Even among diehard shoegazer fans, Chorus might be something of an acquired taste, but it’s never less than fascinating.

Drone Dimension was well on their way to becoming a shining light in the “nu-gaze” movement.

There’s nothing wrong with diving recklessly headfirst into the sounds you love and pushing them as far as you can.

Rough around the edges but still full of lovely textures in which to lose yourself.

Where The Days Go’s most interesting tracks are those that let a little noise scuff up July Skies’ burnished sound a bit.

A blend of lush, euphoric pop music with lyrics full of existential despair, romantic failure, and wistfulness.

These songs are composed as much of feedback, distortion, and tape hiss as they are chords and melodies.

Rocinate is not without its weaknesses, but those only come as a result, I think, of being too ambitious.

The lyrics on I Will Burn Your Winter come to the forefront, with evocative and impassioned results.

A nice compilation that shows off the Japanese shoegaze scene.

Scott Sinfield’s gorgeous atmospherics are sometimes undone by some nondescript programming.

My first introduction to Slowdive, and an album that left such an impact on me that I still compare new albums to it today.

Souvlaki is Slowdive’s best collective effort, funneling the atmospherics of their previous efforts into a more cohesive package.

This was Slowdive’s swan song, and a gorgeous one at that.

Stellarscope do a fine, fine job of blending the atmospherics inherent to the genre with a nice pop sensibility.

The album often lacks focus, resulting in a disc that is just as spotty and uneven as its predecessor.

Ultimately, only hardcore fans of the band need to pick this up.

About as perfect a summation of Slowdive’s career as one can find.

The Autumns truly exist in their own frost-laden, wintry wonderland, one that is far beyond the confines of today’s current indie clime.

No matter how abstract or surreal, how noisy and harsh, how processed and glitchy their sound becomes, there’s always a heart beating at its core.