above me – “out of body out of mind”

The Bay Area seems to be the center of the shoegaze universes these days, and another excellent pop gem rises out of the haze this week. The solo guise of Rick Altieri of Blue Ocean, above me swerves towards a more propulsive sound than he’s found on the Ocean’s shores. Driven by drum machine patter and a blur of guitar and grit, the first single from the new album sinks into the rhythm and rich velveteen aura of Swervedriver and Chapterhouse. Caked thick with the smudges of the ‘90s, “out of body out of mind’ loops around the listener in increasingly dizzying passes. The single pops up on the band’s upcoming eponymous LP, out January 31st from Dandy Boy Records.

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