![]() ![]() ![]() “Proto-shoegaze” was another, but I know we were not shoegaze those bands buried their vocals and the guitarists strummed chords through a whole slew of effects pedals or a multi-effects processor. New York magazine called us “plain soporific.” A VJ at MTV England told us we were “wimpy.” Later, we were dubbed “slowcore,” along with bands like Low and Codeine who played a lot slower (and in a more controlled fashion) than we did. Maybe it’s a category for bands, across recent decades, who are hard to categorize. It’s a construct created after the fact, not a movement associated with a particular time or place or hairstyle. As a musician, you often have to answer the question, “What kind of music do you play?” “Dream pop” elicits blank looks. ![]()
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