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Visual Complexity
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Visual Complexity A truly phenomenal shoegaze album. It's simultaneously gentle yet loud and spacious in its dreamy atmosphere, all the while paired with some catchy infectious melodies all throughout. Can't recommend this album and this band enough. Favorite track: Softly, Bravely.
Nightlight
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Nightlight One of the albums that helped solidify me loving music <3 Favorite track: Corners Pressed.
Michiganderik
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Michiganderik A beautiful soundtrack to those blissful moments in one's life. I queue this up on repeat frequently on my daily commutes as well as when I am settling down for bedtime. One of my favorites of 2022 so far! Favorite track: She Spins.
ExtraSauces,Please
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ExtraSauces,Please Yes. A dreamy head spinner. I like the blissful plunges. Gorgeous & Gemini exfoliate my brainwaves. Lovely vocals. Favorite track: Gorgeous.
creamus
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creamus It Sounds like a water color pencil drawing Favorite track: Softly, Bravely.
lilert
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lilert its very relaxing Favorite track: She Spins.
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1.
Kisses 01:44
2.
You told me I'm the best You're just like the rest I don't want to put you through all the things I left in you I'll wear it anyway, you know it's felt like a thousand years The entire crescendo, it's all in my head Now I'm dressed in all black Sometimes I mouth the words, I'm falling behind How do I make it right, well it might be time to try I can't undo this feeling of you but aren't you just like the rest The entire crescendo, it's all in my head
3.
Wherever you go, I’ll take the hit for you Wherever you go, I know you’ll take it too Wherever you’d go Watch me turn and self-annihilate I have to have my house in order to be happy here I want to be yours, and every time, well that’s of course I know you don’t care, you tell me that it’s not fair You round me out now but will you use the sharp edge on my head There’s something inside, self-sabotage I have to keep my house in order to be happy here I want to be yours, and every time, well that’s of course I know you don’t care, you tell me I don’t compare
4.
Gorgeous 03:09
Did you put up a concrete wall cause you finally found someone I try to run across but the meaning is lost I want to be so close to you and catch you standing there If you fall I’ll catch you sideways spinning in the air Will you ever go away Do you always have to play it safe Unturned but she’s the world and she follows you down I want to be so close to you and catch you standing there I just want to be there breathing your air Did you vanish in love Did you manage to run It’s all a mistake, it’s all a compounding error
5.
New Ground 03:03
Are you afraid Will you meet me halfway I'm on to you, but will you see it through Now you’re on to me and who I try to be I’m so scared of new ground, did I let you down Your eyes swell in mid-day I know you want to rue and slip away Will you meet me halfway I know you want to be the first but I’d never let you go You're so scared of new ground, did I let you down
6.
Gemini 03:32
I don't mind if I bruise my knees to ask your hand But you always lift me up so I can see every part of me Will you be my gemini with me all the time I love that you're always the first to dance I love that you're always the one around to say it's okay I hope you know even my friends feel the same about you I can't believe it's been eight years You used to leave and disappear You used to even have red hair Will you be my gemini with me all the time It was always your love
7.
She Spins 02:58
Can't you see the ice beneath starts to bend when you condescend the way I try She turns everything upside down With you I feel like I'm skating on thin ice Will it bother you if I don't want to hide Can't you see the ice beneath me starts to bend when you defend the way he tries Will you use the same words to hurt me again She says she only spins for you Do you remember all the words you used to hurt me Are you giving me a test to make me a mess I'm ready to hear what you whispered in his ear I'll hold my breath until the conversation's clear I'm falling again, I'm falling upside down again She spins even when I'm in the room She spins like she's waiting for my doom I feel like I'm skating on thin ice with you
8.
Tumble 02:45
Do you ever break character Deep down I know, I'm fragile and slow Do you ever think of me I'm melting this time Do you feel better I've been feeling so slow, I don't think I can last I've been feeling so old, can we stay in the past Dear diary, are you on to me Dear diary, can we stay in the past Do you ever think of me when you tumbledown
9.
Curl 01:54
10.
Do me a favor and look away You trace the lines right on my face Do you want to see me clutching my chest again Look away, I think it's a picture of me I'm only pretty when I'm breaking everything I know I'm so easy to predict, it's just like me Do me a favor and look away You trace the lines right on my face Do you want to see me clutching my chest again You can't see me crumble It's so hard to pretend I should face the consequence I'll take a stab at it or maybe I'll wait until retirement I was almost fool enough to think that wasn't me

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“Like the best bands in the twee tradition, Lee’s songs are as warm and inviting as a heated blanket—whether you’re snuggled inside to wallow or unwind, it’s the coziness that counts.”
-Bandcamp Album of the Day

“IV features a more uptempo brand of shoegaze threaded into the group’s lovely, rich wall of sound”
-The A.V. Club

"blissful fuzzed-out dreampop"
-KEXP

"shimmering"
-BrooklynVegan

"more moving than ever"
-Under The Radar

"a blissful slice of escapism"
-Earmilk

Austin-based shoegaze/dreampop group Letting Up Despite Great Faults —Mike Lee (vocals, guitar), Kent Zambrana (bass), Annah Fisette (vocals, guitar), Daniel Schmidt (drums) — return a changed group. The band's new full-length IV is the band's first album in eight years and investigates personal narratives around growth, loss, regret, and renewal. Sonically, the group's sound also explores a more aggressive, forward-leaning approach, wherein Lee elected to break the hermetic shield of synths and filtering. For IV, Lee realized the agency of his voice, thrusting it forward, where it was once "an instrument" in Letting Up's gauzy yet layered expanse of sound. The guitar-driven album represents life's inquiries into often stark revelations concerning mortality and love, as Lee notes, "why you love, how long you love."
-Kahron Spearman

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released March 4, 2022

Mastered by Simon Scott

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- BrooklynVegan

"more moving than ever"
- Under The Radar

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- Pitchfork
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