A breezy album from Philly shoegaze and noise pop outfit A Sunny Day in Glasgow, following up last year's dazzling Sea When Absent.
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A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Shut Your Mouth, It's Christmas"
New TracksCommenthttps://soundcloud.com/geonorth/a-sunny-day-in-glasgow-shut-your-mouth-its-christmas Back in June, the zestful noise poppers over at A Sunny Day in Glasgow delivered perhaps 2014's greatest summer album, Sea When Absent. The Sydney six-piece's refreshing shoegaze production rendered this the perfect beach music (on an overcast day). But now, a week from Thanksgiving, the band is in a properly wintry spirit, participating in the limited edition cassette series Sketch for Winter. Theirs is the first installment this cycle, comprised of four "new Christmas classics" and, naturally, one Mariah Carey cover. Above, stream the confrontationally-titled "Shut Your Mouth, It's Christmas," which perfectly captures the holiday ethos. Happy listening!
Sketch for Winter I: New Christmas Classics is available here for pre-order via Geographic North (limited to an edition of 300). Also, A Sunny Day in Glasgow's label Lefse shared a cold new video for Sea When Absent cut "Crushin'." Watch that here:
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Sea When Absent
ReviewsCommentThe new Sunny Day In Glasgow record is riddled with messy imperfections, but it's also one of the most creatively produced shoegaze and noise pop albums in the last few years.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)"
VideosCommenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFoj59A8-8 Last week, ever-changing dream pop outfit A Sunny Day in Glasgow dropped its fourth full-length album Sea When Absent. While there is occasionally the questionable, chipmunk-y vocal effect and the instrumentation can at times sound claustrophobic, as if Panda Bear were recording something while kind of strung out; this is a pretty adventurous pop album, with some vibrant performances and winding song structures. Check out the new video for highlight "In Love with Useless (blah blah)" above and enjoy!
Sea When Absent is out now via Lefse Records.