Before the Time Machine Breaks

Tokenainamae

I forget where I discovered this band, it had to be in a random shoegaze mix on youtube. I remember hearing one of the songs and instantly looking for the album. They've grown in popularity rightfully so but one of the first draws for me was how unrecognized they were. They were at 20k spotify monthy listeners and in my head they should've been at a million.

I'm not a music expert, but I imagine a Hollywood producer meticulously layering each element of a song—separating the guitar, vocals, drums, etc. This album, on the other hand, meshes every layer of noise into a beautiful harmony. Some people might say the vocals are too low, but that adds to the energetic, nostalgic atmosphere. It’s like a faded memory you can't remember the details to, only how it made you feel.

The piano glues everything together. Its really the center piece of every song and compliments the sound perfectly.

Not being able to understand the lyrics also adds alot to the emotion. When you know the language the feeling of the song comes second to thinking about what is being said, but when that dosent exist its almost like looking at a piece of art. You can derive whatever feeling you want from it regardless.

This is def in my top 3 shoegaze albums.

a good live performance, there arent many and most of them are bad quality.