Artist: Lorelei
Album: Asleep 7"
Release: 1993
Label: Slumberland
Tracklist:
1. Mostly I Sleep
2. Float My Bed
Lorelei's The Bitter Air 7" is one of the best shoegaze/indie pop discoveries I had ever made. Three perfect, breezy and dreamy gems sung with ethereal female vocals. My dream record. Once I escaped its trance, I immediately sought after more Lorelei material. I found out they had both an LP and a 7" on Slumberland and began to fist-pump violently. I purchased both, received them in the mail and, because of my short attention-span, threw on the 7" first. The music began and something truly terrible happened. The music coming out of my stereo was clearly not that of Lorelei, but some imposters. GONE was the shoegaze sound. GONE was the female vocals. GONE was my interest. I took it off and buried both releases away into my record crates for eternity.
A few years later, after the trauma had somewhat subsided, I decided to revisit the records and found that they're actually awesome, this 7" in particular. For me to truly enjoy Asleep, I had to accept that it was a different band. Members had left or switched places and their musical interests lied elsewhere away from what they had created with The Bitter Air. Their sound now rested more comfortably in the post-punk realm and these two tracks are excellent representations of that sound. "Mostly I Sleep" is practically one long, noisy crescendo that is both hypnotic and bombastic. "Float My Bed," which is exclusive to the vinyl version of this (there is a CD version with more, less-impressive tracks,) possesses more of a song structure than the A-side and is worthy of the pop gem award 2k1993.
Anyway, this one goes out to the open-minded listeners who really loved The Bitter Air. It will certainly disappoint some, but it's still a great record. The band has also reformed, apparently, and is playing shows around the D.C. area, so look out for that if you're a local.
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-Adam
Album: Asleep 7"
Release: 1993
Label: Slumberland
Tracklist:
1. Mostly I Sleep
2. Float My Bed
Lorelei's The Bitter Air 7" is one of the best shoegaze/indie pop discoveries I had ever made. Three perfect, breezy and dreamy gems sung with ethereal female vocals. My dream record. Once I escaped its trance, I immediately sought after more Lorelei material. I found out they had both an LP and a 7" on Slumberland and began to fist-pump violently. I purchased both, received them in the mail and, because of my short attention-span, threw on the 7" first. The music began and something truly terrible happened. The music coming out of my stereo was clearly not that of Lorelei, but some imposters. GONE was the shoegaze sound. GONE was the female vocals. GONE was my interest. I took it off and buried both releases away into my record crates for eternity.
A few years later, after the trauma had somewhat subsided, I decided to revisit the records and found that they're actually awesome, this 7" in particular. For me to truly enjoy Asleep, I had to accept that it was a different band. Members had left or switched places and their musical interests lied elsewhere away from what they had created with The Bitter Air. Their sound now rested more comfortably in the post-punk realm and these two tracks are excellent representations of that sound. "Mostly I Sleep" is practically one long, noisy crescendo that is both hypnotic and bombastic. "Float My Bed," which is exclusive to the vinyl version of this (there is a CD version with more, less-impressive tracks,) possesses more of a song structure than the A-side and is worthy of the pop gem award 2k1993.
Anyway, this one goes out to the open-minded listeners who really loved The Bitter Air. It will certainly disappoint some, but it's still a great record. The band has also reformed, apparently, and is playing shows around the D.C. area, so look out for that if you're a local.
Download Here
-Adam
1 comments:
You're absolutely right about approaching this like they're a different band. It's really good though. I'm sure if I had heard this before knowing they went in a different direction and lost their female voice I would've been sorely disappointed too. Funny what expectations can do.
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