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Cocteau Twins, “Winter Wonderland”
Tuesgaze 002: Lush - “De-Luxe”
Easily in my top five bands of all time.
Classic Instance 006: The Sundays - "A Certain Someone"
A few parts Smiths, some more parts shoegazing. The Sundays “Reading, Writing and Arithmetic” got me through the summer and will get me through the fall too. I cannot stand the Cocteau Twins (sorry Robin Guthrie, love your production work) but Harriet Wheeler’s ethereal vocals (fantastic pitch) and the pervasive space-jangle of this band is right where I want to be musically.
Top Ten Albums of 2010, #3 – Tamaryn "The Waves"
This track melted my face off the first time I heard it. Tamaryn “Mild Confusion” is a crawling darkgaze bonanza, total nod-out music for those of us stuck in the early ’90s UK (and the HUGE sound is created by a TWO PIECE). “Mild Confusion” was released on a 7” in early 2010 and ended up being the last track on Tamaryn “The Waves”, my #3 record of this year. The rest of the album is full of similarly slow and dark, gauzy indie. Win!
Bonus Video: Tamaryn - Dawning
These kids did their homework and probably own lots of Creation Records imprints.
