Posts Tagged ‘Shelter’

LONE JUSTICE – ” Shelter “

Posted: November 28, 2018 in MUSIC
Tags: , ,
0

Lone Justice their second album “Shelter” finds the band abandoning the cowpunk image of their debut in favor of a more polished ’80s sound. What they came up with is rather a mishmash of material that only points the way for Maria McKee to don a solo outfit and carry on alone. Shelter falls into the trap of a record company dictating how a disc should sound no matter what might happen to the group producing it. There are strong cuts here — most notably, “I Found Love” (a real ’80s-sounding product), “Wheels,” and “Dixie Storms” (which foretells Maria McKee’s future in music) all have something to recommend them. The rest falls into the trap of songs produced to fulfill obligations.

There’s lots of talk about which LJ band or album was better. The original band may have been the best, but really, when they were live, how could anyone take their eyes off the girl fronting the band!? When the electric got plugged in and the vibe hit her, there wasn’t anything like her. She said once she had a big voice from screaming over the band. What she does is so far from screaming! She just has some kind of voice!

Lone Justice was a group not unlike Big Brother & the Holding Company, who had a great female lead singer and focal point along with competent sidemen. Once the record execs ventured to guess that McKee would sell more on her own, they urged her to jettison the band, which she did after Shelter. Such is life in the record biz

ALCEST – ” Shelter “

Posted: February 14, 2015 in MUSIC
Tags: , ,
0

http://

Alcest’s “Shelter” is the sound of a band that has undergone a decisive and inevitable metamorphosis. In all these cases, extreme metal was the chrysalis or catalyst; what emerged wasn’t the same as what came before. Opeth style death metal for bucolic prog,  Neither came as a total surprise, and neither does “Shelter”. Alcest have been slowly turning away from the corrosive, ambient metal of their early work—a sound that’s influenced many, most notably the similar Deafheaven—toward an unbroken dreamscape of shoegaze. “Shelter” marks that clean break. The French outfit’s fourth full-length album is a statement of soft-spoken apostasy that’s unflinching in its resolve.

ALCEST – ” Opale “

Posted: February 7, 2015 in MUSIC
Tags: , ,
0

http://

“Shelter” is the fourth studio album by French shoegazing band Alcest. It was released on January 17th, 2014 via Prophecy Productions. The album’s name is related to the album’s overall concept of shelter.

The record is about the concept of shelter as a safe place that allows everybody to escape reality for an instant, to reunite with what we really are, deep down. Neige’s own shelter turned out to be the sea, as well as the tracks of this album, all inspired by and dedicated to it.