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by William Ruben HelmsSeptember 17, 201916:45September 17, 2019

New Video: Brooklyn’s No Swoon Fever Dream-like Visual for “Don’t Wake Up, Wake Up”

Formed in 2016, the Brooklyn-based indie act No Swoon, currently comprised of Tasha Abbott (vocals, guitar) and Zack Nestel-Patt (synths) have received attention locally and elsewhere for a sound that features elements of dream pop, shoegaze, post-punk and ethereal wave. And much like BLACKSTONE RNGRS, Lightfoils and others, the Brooklyn-based act have added their name to a growing list of acts that have actively pushed the sonic and aesthetic boundaries of shoegaze and dream pop.

Last year’s critically applauded EP 1 was written in Los Angeles during a self-imposed exile from the East Coast. For Abbott, a native of Ontario, CA, the idea was to get back to her geographic and musical roots with a great deal of time spent driving around the suburbs listening to the goth and new wave that her mom played in the car when Abbott was a little girl (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, New Order) and the indie rock and punk rock of her teenage years (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes).

Slated for a November 1, 2019 release through Substitute Scene Records, the duo’s forthcoming, Jorge Elbrecht-produced, self-titled debut is reportedly an ambiguous and urgent affair that thematically touches upon the confusion, frustration and uncertainty of our zeitgeist. And as a result, the material is at times searingly critical, frustrated and despondent over everything from misogyny to global power imbalance and inequality with each of the song’s narrators seeking answers to questions that may never be resolved. Interestingly, the album also finds the duo collaborating with Robi Gonzalez, best known for his work with A Place to Bury Strangers and This Will Destroy You, contributing drums.

“Don’t Wake Up, Wake Up,” the self-titled album’s first single and opening track is a Joy Division-like take on shoegaze as its centered around layers of fuzzy and distorted power chords, a motorik-like chugging groove, an enormous arena rock-like hook. But at its core, Abbott expresses confusion, unease and frustration — and it feels uncomfortably familiar as it asks larger questions: has the world gone crazier or is it me? Is this real or is this some horrifying and unending nightmare?

Directed by Eleanor Petry, the recently released video for “Don’t Wake Up, Wake Up” follows two people (No Swoon’s Abbott and Nestel-Patt) wandering around the city — primarily, the gorgeous Municipal Building on Centre Street and the Hudson Yards 7 train station, seeking something and finding themselves lost, slipping between dreams and reality.  “This song started from a dream of mine. Usually my dreams are very darkly lit or at night with muted colors, except there is always one or two objects that are highly saturated in a brighter color,” the band’s Tasha Abbott says of the song and its video treatment.

No Swoon will be embarking on a tour to support their full-length debut and it includes two NYC are dates: September 30, 2019 at Elsewhere’s Zone One and November 6, 2019 stop at Union Pool. Check out the rest of the tour dates below.

TOUR DATES
9/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere Zone 1 (single release show)
w/ Parrot Dream, and Absolutely Yours
11/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool (NY album release show)
11/08 – Baltimore, MD @ Joe Squared
11/09 – Winston Salem, NC @ Monstercade
11/10 – Asheville, NC @ Odditorium
11/11 – Nashville, TN @ Springwater Supper Club
11/13 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
11/14 – Kansas City, Mo @ The Rino
11/15 – Lawrence, KS @ Reply Lounge
11/16 – Denver, CO @ Rhinoceropolis
11/19 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
11/20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
12/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex (LA album release show)
w/ Nothing, Launder, and Sprain

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I'm a music blogger, critic and photographer, who has had articles and photos published in Downbeat, Premier Guitar Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Press, New York Magazine's Vulture Blog, Ins&Outs Magazine, The Noise Beneath the Apple, Glide Magazine, The Whiskey Dregs Magazine and others. Check out The Joy of Violent Movement Shop: https://www.joyofviolentmovement.com/shop Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheJoyofViolentMovement : Featured as one of the top photographers in New York City

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    New Audio: Brooklyn Shoegazers No Swoon Releases a Slow-Burning Meditation on Alienation – The Joy of Violent Movement on October 23, 2019 at 21:15
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    […] “Don’t Wake Up, Wake Up,” their self-titled debut’s first single and opening track was a Joy Division-like take on shoegaze, centered around layers of fuzzy and distorted power chords, a motorik-like chugging groove, an enormous arena rock-like hook. But at its core, Abbott expresses confusion, unease and frustration while asking uncomfortably familiar, large questions: has the world gone crazier or is it me? Is this real or is this some horrifying and unending nightmare? “Forward,” the album’s second single was a lush, synth-driven track featuring shimmering and arpeggiated synths, thunderous drumming, a soaring hook and Abbot’s ethereal cooing. And while being their most dance floor-like single of their growing catalog, the song expresses frustration about how we haven’t made progress on racism, sexism. homophobia, inequality and so on. “Faces,” the self-titled album’s third and latest single continues in the same lush vein of its predecessor — but it’s a shimmering and slow burning and meditative song that evokes a sense of alienation and disconnectedness that feels and sounds familiar. […]

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