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(2018) Dead Vibrations - Dead Vibrations
Review:
Dead Vibrations burst onto the booming Stockholm music scene in 2015 and have been flying the flag high for Scandinavian shoegaze ever since. Their dark and gloomy noise pop channelling a mix of visceral Mary Chain-esque guitars, droning psychedelia a la Spacemen 3 and even Seattle grunge at times – resulting in a reverb-drenched sound that manages to sound both unapologetically indebted to its influences yet completely modern.
Having spent the last couple of years touring Europe, bringing their blistering live show to venues and psych fests across the mainland, and releasing just two releases – their debut 12” EP Reflections and this year’s 7” single Swirl/Sleeping in Silver Garden – Dead Vibrations have signed to London imprint Fuzz Club Records for the release of their self-titled debut album.
First track, “On a Sunday Morning,” starts out with guitars that are on the harsher end of the Shoegaze spectrum; the drums are skippy and heavy on the snare, in an early ’90s, post-Baggy way. Christian Jansson and Olov Sjogren’s guitars work well together here – one is grungy, the other cleaner. When it comes to the solo, the other player picks up the main riff from the lead player. The title track rides in on a wave of noise. Again, the guitars are well-balanced, with Elmer Hallsby’s bass acting as a seventh string for the rhythm guitar. There are hints of Radiohead’s “Creep” in the melody. A phased slide guitar starts “Dive with You,” followed by a Terry Bickers lead line. Jannsson sings a verse accompanied just by guitars before he is joined by the bass and Josefin Ahlqvist Lyzwiski’s drums. The stop-start nature of the arrangement causes the track to drag a little. “Marbles” starts with the sort of simple, heavy bass line ; the guitar line is again similar to Terry Bickers’ work on the first House of Love album. There is a slight clunkiness in the arrangement that might be cured by familiarity. Sometimes song sections don’t flow together as seamlessly as they might. It also goes on a little bit too long, with an ending that probably works well live, but isn’t really required on record.
“Void” flows better – the bass and drums really driving the song. The constant use of single string lead lines is beginning to wear thin at this point. Penultimate track, “In Habits,” starts out slowly with guitar and bass. Jansson’s voice is drenched in reverb. Just in time, the lead guitar has been overloaded with effects and is a welcome new addition to the sound palette. There is still an over-reliance on drums dropping in and out and also changes of bass and rhythm. “Bitter Better Way” ends the album. The guitars are fuzzy and tremolo arms are pushed.
Tracklist:
01. On A Sunday Morning.flac
02. Chemical Hug.flac
03. Dive With You.flac
04. Marbles.flac
05. Void.flac
06. In Habits.flac
07. Bitter Better Way.flac
Summary:
Country: Sweden
Genre: shoegaze
Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~872-982 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
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