catalogue

MOLLY

ALL THAT EVER COULD HAVE BEEN (SONIC CATHEDRAL)

MOLLY - ALL THAT EVER COULD HAVE BEEN 134849
format:
2 CD
release:
28.06.2019
label:
SONIC CATHEDRAL
item ID:
134849
barcode:
5060366787729
"Skeletal, celestial shoegaze [that] reflects the cold beauty of the Austrian Alps" Stereogum. Innsbruck-based Lars Andersson and Phillip Dornauer's shoegaze-inspired beginnings coalesced on their acclaimed 2017 EP, 'Glimpse', which did just as it said, offering a tantalising peek into their world; the full, glorious vista is now revealed on their accomplished debut album.

And 'All That Ever Could Have Been' really is breathtaking. It begins with an almost 15-minute post-rock epic and takes in nods to ambient, dreampop and even prog, with echoes of Galaxie 500, Low, Beachwood Sparks, Dungen, The Besnard Lakes, Sigur Rós and M83.

Its eight tracks belie both the band's youth and their small number, forming a mountain of sound that suggests they are more of a geological outfit than a musical one.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. COMING OF AGE
  • 1.2. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
  • 1.3. VOGELNEST
  • 1.4. AS YEARS GO BY
  • 1.5. ALL THAT EVER COULD HAVE BEEN
  • 1.6. SLOWLY
  • 1.7. WEEP, GENTLY WEEP
  • 1.8. COMING OF AGE, PT. 2