TRACK | Gorgeous Bully – I Can See

5/5 golden merles

“I Can See” is more fine fuzz-pop/shoegaze from Manchester’s Gorgeous Bully. Acting as the opener from 2017’s Great Blue, the track is a thermal buzz indented by a tale of self-imposed exile and exodus.

With much molt and murmur to it, it’s a mid-tempo sea of rich lo-fi texture and tone. If you are acclimated to the nuance in the noise, there’s a lot of good to be found in that hum of driving bass among the incisions of vacillating electric lead guitar and faded confessions.

Casettes are sold out from the esteemed Z Tapes but infinitely unlimited and agreeably intangible digital forms can still be got.

TRACK | Gorgeous Bully – Stamp

5/5 golden merles

Stamp is one of them joyous garage rock lamentations, end to end.

Everything down to the outro refrain and terminal exclamation are so well balanced and calibrated, it almost defies belief. The fuzz and fade are most agreeably punctuated by the lead guitars tremolo.

Disgust and disillusionment never sounded so kindly, even merry. Tom Waits enjoys “Beautiful melodies telling (him) terrible things,” and so do I.

It is Good.