The Ghost of 29 Megacycles come from Australia where it's sunny and people have corks hanging from their hats and Alf Stewart lives there shaking his fist at children and people say "I can see the pub from here" sometimes. However, they seem happy to ignore most of these things in favour of sculpting sheer, blissful surfaces of drone from organs and guitars before topping them off with occasional shoegaze-style breathy female vocalising. And on 'Love Via Paper Planes' they do a very fine job of it, the sonic maelstrom occasionally reminding me of a more hopeful Nadja. Edition of 500 on Sound and Fury.
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01. The Cold Light of Silence (15:38) 02. Passing, Daydreams (10:58) 03. We Are the New Romantics (6:28) 04. Love Via Paper Planes (6:10) 05. Dusted (2:48) 06. True Love Will Find You in the End (2:22)
format: CD
edition: 500
packaging: recycled card sleeves
&c: The debut full-length CD from Perth trio The Ghost of 29 Megacycles is a dense, reverb-soaked journey through shoegaze-inflected drone. Think Belong, Grouper, even My Bloody Valentine. The ultimate in immersive drift.