Shoegaze is incredibly easy to make and incredibly hard to make well. I'm not surprised to hear that bands are stringing up a couple reverb/delay pedals and then trying to get some of that 90s no$talgia cachet.
I think that's why Mark Gardener comes off like such a prick in this article: Ride were really on another level technically and in their songwriting and then all these crappy knock-offs came along and watered down the genre until it was a joke. Seriously Ride's live shows were so tight. These guys could really play their instruments.
I think that's why Mark Gardener comes off like such a prick in this article: Ride were really on another level technically and in their songwriting and then all these crappy knock-offs came along and watered down the genre until it was a joke. Seriously Ride's live shows were so tight. These guys could really play their instruments.