There’s something very comforting about noise and the way that it permeates our everyday lives. When faced with silence, we prefer static in the form of televisions, stereos, and white noise machines. It is within this context that we first begin to understand — and be comforted by — bands who excel at the very simple art of noise. On their Ben Allen-produced debut album, Atlanta’s All The Saints have this skill mastered from the very first notes of “Shadow, Shadow”. Here, they begin a delicate and slow build, with muddy keynotes and lazy guitars mingling into a crescendo that recalls the finest of their shoegazing predecessors.
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