New Audio: Los Angeles’ Shadow Sides Shares Brooding “No Going Home”

Citing Elliott Smith, The Cure, and Slowdive as major influences, Los Angeles-based indie outfit Shadow Sides — William Thad, John Elliott and Aaron Montes — have crafted a sound and approach that blends intimate songwriting with dreamy sheogazer-like atmospherics and 80s post-punk-inspired riffs. While rooted in an undeniably pop sensibility, the trio’s work explores existential themes, which gives the material a distinctly modern feel.

Shadow Sides’ full-length debut, Dissolve the Frame will feature brooding album single “No Going Home.” Built around a propulsive and angular bass line, jangling and reverb drenched, arpeggiated guitars, eerily swirling atmospherics and big hooks and choruses, “No Going Home” reminds me quite a bit of Starfish-era The Church and fellow Angelinos Blackout Transmission.