*The Following Press Release Was Issued By Sweet Cheetah Publicity*
D.C.'s Skymender release debut album via Steadfast Records“This debut LP comes 30-35 years after U.K. shoegaze’s heyday? Yet they seem like a dreampop 'everything bagel,'… tantalizing double-play of string-bending Valentines (Shields, Butcher) and frothy frizzy Cocteau Twins (Guthrie) guitars against sighing male and especially female (Lush/Slowdive) vocals (Benenyi/Goswell), Skymender also nod gently to more local bygones Lilys and even Shudder to Think” -Jack Rabid, Big Takeover Magazine
Fresh out of Washington, D.C., Skymender’s debut album, If and Only, emerged with an immersive sound and a siren force on October 20 from Steadfast Records. Recorded at the renowned Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, Maryland and engineered, mixed and co-produced by J. Robbins, If and Only conjures a gauzy dreamworld. Their unique palette draws from post-punk, post-rock, emo and dream pop to create a bright, lysergic-tinged tapestry.
Listen to it here.
The dual vocals from Ashley Scurto and guitarist Kenny Grose volley into ana ethereal haze – sounds which takes shape through the efforts of drummer S. Dwayne Bruner (Cross My Heart, Government Issue), guitarist James Banta and bassist Zahin Huq.
Order the album here.
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