Canyon Flourish Town by Waterproof Goldstar

For fans of My Bloody Valentine, Lil Ugly Mane, Smashing Pumpkins, internet bedroom noise rock, and the use of mass quantities of noise to drown out the pain, Canyon Flourish Town by Waterproof Goldstar stretches shoegaze to its limits, producing a sound so maximalist and distorted as to border on the edge of rock music entirely. Where famous shoegaze bands of the 90s use a multitude of tracks of guitars each playing the exact same riff, Waterproof Goldstar’s guitars instead each set off on their own adventures, in every track seemingly satisfying each possible role of a shoegaze guitar simultaneously. For instance, one guitar always hits that whammy bar waver, one always drives power chords, one always voices bubblegum melodies, and one always spirals off into pure feedback. Later tracks form these noisy foundations into catchy power pop structures, revealing this mountain of noise as a versatile method to reproduce and process those overwhelming emotions of romance, loss, and the immortal hope of that perfect moment.