I
really don’t like using the word “shoegaze” these days because I feel as if it
is not overused but also applied to a large number of pieces of music on Band
Camp which are, well, anything but shoegaze.
A band that you might actually find that really is shoegaze though isn’t
really true to what Invisible Elephant sounds like, but it’s fairly close. On some levels, my best way of describing
this is creating the subgenre distantgaze, as this almost sounds as if it is
playing in the room next to you and you can hear it through the walls.
At
times, and when there are vocals, this reminds me a lot of The Flys and
unfortunately I do not have another band to really compare this with, but it is
not for my lack of trying it’s simply because there aren’t any.
While
there are some bits of FNL, I am hesitant to call this a slowed down version of
Depeche Mode, although at one point I really wanted to start singing “Enjoy the
Silence”. Still, I’m not saying if you
are a fan of Depeche Mode you will like this, hence no comparison there.
What
I really like about Invisible Elephant is that as much as this music is great
with the vocals, especially on cassette, it isn’t afraid to delve into long
patches of instrumental, distorted madness and I’ve always been a fan of
that.
Having a set of songs that all
have vocals or don’t is one thing, but when you’re listening to something for
the first time and have no idea what’s coming next… it’s probably one of the
best feelings you can get when listening to new music.
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