Shoegaze is completely back. Bands like Ride, My Bloody Valentine and Lush put a rock genre on the map in the early nineties that stirred up a new generation two decades later. A wall of distorted guitars, echoing drums, thin synths and monotonous, depressed vocals: nothing better than to wallow in fathomless melancholy from time to time. The Big Pink knows how to combine the characteristic sound
… of their sources of inspiration with catchy vocals and solid dance beats, while not shunning the grand gesture. Songs like Dominos and Velvet clearly have hit potential. The first step to the great success is presented to her by the immensely popular group Muse, who took The Big Pink as a support act on an extensive European tour. (MS)more