A great discovery, debuts like this one really inspire me. Cursetheknife is a trio out of Oklahoma who just released their two-parts album Thank You for Being Here and with it, a great deal of fresh and very well done shoegaze.
Everything begins with an introduction played on violins but it's a trap, the whole albums is very guitar-oriented and in its noise rock soul, quite traditional. It's expressed already in Feeling Real - with everything we love about the genre: seducing melodies dirtied up by the loud and noisy guitars and sang by the more or less ethereal vocals. What is unbelievable is the quality of this music - both the ideas and the execution that put them very close to bands like Nothing (this guitar chorus in Feeling Real!). Tracks with similarly high potential to become hits include also Low and Filter with its very shoegazy noise with My Bloody Valentine's vibes.
The second part is a tiny bit weaker but songs like In Dreams, in which shoegaze meets lively electronics, or the title track Thank You for Being Here would be a big deal on albums by some more famous artists. Great debut and I'm instantly a fan of the Americans now.
Thank You for Being Here Pt I & II together cost 10 USD.
Check: Feeling Real
Country: Oklahoma, US
Genre: psychedelic nugaze
Label: New Morality Zine
