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Percolating in the same Champaign-Urbana watery diner coffee that spawned American Football and Braid, and coalescing in Chicago, C-Clamp shrugged on and off the ’90s midwest slowcore, post-rock, and emo scene in a hurry. Led by the guitarist/vocalist Tom Fitzgerald’s floating harmonics, the trio was rounded out by bassist Nick Macri and the stuttering rhythms of drummer Frantz Etienne. “In Tow” is the first single from the band’s 1998 swan song Longer Waves, recorded by Dave Trumfio and originally issued on the Ohio Gold label. A series of van mishaps and an errant nail gun ended the band before they ever escaped Illinois.
“… full of big sky and endless horizon, yet somehow nostalgically homesick…” - The Wire (London, England)
“…like a bridge between arty experimentation and pop. C-Clamp songs often start out as gentle rivulets of melody before cascading into lengthy instrumental rapids dotted with dissonance and uneven tempos.” - Chicago Tribune
Sludge, Shoegaze, Atmospheric, Heavy Metal, Alt-metal, you name it. This album has it all, and it is perfect. It came out during a rough time period of my life and others lives too. It's been the soundtrack for all of my pain. Thank you Hum tawper
L.A. doomgazers Iress call up a storm on their latest; silky vocals become screams, and golden guitar atmospherics turn heavy and dark. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 11, 2020
Dreamy, hallucinogenic shoegaze and slowcore on this single from L.A.’s Milly, with syrupy guitars and woozy vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 28, 2019
Shoegaze ist die Kunst des Dröhnens, doch „Everything Is Alive“ setzt diese Elemente nur sparsam ein. Statt Hall- und Zerr-Sounds aufzutürmen, schäumt die Musik in feinen Bläschen über.
https://tortue.substack.com/i/140348114/slowdive-everything-is-alive-dead-oceans Daniel Welsch