60. Glare - "Sunset Funeral"

The shoegaze revival is in full swing. Glare are another bunch of American youngsters recreating a sound that in its initial existence burned brightly for a few select years in the late eighties. This is a lusciously unrushed album. It is gorgeous in a leisurely delivery with guitars rolling out in a slow and languid manner. There is lots to get lost in here, protracted melodies and dense textured sounds that wash over you like waves. It borrows little pieces of inspiration from those who have bulked up the genre through Black and nu-gaze movements but in the main this is an unhurried and lingering album that gently reveals itself.