Nu-Gaze?
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Every genre has its initial boom, and most of the time, at some point, a second boom. Whether the second boom is a more boisterous boom or more of a post movement squeek just depends on timing and band participation. Each wave of ska seems bigger than the last. Each new spin on metal seems less metal than the last (ie-rap-metal/mall-core). Apparently Shoegaze's time has come. I've noticed it slowly over the last 2 or so years...Its began to show up on myspace as a genre type for up and coming bands (oddly enough, they used it to describe Head Automatica... try again Tom). Then I started to hear a little more of it in a handful of bands or all genres... there are a few moments on Hopesfall's *Satellite Years*, however brief, that show some obvious elements borrowed from a childhood of listening to Catherine Wheel's *Chrome*, or more obviously early Smashing Pumpkins, who never denied shoegaze influence.Then, just as I started to get comfortable with the little nods and hints it happens. An apparent second wave, or Nu-gaze. More produced, generally less fuzzy (at least so far) and not specifically all shoegazing, but occasionally ambient, and even a little Thurston Moore at times, the new wave of gazing seems pretty hopeful. This could be what pop radio needs... think Alt-Rock part 2.
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