loveliescrushing - Bloweyelashwish (1993)
Loveliescrushing is an ambient/shoegaze project that has existed since '91. Bloweyelashwish is an extremely underrated album, and is some of the simultaneously heaviest and most ethereal shoegaze I've ever heard. Almost all of the songs are little snapshots--super short songs that introduce a musical idea and quickly fade away before you even notice. It's really interesting, because the haziness and ethereality of the music is matched by the ethereality of the form of the album itself.
Seriously, even though it sounds like an emo band, it's not. Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with emo just...I don't know, just don't be turned off by the artsyness/drama of the name. This is some seriously inventive stuff; it's abrasive yet atmospheric, and violent yet gentle--as good shoegaze always is.
Track Listing:
1. babysbreath
2. teardrop
3. i want you
4. fur
5. dizzy
6. plume
7. burst
8. tinkerwech
9. charm
10. moinaexquisitewallflower
11. butterfly
12. sugaredglowing
13. glimmer
14. youreyesimmaculate
15. crushing
16. bloweyelashwish
17. precious
18. darkglassdolleyes
19. finger
20. halo
Seriously, even though it sounds like an emo band, it's not. Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with emo just...I don't know, just don't be turned off by the artsyness/drama of the name. This is some seriously inventive stuff; it's abrasive yet atmospheric, and violent yet gentle--as good shoegaze always is.
Track Listing:
1. babysbreath
2. teardrop
3. i want you
4. fur
5. dizzy
6. plume
7. burst
8. tinkerwech
9. charm
10. moinaexquisitewallflower
11. butterfly
12. sugaredglowing
13. glimmer
14. youreyesimmaculate
15. crushing
16. bloweyelashwish
17. precious
18. darkglassdolleyes
19. finger
20. halo