Honing the Drones

This morning I awoke to the sound of rain outside my window. Since it was going to be a dreary afternoon I decided to rev up Pacific UV’s self-titled debut for my lunchtime car ride. There are some places where Dreampop, Slowcore, & Space-rock cross paths (I guess in this case, it’s Athens, GA), but rarely do the bands birthed from these intersections produce such satisfying and encompassing albums as Pacific UV. Their record was released in 2003 on Warm Records (a dreamy electronic label also based out of Athens), and it is a gorgeous collection of heavenly vocals, dense drones, & echoing jangles.

The (slide?) guitar wooziness of "Out in the Blue" recalls everything from Pink Floyd’s "Great Big Gig in the Sky" to Big Star’s "Big Black Car" to all of Mojave 3's "Ask Me Tomorrow." On the flip-side of the coin, the surging opening guitars of "Blind" sound like Sigur Ros rewrote the theme to Top Gun in an surprisingly good way, and when the unavoidable "explosion" of rawk detonates at about the 6 minute mark, it is welcomed thick swirl of reverb.

Out in the Blue
Maryanne
Blind

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-Popkoff