Mass Dream is an Alt/Indie album by TV Ghost, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
TV Ghost’s first outing (2009’s <i>Cold Fish</i>) was so buried in dense layers of distortion and fuzz it was difficult to nail down anything resembling melody. On their sophomore release, <i>Mass Dream</i>, the guitars have a sharper edge, carving out detectable song structures and arrangements. Where their debut was like Australia’s Scientists in a mud-shake blender, <i>Mass Dream</i> feels more like the Birthday Party simmered and stirred with Television, those seminal bands’ feral spirit (the former) and sharp angles (the latter) coming together to form a potent stew. “Wired Trap” paves the way with Tim Gick’s early Nick Cave-styled vocal delivery and Tom Verlaine’s wiry guitar tones, the song seesawing and swooping, and delivering some solid punches. There is more space in the songs on <i>Mass Dream</i>, more air, and singer Gick’s unhinged singing makes a bigger impact because of it. These Midwestern boys have a firm grip on making dark, dense music that is powerful and visceral, and <i>Mass Dream</i> shows a real leap in song craft.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Wired Trap
- A2Sleep Composite
- A3The Winding Stair
- A4Cancor
- A5An Absurd Laceration
Side B
- B1The Inheritors
- B2Doppleganger
- B3Subterfuge
- B4The Degradation Of Film
- B5Tropes
- B6Mass Dream
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Punk
- abrasive
- dark
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brahne HoeftDRUMS, KEYBOARDS
- Shawn BeckeringBASS
- Tim GickGUITAR, VOCALS
- TV GhostWRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER
- Greg AshleyBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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