music journalist since 1992 | educator since 2004 | podcaster since 2020 | Iranian American since birth
Morning After Girls alone (Xemu)
This group of boys does an exceptional job of interpreting classic shoegazer elements: moody introspective lyrics, swirling psychedelic melodies, and walls of fuzzy guitars. Their hook-laden hold on songwriting, however, which is serene and static-y in turns, stops alone from becoming generic and pushes it far past shoegazing boundaries.