The Delta Mirror

Shoe-gaze-amazingness is all the rage with the kids these days. It's funny to see how one band will break and open the door for so many other bands of the same genre to be hyped about on the blogosphere. I mean if certain bands hadn't made it big (read: made it past the trivial internet hype) would we honestly be hyping bands of that exact genre for the next 4-8 weeks? Although said hyped music is good, chances are we probably would not. Anyway, here's another band who fits into "the sound of the moment". Don't let that stop you from listening though. The sound is an ambient combo of shoegaze, weaving laptop-generated electronic backgrounds, and layered, gothic-infused vocals. According to their label:

The Delta Mirror is a cocktail of all your past loves, the ones you wish had stuck around, and check up on from time to time even though you’ve moved on. They were made from the sprained fingers and broken records of mid 90’s hip hop. They were made from the bent circuits of electronica, dead IDM lap tops and broken shoegaze strings. They were made from the injured spirit of a folk singer’s broken heart. Alongside bands like The Big Pink and The Fuck Buttons, The Delta Mirror see’s the things that made our past relationships work and brings them together creating the ideal love.

Machines That Listen is The Delta Mirror’s debut LP, due out March 16th. Each song on this 9 track collection is a story that takes place in a different room of a hospital. Track 2 “and the radio played on” tells of a dying elderly man and his wife’s last moments together, while “hold me down just don’t let me go” is told from the perspective of an ER nurse treating a stab victim. Listening to this record is like walking through the halls of Bellevue or Cedars Sinai listening to a score that is re-written daily.

The Delta Mirror- "He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You"


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