OUT NOW - THe Secret Garden Vol 1 CD!!!!!!!!
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OUT NOW - THe Secret Garden Vol 1 CD!!!!!!!!
by the fauns » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:54 am
"The Secret Garden Volume 1" is out now on Invada Records. Thirteen bands championing the return of shoegaze. Features... Kyte, Orange Yellow Red, Malory, Rumskib, The Fauns, Soundpool, 93 Million Miles From The Sun, Butterfly Explosion, Fleeting Joys, Thought Forms, Presents For Sally, Amusement Parks On Fire and Ulrich Schnauss. Available now in all good major and independent record shops and via the Invada website www.invada.co.uk
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by mary-ann » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:14 am
Its out in the UK 4th Feb. I found this review of it at fact magazine :
VARIOUS
THE SECRET GARDEN VOL.1
(INVADA)
With compilations often being cynical cash-in exercises, it’s great to see one that’s obviously a labour of love. From the CD inlay, in which label-boss Mike Savage writes movingly about his teenage damascene conversion to My Bloody Valentine, it’s clear that this round-up of new shoegaze (or, God help us, ‘nu-gaze’) artists has been put together with the most honourable intentions…
Mike’s enthusiasm for the bands here- the CD inlay also includes his eloquent accounts of why he loves each of them- is infectious; and, more importantly, it’s justified. The Secret Garden builds up a compelling argument for the second wave of shoe-gaze being a vibrant, exciting scene. While there’s certainly occasional dips in quality, some the songs here are quite stunningly good; the marching grandeur of Kyte’s ‘These Tales of Our Stay’, say, or the whirling, dazed joy of Rumskib’s ‘Hearts on Fire’. Contributions from the likes of Presents For Sally and Ulrich Schnauss foreground the sweeter, wispy side of shoegaze, showing that it’s not just about canyons of fuzz.
Widescreen sounds are popular in indie right now, from Arcade Fire to the Modern Tribe, but the bands on this compilation have a much more appealing take on the search for the transcendent; there’s no blustering, clumsy attempts to pummel the listener into wonder. While at points in The Secret Garden it’s hard to believe that you’re not listening to an MBV outtake, that kind of classicism isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But it does raise a problem: will the second wave of shoe-gaze die out as quickly as the first? Does this music have anywhere else to go? It’s going to be interesting to see if, and how, the new-wave manages to escape this beautiful cul-de-sac.
SIMON HAMPSON
VARIOUS
THE SECRET GARDEN VOL.1
(INVADA)
With compilations often being cynical cash-in exercises, it’s great to see one that’s obviously a labour of love. From the CD inlay, in which label-boss Mike Savage writes movingly about his teenage damascene conversion to My Bloody Valentine, it’s clear that this round-up of new shoegaze (or, God help us, ‘nu-gaze’) artists has been put together with the most honourable intentions…
Mike’s enthusiasm for the bands here- the CD inlay also includes his eloquent accounts of why he loves each of them- is infectious; and, more importantly, it’s justified. The Secret Garden builds up a compelling argument for the second wave of shoe-gaze being a vibrant, exciting scene. While there’s certainly occasional dips in quality, some the songs here are quite stunningly good; the marching grandeur of Kyte’s ‘These Tales of Our Stay’, say, or the whirling, dazed joy of Rumskib’s ‘Hearts on Fire’. Contributions from the likes of Presents For Sally and Ulrich Schnauss foreground the sweeter, wispy side of shoegaze, showing that it’s not just about canyons of fuzz.
Widescreen sounds are popular in indie right now, from Arcade Fire to the Modern Tribe, but the bands on this compilation have a much more appealing take on the search for the transcendent; there’s no blustering, clumsy attempts to pummel the listener into wonder. While at points in The Secret Garden it’s hard to believe that you’re not listening to an MBV outtake, that kind of classicism isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But it does raise a problem: will the second wave of shoe-gaze die out as quickly as the first? Does this music have anywhere else to go? It’s going to be interesting to see if, and how, the new-wave manages to escape this beautiful cul-de-sac.
SIMON HAMPSON
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