Quality: 4.25 out of 5Trip-O-Meter: 4.25 out of 5
Well, you could say that there's nothing new under the sun here, but then you'd be missing out on some shoegazing bliss. Yeah, Tideland's going staight for the unobtainable heart of the Bloody Valentines, but they do an enviable approximation of the vibe by weaving in the pounding of Ride and the pure abandon of 80's Dinosaur Jr. I mean, let's face it, the Valentines don't have a whole lot of music to their name and this is some of the purest, straight ahead shoegazing I've heard in quite a while. There are no nods to electronic or modern rock here - just the jet engine roar that only the best create.
Once you've heard "Starblood," you'll already know if this is for you. New acolytes will note the amphetamine rush of buzzsaw guitars heading straight for your soul. The Valentine effect is in full force on "Carved In Mine," which sounds a bit like "You Made Me Realize," but doesn't suffer too much from the comparison. "Dinosaur" actually doesn't justif my Dinosaur Jr. reference all that much, but rather comes across like what the reverb god Dean Wareham would've sounded like if he drank a lot more coffee.
These are time tested approaches to melting the roof off of the club, but Tideland knows there stuff and presses most of the buttons that need to be pressed with a proper punk rock heart lurking deep inside the proceedings. The guitars jangle, roar, or melt right when they need to. Yeah, there are some diamonds to be found in the no-mans-land of Bandcamp, and this is certainly one of them.
Put a hole in your mind here:
Tideland - 2013 - Lull
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