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animalhouse - Whatever happened to Shoegazing?
Lost in history, hidden by the gloss of
Britpop, there was a band called Ride who regularly shared equal billing with
The Charlatans and whom both Thom Yorke and Gaz Coombes looked up to. Pale of
face, long of hair and fey of demeanour, they virtually invented Shoegazing,
left an outstanding debut behind before following an increasingly Byrdsian root
on their next three efforts before imploding. Wither Indie's pin-ups now?
Andy Bell is easier to pin down, emerging from the post-Ride fallout with his
poor-man's-verve outfit, Hurricane #1 before swopping the plodding rock bombast
he wrote for the plodding rock bombast Noel Gallagher writes. Steve Queralt
disappeared and so did lead singer Mark Gardener and drummer Loz Colbert. Until
now that is.
Hooking up with ex-Mystics Sam Williams as well as bassist Hari T and Jason King
on keyboards, the Animal House serve up sixties-tinged, psychedelic rock that
has had the critics frothing. Their first three Eps (the animalhouse ep, welcome
to the animalhouse and small) all sold out within weeks of release and they are
set to take on the charts with their infectious current single 'Ready to
Receive'.
The album is due out July 31st.
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