The keen reader will be aware of how much we love shoegaze at Mesmerized. Anything spacious and hazy, really. Well, ‘Worthless’ is certainly one of this year’s highlights; a colossal, monumental shoegaze EP with the most smokey and ethereal sound. Bordering leftfield, post-rock and noise territories, the record features extremely wet and distant vocals, expansive and wide guitar tones and polite drums.
It’s a perfect offering, penned by Scottish hero Sunstinger. The band keeps their imagery rather fuzzy and mysterious, a feature that adds to the project’s overall hypnotising vibe. Introduced by title track ‘Worthless’, the EP showcases its true colours from the get-go, wrapping the listeners in a limitless reverb bath and long, evocative vocals. The result is almost an ambient effort – Sunstinger are in full swing here.
Follow-up ‘Sink’ backtracks a tiny bit, finding more punch and distortion. From here on, it’s all a balance between extreme noise stylings and more conventional shoegaze and alt-rock flavourings. A dreamy, yet intense record, which we highly recommend. Well done, Sunstinger.
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