Shimmering, chugging homage to the Cocteau Twins. Gorgeous though.Whether Swallow had been on 4AD or not, they would have been compared to the indie alternative majesty of Cocteau Twins (mp3). Swirling mists of FX-laden guitars and oozing, angelic female vocals set against a metronomic drum machine. It's a particularly poised and precise strain of Shoegazer music.
Swallow were a male-female duo who released one proper album and a remix collection on 4AD in the early nineties. They had a hint of My Bloody Valentine's sturm und drang guitar abuse and a dash of Curve's arch frostiness (mp3). However, to be fair to them, they did pre-date Seefeel's gauzey shapeshifting guitar slide plus dub vibe (mp3).
Well worth a listen if you've fallen for I Break Horses recently.
Download Swallow 'Lovesleep (Vocal Version)' (indie alternative, shoegaze mp3) (Mediafire)
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