With the recent additions of bands like Blushing, Living Hour, Punchlove, and Lucid Express to their roster, Kanine Records has slowly been working its way up to the forefront of the shoegaze revival over the last couple years. With last month’s news of their latest signing, Diary, that trend seems to be continuing, with the NYC-based collective’s first single for the label taking the form of the ’90s-dream-pop-indebted “Sunday’s Shadow.”
With an official release date yet to be announced for Speedboat, their debut EP with Kanine, the group is sharing another single from it called “Brush Pile” which maintains the noisiness of its predecessor while venturing into the territories of ’80s no-wave, ’90s grunge, and ’00s post-punk revivalism—all while the vocals feel largely indebted to Lou Reed. “‘Brush Pile’ oscillates between feelings of agoraphobia and FOMO,” the band shares of the track, which ultimately gets swallowed up in a uniquely shoegaze wash of whirring guitars a few minutes in. “The sensation of being completely drained and the anxious rush of popping another caffeine pill. We drew inspiration from Sonic Youth and no-wave guitar sounds, but also the sugar-crushed alt-rock vibes of Siamese Dream and early Sloan records.”
Check out the track’s video below, which, true to the song’s decade-hopping allure, looks deep-fried in ’60s psychedelia.
