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Ok so can someone tell me what people mean by shoegaze? Because from what I've gathered it's not even a musical genre and has no defining characteristics. But yet I've literally seen people argue as to weather or not a band is shoegaze and discuss it as though it's a genre. Could someone help me out?
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@nekkichi Yup. I know you were just joking but the only thing that anyone seems to agree about regarding shoegaze is that is literally "gazing at your shoes."
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The genre is named after how the bands stared at their shoes, but shoegaze is basically a genre based around being loud with long, droning riffs, waves of distortion, loads of feedback, delay, and what not. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of effects pedals and stuff. Often resulting in a massive wall of sound where the guitars drowns most of the other instruments a lot of the time. And the overall atmosphere is often very dreamy.
Just listen to My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" on repeat and you'll get it.
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@Bear Thank you.
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