-=- SHGZ -=- * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal * ARTIST..: Resplandor ALBUM...: Tristeza GENRE...: Indie STYLE...: Shoegaze, Ethereal Wave, Dream Pop, Post Rock, Noise Pop, Post Punk YEAR....: 2022 LABEL...: Reptile Music FORMED..: Lima, Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima, Peru, 1996 CURRENT.: Netherlands ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0 BITRATE.: 282 kbps avg QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo SOURCE..: CD TRACKS..: 7 SIZE....: 90.35 MB URL..: http://www.facebook.com/resplandorofficial - TRACKLIST 1 Blue 4:35 2 Rêverie 8:24 3 Tristeza 6:27 4 Adore 4:13 5 Océano 7:36 6 Feel 7:08 7 Silencio 5:55 Total Playtime: 44:18 Founded in Lima (Peru) and currently based in the Netherlands, RESPLANDOR present their 4th album "Tristeza" in April 2022. The new full-length-release was produced and mixed by Robin Guthrie, founder and composer of the mythical band Cocteau Twins, who already contributed in the same way to the previous album "Pleamar". Furthermore, all songs were mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive, who also collaborated by mixing the track "Feel". RESPLANDOR are well-known for their guitar-driven Shoegaze and Dream Pop style, creating an atmospheric wall of sound. They already toured Europe, North and South America several times, played big festivals like SXSW and shared stage with famous bands such as The Cure, Slowdive, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The House Of Love, The Radio Dept. and many more. * Earlier on April 22, Reptile Music/ Automatic and Cargo Records (distribution) published the brand new opus 'Tristeza' album by Resplandor (Netherlands). The album is naturally a grandiose work by all means, especially if look at the aces on the table; the entire album was produced and mixed by Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), who has done the same job in the past with their previous album 'Pleamar' (2019), while all songs were mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive who is an acknowledged player with many 'laurels' and many solo releases too. The band was founded in Lima (Peru) and is currently based in the Netherlands. All the music and lyrics are masterminded by Antonio Zelada (vocals, guitars, e-bow, programming) who is an inspired composer and a very skilled player, with the rest of the team consisting of Joeri Gydé (bass, baritone guitar, cello), Christopher Farfán (drums), and Tatiana Balaburkina (synthesizer, backing vocals) who is very significant for the music of the band. All of them are the cornerstones of an incredibly beautiful #shoegaze puzzle with an amazing new album in their quiver. Before listening to 'Tristeza' how much I hoped it would be something special and good and everything turned out beyond my expectations. You see, both Guthrie and Scott are not looking for a job and they don't even need to be 'convinced' to work with something new but if this new is top quality then I guess they roll up their sleeves with joy and enter the studio for great things. These great things are the all 8 new songs by this amazing band. You will hear the maziness of shoegaze and you will enjoy some pretty targeted and sensational dream-pop bridges and 'incidents'. You will not hear any blase band looking how to shoegaze their music, you will experience the real 'gaze thing - and maybe this is what the aforementioned gentlemen sensed too. Of course, if you are stuck with only the American shoegaze sound you'll need some extra tutorial as both these 'schools' (that I admire equally, forever) are quite different from each other; the American shoegaze sound is like all in the face, with the wall of sound, and the impassable gtr-sounding while the Albion style is way hazier yet on the same wall which, however, allows you to see the landscape a little further, with heavy gtr-work and their permanent need to hide the obvious...but both on the ends of the Atlantic have something in common (except r'n'r); their non-negotiable need in the dreamy composition and the run-over sound. ?f you can't dream awake, you can't shoegaze. But the song that totally nailed me with its beauty and its groove and its new-wave orientation and all...was the same "Tristeza" track. I played it on the radio and you know how it goes sometimes, you may only need a minute to pick a song but while you are spinning it and you focus more and your hand goes alone on the volume to turn it louder...these songs are core of your night in the booth, yeah. Other tracks in the album, let me see...the amazing shoegaze 'exercise' in wild waters with 'Oceano' because during this very adventurous song you will understand why all the money is the drummer who jumped in and took it somewhere else and sassier...'Adore' and 'Feel' that both took me to the old-school shoegaze but here is the thing; even though hey took me there they sound utterly fresh and so appealing dynamic. Before I go I'd like to tell you another thing that is very relevant to today's presentation. Remember my review (with an interview too) on the amazing new release by the American shoegazers Whimsical? If you place these two records in your library (Resplandor, Whimsical) then not only you'll have two of the strongest shoegaze releases this year but most importantly, you'll have the new shoegaze/dream pop sound with content so modern, so forward. But the day today belongs to Resplandor with the new 'Tristeza' LP, so here it is, listen loud!!! -=- SHGZ -=- -=-=-==-=-=- Shoegaze is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the late 80s. The genre is very difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and textural distortion that create a tranquil, opaque feeling. ---==--==---