There’s something about shoegaze done well that’s like a spoonful of honey helping the razorblade of reality slide down your throat. And as soon as I hit play on COLD GAWD’s new video for “Sweet Jesus Wept Shit,” I felt it cutting me on the inside in the sweetest way. They’ve mastered the balance of heavy and light with a tone that takes me from melancholy to blissful one second to the next, and an atmosphere of blistering fuzz that I just want to sink into and sleep the pain away.
On September 23, they’re releasing their debut Dais Records full-length entitled God Get Me the Fuck Out of Here, and since we first listened to it we haven’t stopped. They’re one of the most captivating shoegaze bands I’ve heard in the past 12 years—I knew that as soon as Sean called me over to watch a short clip from their set at Back 2 Black Fest. God Get Me the Fuck Out of Here has the song you want to cry to (“Two Iris Prints”) and the song you want to dance to (“On the Pale Silver Sofa”) and the song you want to get high to (“Gin”).
Pick up the beautiful vinyl pre-orders for God Get Me the Fuck Out of Here right here and right here! And watch their new video for “Sweet Jesus Wept Shit” right here:
