Cesena, Italy-based shoegazers Kodaclips formed in late 2021 by four friends, who each came from a different musical and artistic background ranging from psych rock, stoner rock and prog rock. Drawing from and meshing the sounds of their own backgrounds, shoegaze’s second wave and the Italogaze scene, the Italian quartet bring a new take and approach on shoegaze that frequently sees them experimenting with melodic ideas and arrangements.
Kodclips made their live debut as 2021 came to a close. And after a few local shows, they landed a slot opening for A Place To Bury Strangers during their 2022 Italian tour. The Cesena-based quartet followed the tour with the release of 2022’s full-length debut Glances, an album that derived its title from the lyrics of Slint’s “Don, Aman” off 1991’s Spiderland.
2023’s “Not My Sound” put the band on the map of the international shoegaze scene: The video was premiered on Backseat Mafia and the track received heavy rotation on DKFM and Eardrum Buzz. Building upon a growing profile in the national and international shoegaze scenes, the Italian shoegazers’ sophomore album, Gone is the Day will be released on September 6, 2024 through Sister 9 Recordings.
Gone is the Day‘s first single, album title track “Gone is the Day” sees the members of Kodaclips crafting a hypotonic sound that seamlessly meshes 90s shoegaze guitar textures and bruising post-punk in a grunge-inspired, alternating loud-quiet-loud, even louder song structure. At the song’s core, is an achingly longing nostalgia over a past that can’t never be back. The band explains that “the shifts between lighter and heavier sounds reflect the inner voyage behind the composition, exploring and confronting the scars left on the self from dysfunctional family relationships.”
Directed by Alessandro Mazzoni, the accompanying video for “Gone is the Day” was shot at Hangar, a Cesena, Italy-based video store that has seen much better days. Split between footage of the band in the store and fittingly psychedelic imagery, the store evokes fond memories for the band, who spent hours in the store looking for their favorite movies. The bright, surreal colors of the store and the movie paraphernalia are a metaphor for the song’s theme: the longing to catch and hold on to fading memories from a world and time that’s becoming more distant and paler.
Video Directed by: Alessandro Mazzoni
