I'm an admittedly snobby musician but I will say that Emily is the only one who can get away with starting a new band for a genre before she even knows what the genre even is
This worked super well, I can see my shoes so clearly now. You guys already have the most important part of shoegaze, which is friends having a massive amount of fun together and making gorgeous melodies together instead of competing with each other about who can play the mostest notes fastest.
I love shoegaze. And I love this. Many of the classic shoegaze bands liked using harp-like synth sounds in their mixes so this seems like a very natural fit.
Shoegaze grew out of the post-punk alternative rock scene of the 1980s, and involved a lot of experimentation with effects in ways and to extents they hadn't been previously used in popular music, particularly with guitars, amps, and pedals that were less popular with the mainstream musicians of the era, because those were not in high demand and therefore affordable and available. In the 1980s, what have now come to be known as the Fender "offset" guitars-Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, etc-were far cheaper to buy used because they had fallen out of fashion. Similarly, the silver panel Fender Twin Reverb amps of the 1970s had fallen out of favor, and could be found for relatively low prices, at least partly because they were just too loud; they wouldn't start to distort until you turned them up to obscenely high volumes, necessitating the use of overdrive and distortion pedals. The 1980s were also the era of the first widespread availability of high quality affordable effects pedals from companies like Boss, Electro-Harmonix, and others. The term "shoegaze" itself was coined by a British music journalist, and was intended to be a derisive term for bands of the era who weren't very "rock star" like on stage, and partly due to introversion and partly due to the use of effects pedals on stage, spent a lot more time looking downward than outward toward the audience, "gazing at their shoes". The British music press has a habit of harshly reviewing up and coming trends in music. But while shoegaze can be said to have coalesced in Britain, it was never an exclusively British phenomenon. The early British shoegaze bands counted many American and global acts as influences, and a distinctly American shoegaze scene developed concurrently.
Not every shoegaze band put reverb before distortion or strummed their guitars whilst holding onto the whammy bar. Not every shoegaze band is defined by distortion or fuzz.
That music at the end was glorious! Me being halfway through my 60s, it kinda reminds me of psychedelic rock jam band music, but with a bit of a modern twist. The newer effects pedals are way better than they used to be...
I dont live and breathe shoegaze but good grief did I love this. I could listen to that forever. We need a full album, like asap. P.S. love the channel, found you through Rob Scallon.
I'm honestly surprised that you didn't know what shoegaze was, since it's kind of what you're all about: pedals and reverb! Such a natural fit for you.
Not too big into shoegaze, so I don't know if I'm breaking extremely old ground or what. But this video really showcased to me just how important drumming is to shoegaze. For me, it just ties everything together in a way that I can see the music ending up being either under or overwhelming pretty easily without it
HE'LL YE'AH ! This video is *AMAZING* Love this band. Joe=Killing it on drums, Ian=Shoegaze/Yo-Yo King(was not expecting those mad skillz) Emily&Russ=Solid 89%. Great job, phellas™. Now to listen to this at 3AM (EPIC)(NOT CLICKBAIT) Big Love from your Mod up North🫡🍁❤️🔥
Awesome musicality aside, you folks seem like fun people to spend time with. Thanks for showing that so well. It's the obvious fun you have while producing these vids that adds the extra little something.
I love that you can start off with what seems like a silly, yet exciting little adventure, but end up producing some lush, dope af music with equally talented musicians. I've always been a fan of shoegaze so I might be a little bias, but I would totally listen to, Does is Shoegaze #DoesItShoegaze
That is pretty nostalgic. It reminds me of my youth, when the band I was in would play gigs in rooms way too large for the meager amplification we owned.
Big shoegaze and adjacent genre listener here and I would certainly listen to this project if y’all continued to make more. Alt-rock/shoegaze bands are pushing the genre further than ever right now and using way more elements and I feel like the harp fits perfectly
Thanks for explaining shoegaze. And for the yo-yo demonstration. 60 years ago, I had quite the collection of duncan imperial yo-yos and spin tops. They were all the rage of us 2nd grade boys and responsible for not a few lumps on the head while practicing the 'around the world' move. The 'cradle' was SO much safer. When spring came around, we turned to marbles and every boy had a pocket full of them itching for recess and the chance to win more. Thanks for the fun videos, Emily.
Near crippling stage fright not included. I always felt that was at the root of the whole head down while on stage thing. They're looking at their guitars but add some long messy hair in the mix and you can't tell what they're looking at. It catches on, more people do it, so some journalist just eventually decided to call it shoe gazing, and a subgenre is born.
Well that was beautiful. Totally brought me back to high school '96 which is so impressive that you could nail it so well with no previous exposure. Y'all are awesome 😎
Emily, Russ, and Ian, Never heard of 'shoegaze' before this. And after Ian's explanation I thought, "OK, I guess I'm too old__I'm just not into all the fuzzy distortion stuff. That's why I was never into the 'acid rock' as a teenager." HOWEVER, once you started playing as a band, gotta say, it was kind of nice__interesting, for sure! Sometimes I'm totally lost on all the pedal and game stuff you guys are all into but, I always learn something here__and, for sure, I enjoy the music! Thanks for being 'you'. 🎶💎 Hope we have the opportunity to meet up on your visit to "SoCal". 😱😛😹 Love, Light, and Harpy Blessings. 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌😺
I immediately guessed who your shoegaze subject matter expert would be - top choice! Not shown: Kevin Shields being jealous he never thought to bring in some harp action.
I’ve been watching Ian’s videos for a year or so. First time I’ve ever seen him in human form! Of course a harp can shoegaze! It’s perfect for it. Great video Emily!
I’m loving this new song. It’s one of my favorite of your releases yet. I was really happy to see one of my Bolt yo-yos make a cameo in this video too. I’m glad you are enjoying it.
thank you, Doc Pop!!!! we love your yo-yo!!! :) thank you again for sending it to me; it's such an amazing gift that means so much to me! now we just gotta convince Ian to give me yo-yo lessons... lmao
This was loads of fun. You guys sounded godlike! Add a solid vocalist, ideally from somewhere in the North of England, and I’d buy your record without a thought. Inspiring as ever! Cheers, Emily; you are a delight and an unique talent.
This makes me feel like I'm reminiscing on sweet childhood memories that weren't ever mine to begin with. "Those were good times. But, uh...whose were they, anyway? I never did any of that." That kind of thing.
ooh your comment made me think of a memory of someone else’s childhood memory of being a little girl on a swing, that was a fabricated childhood memory implanted in a replicant that Harrison Ford’s character didn’t kill?
Shoegazing is that you end up gazing at your shoes because you are using so many effects and need to adjust etc, all the time. "The name comes from the heavy use of effects pedals, as the performers were often looking down at their pedals during concerts" that is quote from Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze
I barely started the video, but as someone who loves shoegaze I recommend a very underground and underrated band called Lovesilkpalemilk (morgonstund is my favorite track) and Thränenkind (which is not that underground), that's it, I love your videos! Ok, I'm back to say I loved the track you guys played in the end, that's lovely!
15th-century harp music is the original Shoogaze!.....the hip kids back then bobbed their powdered wigs to the haunting celestial harp open chords just like the 90s kids with chorus/delay pedals !
OH my gods. The yo-yoing from the live stream 3 weeks back makes totall sence now >< I could not stop laughing! Dude is killer! AND the band sounds amazing!
... Last night I was showing our bassist's kid how to yoyo, so I was looking up what yoyos are popular these days. Then I got overwhelmed by all the new yoyo culture. I thought, that's enough yoyo, I'm gonna watch this harp video.
This was so much fun to watch. I enjoyed the cool sounds and good laughs. You're going to be the harp queen of, like, all the traditionally non-harp genres soon, if you keep it up.
This is so fucken fun. I want to disregard the parasocial aspect of this for a minute so I can say- you're my people. We're already friends. Do you know ****? Their parents' house has a basement where we can play loud. We're gonna go there and play after the show on Friday, you should come. OK, that's enough. I totally felt like I was 16 again for a minute there. I love this. Nice to meet you~~
When I saw Collector Emitter I was I bit worried about my ears. When I saw Emily picking up the Yoyo I was really worried about your gear. And afterwards I almost cracked laughing - as usual.
love that y'all just happened to have a yo-yo on hand lmfao 💀💀 that said, I would legitimately love to hear more of this, despite not knowing the genre well at all you nailed it, I'm a big fan of shoegaze and this was perfect. I'd actually pay for a full album, dead serious on that
Shoegazing is not exactly only reverb, fuzz, chorus, distorted amp…. Showgaze is simply enough “staring at your pedals/shoes” when you perform. I used to shoegaze in my teenage years when performing (I’m 44). The name was hijacked in my opinion. I mean in the 90s, mazzy star used to be called a shoegaze band.
People forgot the dreampop element of it and tried to separate them into two different genres, as if there were not non-fuzz parts all over Loveless too. Slowdive, non-fuzz parts all over the place. The genre had both parts, a yin and yang. Everyone wants to only yin.
I don't know how I came across your channel or why the UA-cam algorithm put you into the suggestions, but I'm so glad for it! Your shoegaze is pretty cool. I'm also getting a little post rock vibe as well. You all should go riff heavy and into the post metal genre a la Isis. Their album Panopticon blends heavy riffs with crystalline guitar work that I believe would be the perfect inspiration for your next masterpieces.
My Bloody Valentine has never used reverb, delay, chorus or anything like that. Reverse Reverb is not used like a reverb, as in creating space but more like a texture/drone element. 80% of their songs are guitar> cranked amp. The internet changed this narrative thousands of times. They didn't even combine fuzz and reverb, whenever they used reverse reverb it was combined with relatively cleand sounds, Kevin Shields was notorious for having different EQ pedals as boost, while using pedals like a RAT or a Marshall Shredmaster as his main gain stage. Reverb into fuzz can sound good but most of the time it sounds terrible.
Thanks so much for having me y’all! We make the best shoegaze partners on UA-cam
HE'LL YE'AH😎🤘
Dude, teach us how to yo-yo
you're the best :)
Sick! Was that the doc pop bolt, green responsive edition yoyo?
drink//milk 🥛🪀🤟
Ian: explains shoegaze
Emily: “What? That’s it? Okay let’s yo-yo”
😂
@@emilyharpist she's a master of another kind of strings
@@carpediemarts705 i wonder what it would sound like if you had a really heavy yoyo with a pickup on it so the string would actually resonate
I love the part where she says "it's shoegazin time" and then shoegazes all over everything
I was not expecting that amount of yoyo action, can't ever predict what's going to happen in Emily's videos 😂
Now we know if a yo-yo can shoegaze
👟 ✨🪀✨
She is the beauty in chaos
Ians got MAD YO YO SKILLS!
I’ll have you know I came in 7th place in the Pennsylvania regional yo-yo competition when I was 13
4:31 "I'm gonna shoegaze now"
A definitive statement that made me audibly laugh
Gave me Forrest Gump vibes. "I'm gonna go home now."
@@RustyGonzo😂😂😂
I’ve loved watching this channel get less and less serious over time-moving along a spectrum from “seriously creative” to “hilariously creative.”
This should unironically be a real band
Strongly agree.
Honestly this is gonna be great work music for me
Yes. Need a Bandcamp album!
It's soo pretty. Wow. MORE!
I'm an admittedly snobby musician but I will say that Emily is the only one who can get away with starting a new band for a genre before she even knows what the genre even is
You get a like for admitting
Yep 😎
Honestly I barely know what I'm doing when I make music that I actually like. The moment I think I know what I am doing it always turns into meh.
@@theothertonydutch me too
Emily is herself her”own genre
This worked super well, I can see my shoes so clearly now. You guys already have the most important part of shoegaze, which is friends having a massive amount of fun together and making gorgeous melodies together instead of competing with each other about who can play the mostest notes fastest.
*100%* 🫡💖
That yo-yo section was total chaos and I’m here for it
*YO-YO CHAOS INTENSIFIES*
Emily’s trick called drink the milk was hilarious 😂
I was very sceptic at first but that song you put together gave me shivers. It's like my soul gets cheese grated by a lightning struck kitten's tongue
Thanks so much! I was a skeptic at first too! 😂
I always think of ‘gaze as being like having the top of your head lovingly blowtorched.
There’s a big overlap with Post Rock imo.
You win The Interwebs for that absolutely over the top analogy.
@@Si_G nice ive always described it as a beautiful, slo- mo car crash... awesome job everyone!
This channel is both great pedal reviews / discussion, as well as just wholesome goofiness of friends with similar interests. Great shit Em and Russ!
Thanks so much! We had so much fun with Ian in this video!
I'm a shoegaze fan, and I love this video - Does It Shoegaze is my new favourite band!
Same 🙌
Me: Well, you kinda have to gaze at your shoes to shoegaze.
Emily *leans back and does hand binoculars to look at her boots*
Lmfaooo am I doing it right?!
Actually, it could be a good cover for an album 🤪
That Screen Violence pedal SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL!!!
You gotta pronounce shoegaze like "fugazi". Only then will you become a true shoegaze artist.
I’ll meet you halfway - shugazi
I pronounce it شقوز
If you think about it, Fugazi is a shoegaze band with no pedals 🤔
@@noyd4172 Fugazi is so far away from shoegaze it's insane hahah
@@emilyharpist I think that's exactly how they meant for you to pronounce it lol. No middle ground there
I love shoegaze. And I love this.
Many of the classic shoegaze bands liked using harp-like synth sounds in their mixes so this seems like a very natural fit.
From an old shoegaze fan to a new one, this is excellent. I'll listen to the $hit out of this if you do more.
The problem I have with shoe gaze is the distortion. I guess without it it would just be ambient music?
@@smelltheglove2038 yeah the distortion and reverb are what make it shoegaze
I love this video format, Emily. The guests are awesome, and applying what you've learned onto harp and releasing a song is SO. COOL.
And it has a melancholy vibe where you are chillin' just gazing at your shoes.
Shoegaze grew out of the post-punk alternative rock scene of the 1980s, and involved a lot of experimentation with effects in ways and to extents they hadn't been previously used in popular music, particularly with guitars, amps, and pedals that were less popular with the mainstream musicians of the era, because those were not in high demand and therefore affordable and available.
In the 1980s, what have now come to be known as the Fender "offset" guitars-Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, etc-were far cheaper to buy used because they had fallen out of fashion. Similarly, the silver panel Fender Twin Reverb amps of the 1970s had fallen out of favor, and could be found for relatively low prices, at least partly because they were just too loud; they wouldn't start to distort until you turned them up to obscenely high volumes, necessitating the use of overdrive and distortion pedals. The 1980s were also the era of the first widespread availability of high quality affordable effects pedals from companies like Boss, Electro-Harmonix, and others.
The term "shoegaze" itself was coined by a British music journalist, and was intended to be a derisive term for bands of the era who weren't very "rock star" like on stage, and partly due to introversion and partly due to the use of effects pedals on stage, spent a lot more time looking downward than outward toward the audience, "gazing at their shoes". The British music press has a habit of harshly reviewing up and coming trends in music. But while shoegaze can be said to have coalesced in Britain, it was never an exclusively British phenomenon. The early British shoegaze bands counted many American and global acts as influences, and a distinctly American shoegaze scene developed concurrently.
Not every shoegaze band put reverb before distortion or strummed their guitars whilst holding onto the whammy bar. Not every shoegaze band is defined by distortion or fuzz.
@@gcvrsa Shoegaze was basically cocteau twins + Jesus and Mary Chain. Of course early MBV had lots of Cure/Siouxsie influence as well.
I might have known Ian was involved!
It's nice that things have gone full-circle from when I first heard of you from a Collector Emitter video.
It was so nice to finally do something IRL together! Ian is the BEST!
@@emilyharpist I really enjoyed the passages with the cleanish harp and Ian's shoegaze guitar in the background.
That music at the end was glorious! Me being halfway through my 60s, it kinda reminds me of psychedelic rock jam band music, but with a bit of a modern twist. The newer effects pedals are way better than they used to be...
I learn about so many different music genres here. I've never heard of HarshNoise or Shoegaze before. This channel really makes me want to try music.
I dont live and breathe shoegaze but good grief did I love this. I could listen to that forever. We need a full album, like asap. P.S. love the channel, found you through Rob Scallon.
Thanks so much Patrick! I’m not an expert shoegazer either! Haha glad you found me from Rob!
this video changed my mind when it comes to 'Shoegaze' as a verb
I bought a Boss RV-2 off the back of one of Ian’s videos - it’s one of my all time fave reverb pedals!! ❤️
I'm honestly surprised that you didn't know what shoegaze was, since it's kind of what you're all about: pedals and reverb! Such a natural fit for you.
Not too big into shoegaze, so I don't know if I'm breaking extremely old ground or what. But this video really showcased to me just how important drumming is to shoegaze. For me, it just ties everything together in a way that I can see the music ending up being either under or overwhelming pretty easily without it
Hey Emily Hopkins and Russ and Ian! That was well beyond shoegaze so it must be footwarestare! Ride ride ride!
Ride ride ride!
HE'LL YE'AH ! This video is *AMAZING* Love this band. Joe=Killing it on drums, Ian=Shoegaze/Yo-Yo King(was not expecting those mad skillz) Emily&Russ=Solid 89%.
Great job, phellas™. Now to listen to this at 3AM (EPIC)(NOT CLICKBAIT)
Big Love from your Mod up North🫡🍁❤️🔥
This comment is a solid 89
@@emilyharpist Aww Yiss
Awesome musicality aside, you folks seem like fun people to spend time with. Thanks for showing that so well. It's the obvious fun you have while producing these vids that adds the extra little something.
Yes. Love the wash sound. Waiting for your first album Em. Hope the cover has Uggs with YoYos... now I gotta go try it.
Beautiful! I'm reminded of Hainbach's technique of distorting the signal as it enters the reverb.
I love that you can start off with what seems like a silly, yet exciting little adventure, but end up producing some lush, dope af music with equally talented musicians. I've always been a fan of shoegaze so I might be a little bias, but I would totally listen to, Does is Shoegaze #DoesItShoegaze
This was a lot of fun! The yoyo bit at the beginning was damn perfect, and the rest was really interesting. Fun all the way through.
Ian is the best. I play his demos just to listen to. Always the most beautiful jams.
this is my favorite thing on the internet now
No u
Everything about this is gold. Comedy and music, You never fail to brighten my day. ☮️ 🪀
It's official, the Harp was meant for Shoegaze, very Ethereal. I'm so glad your song is available to download.
Emily, thank you (4 being awesome). 😊😊😊
Thanks so much for being here! 😊
That is pretty nostalgic. It reminds me of my youth, when the band I was in would play gigs in rooms way too large for the meager amplification we owned.
Final piece definitely shoegazes.
What a fun video! The chaotic energy is fantastic!
Thanks Brice!
Big shoegaze and adjacent genre listener here and I would certainly listen to this project if y’all continued to make more. Alt-rock/shoegaze bands are pushing the genre further than ever right now and using way more elements and I feel like the harp fits perfectly
Thanks for explaining shoegaze. And for the yo-yo demonstration. 60 years ago, I had quite the collection of duncan imperial yo-yos and spin tops. They were all the rage of us 2nd grade boys and responsible for not a few lumps on the head while practicing the 'around the world' move. The 'cradle' was SO much safer. When spring came around, we turned to marbles and every boy had a pocket full of them itching for recess and the chance to win more. Thanks for the fun videos, Emily.
the episode that hits different .. but fits in perfectly ....
Near crippling stage fright not included.
I always felt that was at the root of the whole head down while on stage thing. They're looking at their guitars but add some long messy hair in the mix and you can't tell what they're looking at. It catches on, more people do it, so some journalist just eventually decided to call it shoe gazing, and a subgenre is born.
The yoyo saga continues! Every time I watch a video from you, I learn of a new genre and then end up falling in love with the music! Very cool stuff!
Well that was beautiful. Totally brought me back to high school '96 which is so impressive that you could nail it so well with no previous exposure. Y'all are awesome 😎
Amazing! I'm always in awe by your ability to create such cool and unique sounds.
Thanks so much, Mathias!
Shoegazi popped into my head, and there actually is a shoegaze fugazi cover album already. Damn.
Noooo! Someone beat us to it! 😂
I just did vocal arrangements and lyrics for this. This is really good. The drums bring life to it. It's simple but it jams!
Emily, Russ, and Ian,
Never heard of 'shoegaze' before this. And after Ian's explanation I thought, "OK, I guess I'm too old__I'm just not into all the fuzzy distortion stuff. That's why I was never into the 'acid rock' as a teenager."
HOWEVER, once you started playing as a band, gotta say, it was kind of nice__interesting, for sure!
Sometimes I'm totally lost on all the pedal and game stuff you guys are all into but, I always learn something here__and, for sure, I enjoy the music! Thanks for being 'you'. 🎶💎
Hope we have the opportunity to meet up on your visit to "SoCal". 😱😛😹
Love, Light, and Harpy Blessings. 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌😺
Does It Shoegaze is a really good! Definitely would fit in the Post-Rock genre quite well! We need more Does It Shoegaze!
@collectoremitter Ian, that guitar is hecking *BEAUTIFUL* 😍🤩💖✨
It really is!
I immediately guessed who your shoegaze subject matter expert would be - top choice! Not shown: Kevin Shields being jealous he never thought to bring in some harp action.
lol same i was like 'bet its Ian, the collector emitter guy' to my girlfriend and she was like 'what?'
live footage of Kevin Shields strapping on all his guitars at once to simulate all the strings of a harp
I’ve been watching Ian’s videos for a year or so. First time I’ve ever seen him in human form!
Of course a harp can shoegaze! It’s perfect for it. Great video Emily!
I’m loving this new song. It’s one of my favorite of your releases yet. I was really happy to see one of my Bolt yo-yos make a cameo in this video too. I’m glad you are enjoying it.
thank you, Doc Pop!!!! we love your yo-yo!!! :) thank you again for sending it to me; it's such an amazing gift that means so much to me! now we just gotta convince Ian to give me yo-yo lessons... lmao
Musical styles with unconventional instruments is my favorite. It just is, can't explain it. Harp in shoegaze sounds great.
A Delta Blues harp would be interesting. No idea how you'd even do that.
That song and your harp/guitar tone is really good. I love it
Thanks so much!
@@emilyharpist I listen to Shoegaze daily and would buy an album of yours in that style in a heartbeat! :D
This was loads of fun. You guys sounded godlike! Add a solid vocalist, ideally from somewhere in the North of England, and I’d buy your record without a thought. Inspiring as ever! Cheers, Emily; you are a delight and an unique talent.
This makes me feel like I'm reminiscing on sweet childhood memories that weren't ever mine to begin with. "Those were good times. But, uh...whose were they, anyway? I never did any of that." That kind of thing.
ooh your comment made me think of a memory of someone else’s childhood memory of being a little girl on a swing, that was a fabricated childhood memory implanted in a replicant that Harrison Ford’s character didn’t kill?
You just described the Adventures of Pete and Pete.
Shoegazing is that you end up gazing at your shoes because you are using so many effects and need to adjust etc, all the time.
"The name comes from the heavy use of effects pedals, as the performers were often looking down at their pedals during concerts"
that is quote from Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze
Yes, and I think also because they were generally on the introvert side and were at ease not looking and talking much at the audience.
would listen to an entire album of this
I love that Soft Focus pedal
I barely started the video, but as someone who loves shoegaze I recommend a very underground and underrated band called Lovesilkpalemilk (morgonstund is my favorite track) and Thränenkind (which is not that underground), that's it, I love your videos! Ok, I'm back to say I loved the track you guys played in the end, that's lovely!
It’s still on Apple Music, though and… oh! It’s a mix between shoegaze and death metal or so! At least the song I’m hearing now… Interesting!
… let’s say shoegaze infused with death/black metal.
that pedal that says 'live, laugh, love' on it is such a vibe! i do wish it was live, laugh, wub, though. ... puns
Yo-yo master Emily in the making.
And I guess the shoegaze song was cool, too.
I have a long way to go with both yo-yo and shoegaze
All you need now is an introverted chanteuse whispering abstract lyrics into the mic while trying not to look at the camera.
Two of my fav music/gear channel teaming up ! You are fabulous
15th-century harp music is the original Shoogaze!.....the hip kids back then bobbed their powdered wigs to the haunting celestial harp open chords just like the 90s kids with chorus/delay pedals !
So stoked to see you exploring new sound ideas like eurorack, harsh noise, and now shoegaze!
Just brilliant and naturally I just smiled all the way through, too!
OH my gods. The yo-yoing from the live stream 3 weeks back makes totall sence now >< I could not stop laughing! Dude is killer! AND the band sounds amazing!
Lol That necklace goes hard!
Thanks so much! Haha I love it
Almost Tycho-esque in spirit ! Great vid Emily 👍🏻
Stoner doom on the harp next. We need more fuzz and more harp riffing.
... Last night I was showing our bassist's kid how to yoyo, so I was looking up what yoyos are popular these days. Then I got overwhelmed by all the new yoyo culture. I thought, that's enough yoyo, I'm gonna watch this harp video.
It reminds me of the band Soft Blue Shimmer in the best way. I'd listen to a whole album of this!
This was so much fun to watch. I enjoyed the cool sounds and good laughs.
You're going to be the harp queen of, like, all the traditionally non-harp genres soon, if you keep it up.
Never heard of shoegaze until seeing this today. Very cool. I like it.
thank you so much! thanks for being here with us!
Love to see the Virtual Jeff Pro in use! Truly awesome guys, look forward to more!
“Shoe-gazing” was the single most adorkable moment yet in your videos. Loved it.
This is so fucken fun. I want to disregard the parasocial aspect of this for a minute so I can say- you're my people. We're already friends. Do you know ****? Their parents' house has a basement where we can play loud. We're gonna go there and play after the show on Friday, you should come.
OK, that's enough. I totally felt like I was 16 again for a minute there. I love this. Nice to meet you~~
When I saw Collector Emitter I was I bit worried about my ears. When I saw Emily picking up the Yoyo I was really worried about your gear. And afterwards I almost cracked laughing - as usual.
That was amazing! Does It Shoegaze, with their first single; Drink The Milk!
Shoegaze and dream pop, my favorite music styles. And I'm 62 😄
Shoegaze is my favourite genre of music, and I have to say you did an amazing job! Love it!
love that y'all just happened to have a yo-yo on hand lmfao 💀💀
that said, I would legitimately love to hear more of this, despite not knowing the genre well at all you nailed it, I'm a big fan of shoegaze and this was perfect. I'd actually pay for a full album, dead serious on that
Shoegazing is not exactly only reverb, fuzz, chorus, distorted amp…. Showgaze is simply enough “staring at your pedals/shoes” when you perform. I used to shoegaze in my teenage years when performing (I’m 44). The name was hijacked in my opinion. I mean in the 90s, mazzy star used to be called a shoegaze band.
People forgot the dreampop element of it and tried to separate them into two different genres, as if there were not non-fuzz parts all over Loveless too. Slowdive, non-fuzz parts all over the place. The genre had both parts, a yin and yang. Everyone wants to only yin.
just soooo awesome!!!! -thank you, this must have taken forever, but looks like you had a lot of fun too!
Thanks! This was so much fun!
Wonderful sounds!! You have your hands on the pulse of music! Thank you!
As always terrific sounds!
This was great, you should keep going with this. I would reccomend listening to some shoegaze also. But yeah, more and more.
I don't know how I came across your channel or why the UA-cam algorithm put you into the suggestions, but I'm so glad for it!
Your shoegaze is pretty cool. I'm also getting a little post rock vibe as well. You all should go riff heavy and into the post metal genre a la Isis. Their album Panopticon blends heavy riffs with crystalline guitar work that I believe would be the perfect inspiration for your next masterpieces.
Awesome! My favorite video of yours (I think ☺). And the best explanation on shoegaze I ever heard so far. ❤
My Bloody Valentine has never used reverb, delay, chorus or anything like that. Reverse Reverb is not used like a reverb, as in creating space but more like a texture/drone element. 80% of their songs are guitar> cranked amp. The internet changed this narrative thousands of times. They didn't even combine fuzz and reverb, whenever they used reverse reverb it was combined with relatively cleand sounds, Kevin Shields was notorious for having different EQ pedals as boost, while using pedals like a RAT or a Marshall Shredmaster as his main gain stage. Reverb into fuzz can sound good but most of the time it sounds terrible.
‘I’m gonna shoegaze now’ so funny. Love the video Emily!
I had such a good time 😁👍
Emily you are just one of a kind!
Never change your attitude, please!!
Thank you so much!