Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Why don't they make 'em like this anymore?

Lush was a (relatively) short-lived band from London who combined "shoegaze" guitar dynamics (lots of fuzz and feedback) with broad spectrum girl-group harmonies. They reached a peak early on with the song Superblast from the 1992 album Spooky.



I can listen to this 10 times for any track from Nirvana (a band of some note active around that time).

3 comments:

  1. Lush definitely had an interesting sound, especially for the time. To me they all end up sounding the same pretty quickly. I never knew what they looked like - that may change things!

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  2. The Lead singer was a hottie. Saw them live in the early 90's. They were pretty good and all, but really don't hold a candle to the likes of My Bloody Valentine

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  3. I never really "got" My Bloody Valentine. Sounded a little too mushy to my ears, and I'm a sucker for a hook. I always felt like Lush were on the verge of breaking through to something new, something great, but never quite got there. The whole shoegaze movement kind of petered out. I think there's more to explore there. There are some good bands doing it now, so the MBV influence lives on...

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