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Sway

Whirr

Sway

Second album of shoegaze / post-rock from the San Francisco band fronted by former Deafheaven man Nick Bassett

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Graveface / Frenchkiss
UK Release date
22/09/2014
US Release date
23/09/2014
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    By the end of it, all but the most stuck-in-the-'90s shoegaze fans will see that Sway is an album that would measure up to almost any album made by the first wave of shoegazers
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  2. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    Moody and indrawn, it’s an album that seems to be about nothing in particular; even its song titles, rendered almost entirely in monosyllables like the band’s name, are vague and diffident
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  3. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Sway’s one, fundamental emotion — that vague sense of longing you can’t articulate despite its near omnipresence — is a powerful one. Monotony in music can be boring, but it can also be comforting. That’s why Whirr works
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  4. 6.5 |   Beardfood

    Shows why bands like Nothing and A Place To Bury Strangers are great - they mix shoegaze's textures with sound, while Whirr melt both together and force it
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  5. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    There are a lot of genuinely enjoyable sounds on Sway
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  6. 4.0 |   Earbuddy

    On Sway, they’re not crushing, pummeling, or really all that effective. Instead, they melt into one sound with the bass guitar to deliver a wall of sound that is ultimately pretty uninteresting
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