New album by Philadelphia shoegazers A Sunny Day in Glasgow. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this after Asobi Seksu’s disappointing followup to their amazing Citrus (which along with Ashes Grammar was my most anticipated shoegaze album of the year) but this album totally blew me away. A Sunny Day in Glasgow have created a near-masterpiece: they have built on their talents since 2007’s Scribble Music Comic Journal and made a more structured, complete album. It’s hard to be original in the often-derivative genre of shoegaze, but they pull it off. Ashes Grammar is imaginative and euphorically beautiful- everything present in great examples of the genre. Definitely one of the best shoegaze/dream pop albums of the year so far, and overall one of the best in any genre.

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Whimsical, airy, almost to the point of sounding like delicious, soft whipped cream. Glimmering/shimmering, sparkling notes that dance through your floating skull. A carnival on clouds, twirling parasols splattered with bright colors, swimming in the steady blue sky sky sky sky

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*fav track*: Snowdrift Wish

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Lush, dreamy pop-shoegaze from the Philippines. Close yr eyes and float above the clouds, bring yrself closer to the sun (but not too close!!). Or float on the cool ocean, the scathing sun hidden by the ocean breeze. Guess you could also be in Moscow, bundled up in some quiet empty lot, watching the snow paint the Kremlin white. This is music fer thinkin’, drivin’, sleepin’, or feelin’ like the world is pretty (& always fer enjoyin’). TAKE YR PICK.

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