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramases.

                       

Ramases, born Kimberley Barrington Frost (1 January 1934 – 2 December 1976)

RAMASES - COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY 2014

                          

Ramases – Complete Discography
Label: StormVox Records – CDSV02
Format: 6 x CD, Compilation, Box Set, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: Apr 22, 2014
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Folk, Prog Rock

The dreamer dreamed the dust rose up and walked
But when the dreamer woke did anyone tell the dust
– and I fell – and stars like dust covered me. (Ramases)

“The Stars, Like Dust” was a 1951 book by Isaac Asimov. In “Hallo Spaceboy” by David Bowie in 1995, he sings “But moondust will cover you, cover you”.

                        

CD1.  SPACE HYMNS (REMIXED AND REMASTERED)    

                       

    
01. Life Child
02. Hello Mister
03. And The Whole World
04. Quasar One
05. You're The Only One
06. Earth People
07. Molecular Delusion
08. Balloon
09. Dying Swan Year 2000
10. Jesus Come Back

11. Journey To The Inside

CD2.  SPACE HYMNS (RARITIES)            

                      

01. Life Child (Rare)
02. Hello Mister (Rare)
03. And The Whole World (Rare)
04. You're The Only One (Rare: Part I)
05. Quasar One (Rare: Part I)
06. Quasar One (Rare: Part II)
07. Earth People (Rare)
08. Molecular Delusion (Rare)
09. Balloon (Rare)
10. Jesus Come Back (Rare: Part I)
11. Dying Swan Year 2000 (Rare)
12. You're The Only One (Rare: Part II)
13. Jesus Come Back (Rare: Part II)
14. Journey To The Inside (Rare)
15. Hotlegs – Studio Jam

AND THE WHOLE WORLD LYRICS

                         

And I sat right down on the hard, hard ground
And I knew this was the finding of myself
And my life stood still and I looked around
And I saw for the first time who I am

And the whole world started singing
As the last, last song went down
And the whole world started laughing
As the corn sprang from the ground

And the whole world started crying
As the rain came falling down
And we all just stood there watching
As the world went round and round

There’s a time that’s made for living
There’s a time that’s made for pain
And you feel the world turn over
And it brings you back again

As a tiny child-like figure
You are standing face to face
With the one who is the giver
And you turn to take your place

And the whole world started singing
As the last, last song went down
And the whole world started laughing
As the corn sprang from the ground

CD1. + CD2. Flac Size: 720 MB

CD3. GLASS TOP COFFIN (REMIXED AND REMASTERED)        

                   

    
01. Golden Landing
02. Long Long Time
03. Now Mona Lisa
04. God Voice
05. Mind Island
06. Only The Loneliest Feeling
07. Sweet Reason
08. Stepping Stones
09. Saler Man
10. Children Of The Green Earth
11. Glass Top Coffin
12. Golden Landing (Part II)

CD4.  GLASS TOP COFFIN (RARITIES)        

                       

    
01. Golden Landing (Rare: Part I & II)
02. Long Long Time (Rare)
03. New Mona Lisa (Rare)
04. God Voice (Rare)
05. Na Na Na Na (Rare)
06. Mind Island (Rare)
07. Only The Loneliest Feeling (Rare)
08. Sweet Reason (Rare)
09. Stepping Stones (Rare)
10. Saler Man (Rare)
11. Children Of The Green Earth (Rare)
12. Glass Top Coffin (Rare)
13. This Was The World (Bonus)

CD3. + CD4. Flac Size: 785 MB

CD5.  RAMASES (SINGLES AND BONUSES)        

                 

     

01. Ramases & Selket – Crazy One
02. Ramases & Selket – Mind's Eye
03. Ramases & Selket – Love You
04. Ramases & Selket – Gold Is The Ring
05. Ramases & Selket – Screw You
06. Ramases – Balloon (Alt. Edit)
07. Ramases – Muddy Water
08. Ramases – Jesus Come Back (Alt. Edit)
09. Solomon King – Life Child (Solomon King Version)
10. Ramases – You're The Only One (Alt. Edit)
11. Ramases – Quasar One (Alt. Edit)
12. Ramases – And The Whole World (Alt. Edit)
13. Ramases – Hello Mister (Alt. Edit)
14. Ramases – Earth People (Alt. Edit)
15. Ramases – Sweet Reason (Alt. Edit: Part I)
16. Ramases – Sweet Reason (Alt. Edit: Part II)
17. Ramases – Stepping Stones (Alt. Edit)
18. Ramases – This Was The World (Alt. Edit)
19. Ramases – Dying Swan Year 2000 (Alt. Edit)

CD5. Flac Size: 454 MB

CD6.  RAMASES - TRIBUTE        

                     

   
01. Leafpeepers – Life Child
02. Nick Eberhardt – Crazy One
03. State And Madison – Long Long Time
04. Ethan Gold – Balloon
05. Ramases Incarnate  –Life Child (2012 Version)
06. Blonde From Fargo Ft. Casey O. Day – Hello Mister
07. Duvestar – Children Of The Green Earth
08. The NoMen – Earth People
09. Napolean – Golden Landing
10. Rocketboat – Sweet Reason
11. Haroula Rose – Dying Swan Year 2000
12. QuasiModo 5 – You're The Only One
13. Duoya – Molecular Delusion
14. Celestial 天上 Ft. Shamus Dark – Hello Mister (Dub)
15. Casey O. Day – God Voice
16. Martin Ekman – And The Whole World
17. Julia Othmer – Jesus Come Back
18. Shamus Dark – Life Child
19. Hugo – You're The Only One
20. The Space Monks Ft. The Subatomic Alliance – Journey To The Inside
 

CD6. Flac Size: 505 MB

LINE - UP

                         

Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Music By, Lyrics By, Arranged By – Ramases (real name Barrington Frost), Sel (Dorothy Frost)
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Tabla – Jo Romero
Backing Vocals – Kay, Sue, Sunny, The Eddie Lester Chorale
Drums, Percussion – Roger Harrison
Electric Bass, Double Bass – Pete Kingsman
Orchestra – Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra, Members Of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano, Synthesizer – Barry Kirsch
Saxophone – Bon Bertles
Martin Raphael - sitar on Space Hymns

Echodrone: Echodrone 2007 + Bon Voyage 2012 + Five 2015 + Past, Present And Future 2018

 

Echodrone formed in San Francisco in the mid-2000s but are currently located across the US. They were and founded by Brandon Dudley and Eugene Suh. The group have recorded 8 albums and 3 EPs over the years. Aside from drawing deeply from their respective emotional coffers, the group

found inspiration from across a wide variety of musical genres. Their motley crew of influences includes: 80s cultural icons Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Brian Eno; post-punkers A Certain Ratio, Young Marble Giants, and The Durutti Column; indie generalists PinkShinyUltrablast, The Death of Pop, and Kitchens of Distinction; and miscellaneous acts including Presents for Sally, Jim O’Rourke, Swans, and TTNG.
                       

San Francisco band Echodrone has been primarily a two person operation until recently. Three new members came aboard to create this band’s great new album, Five(2015). Founding members Eugene

Suh (ES) and Brandon Dudley (BD) are joined by new members Mike Funk (MF), Jim Hrabak (JH), and Rachel Lopez (RL) to discuss how they came together and produced this excellent melange of shoegaze and dream pop. Sonic sunlight streams through the cracks in your consciousness and peels back the dark edges as their song suite unfurls. This is joyful and even triumphant music, not something that will drag you deep into the gloom. Their songs just roll through like a summer thunderstorm, striking the listener with brilliant bursts of light and color. 
    

THE BIG TAKE OVER (An Interview with Saint Marie shoegaze faves, Echodrone)
                     

01 - ECHODRONE - ECHODRONE 2007

                           

 

Echodrone – Echodrone
Label: Isomer Records – none
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: Jan 20, 2007
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Dream Pop

TRACKS

                           

01. Here We Are    7:53
02. Just Us Two    4:22
03. Alone    7:23
04. Lost In Translation    9:01

LINE - UP

Brandon Dudley 
Eugene Suh 
Kahlil Karn 
Mark Florey

Flac Size: 134 MB

02 - ECHODRONE - BON VOYAGE 2012

                                

This is the San Francisco band’s third release and there is a maturity throughout it where every sound is fully justified, adding complexity without veering into overkill. The guitars are never over aggressive

and the vocals never too soft. It’s all the more impressive then, to learn it’s produced by drummer Mark Tarlton. Guitars reverb over the start of ‘Cold Snap’ like boundless braids and Gibbons’ harmonies with Eugene Suh give complementing warmth to the track, which talks of the world being “so cold without you”. In fact, it’s fitting that ‘Bon Voyage’ is slated for an autumn realise – it has that post-summer transitional whimsy about it from start to finish.
                            

Echodrone – Bon Voyage
Label: Not On Label (Echodrone Self-released) – none
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: Jun 26, 2012
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Indie Pop, Shoegaze, Dream Pop

TRACKS

                        

01. Under An Impressive Sky    6:02
02. Hypnogogic    6:15
03. Cold Snap    5:23
04. Pure Nickel    5:06
05. Infinite Arms    4:42
06. Constant    7:40

LINE - UP

Eugene Suh - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Electronics
Brandon Dudley -  Bass, Electronics
Mark Tarlton - Drums, Engineer, Producer
Meredith Gibbons - Vocals, Artwork

Flac Size: 220 MB
     
03 - ECHODRONE - FIVE 2015

                   

Echodrone’s 2015 release, Five, heralds a sea change for the band in many ways. Musically, Five

arrives at a destination first set by founding members Eugene Suh and Brandon Dudley, mixing reverb-drenched guitars with glitchy electronics and dreampop vocals to create a coherent mélange of tracks aimed to satisfy aficionados of shoegaze and IDM alike. Five also represents the next phase of Echodrone, realized fully only with the influences and songwriting input of new members Mike Funk, Jim Hrabak and Rachel Lopez.
                     

Throughout Five, Echodrone explores the sounds of transitions. From arranging evocative melodies into unique pop song arrangements to applying standard rock band formats into 21st century

workflows, Five takes everything Echodrone cares about musically and carries it into new territory. Five is an auditory journey that mirrors the life of five individuals coming together virtually to create the fifth album of Echodrone. It is the cathartic soundtrack that maps the human experience through their eyes, as the quintet transitions from old jobs to new jobs, old friendships to new friendships, and old loves to new ones. To the band, Five is the perfect blend of shoegaze and electronic elements. They hope it is for you as well.
                               

DKFM (INTERVIEW)

INTERVIEW: Eugene Suh of Echodrone | By Elizabeth Klisiewicz. 

Echodrone – Five
Label: Saint Marie Records – SMR067
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Feb 24, 2015
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop

TRACKS

                       

01. Disparate Numbers    5:27
02. Falling From Planes    7:00
03. NoiseBed    5:17
04. Glacial Place    6:10
05. Interlude Collage    1:10
06. When Two Ends Meet    4:59
07. Motion Pictures    7:13
08. Less Than Imaginary    6:41
09. Chrome    6:53
10. Octopussy (Written-By – David Gedge)   7:12

LINE - UP

              

Brandon Dudley – bass, electronics
Eugene Suh – guitars, vocals, synths, electronics
Mike Funk - Drums, Programmed By [Rhythms] 
Jim Hrabak - Electronics, Programmed By [Rhythms]  
Rachel Lopez - Vocals

Music by Echodrone
Lyrics by Jackie Kasbohm and Eugene Suh

NOTES

Produced by Echodrone, May 2012 - August 2014.

Flac Size: 408 MB

04 - ECHODRONE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 2018

                  

Sonic sunlight streams through the cracks in your consciousness and peels back the dark edges as this song suite unfurls. This is joyful and even triumphant music, not something that will drag you deep into

the gloom.  Formerly languid epics are now replaced by tightly-focused three-minute opuses, each trying to appeal to broader audiences through more instantaneous gratification.  Having charted the band’s progress since the release of their self-titled LP a decade ago, it’s the next logical step for Echodrone. Sharpened tunefulness, propulsive rhythms and creative flourishes, this is the evolution of a carefully curated sound. 
                      

As the album’s self-titled track shows, the band embraces heavy guitar textures with warm reverb,

within a dreamy soundscape and distant vocals reminiscent of Canadian act Stars. Eugene Suh’s remain an integral part though, his serene nonchalance adding nicely to the mix. The quartet do well in meshing shoegaze and dream-pop with a warmly layered assortment of sounds. 
                     

Echodrone – Past, Preset And Future
Label: Isomer Records – ISO006
Format: Album
Country: US
Released: Apr 18, 2018
Genre: Rock
Style: Shoegaze, Indie Rock, Dream Pop

TRACKS

                

01. Threaded Barrel    3:33
02. Failure    3:33
03. The Past Or The Present    3:33
04. Open Your Mind    3:33
05. Dystopian Story    3:33
06. Save Me    3:33
07. Below, From Above    3:33
08. Rock Waltz    3:33
09. Land Of Nothingness    3:33
10. Home    3:33
11. Low    3:33
12. Abstract Thoughts    3:33
13. Snow Drift   3:33

LINE - UP

                    

Brandon Dudley: bass
Rachel Lopez: vocals
Eugene Suh: guitars, vocals, synth
Mike Funk: drums, electronics 

NOTES

Recorded Mar 2015 - May 2017 

Flac Size: 313 MB