The debut LP by the Americans from Tulsa is an important thing for them, as they stated on their Bandcamp: "this is the beginning of something special." after each they add "Downward is Heavenward". Listening to this California style dense shoegaze makes it easy to believe so.
Quality-wards, Downward's music makes the shoegaze of the highest class (after all the direction of gazing during shoegaze concerts is even included in their name). The band managed to catch the best possible ratio between the vocal's volume and the loudness of the guitars so it is both noisy and airy, as it's supposed to be. Especially that the vocal itself is extremely dreamy and oneiric.
On this album, there's no track that could be definitively marked as the band's hit you should start listening from. VHS intrigues with the especially raw guitars, Found a Friend makes a delicate ballad, but if I'm to choose one, it'd be Bored that introduces the listeners to this well-balanced album of dense, American shoegaze.
Downward costs whatever you are willing to pay.
Check: Bored
Country: Oklahoma, US
Genre: dreamy shoegaze
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