Sianspheric...

Sianspheric have been at it for around 12 years now and during that time the band has gone through a number of lineup changes and even broken up once. However, through all the relentless touring and hardship the band has endured, it has undoubtedly fueled them to carry forth and progressively top their selves. It’s always great to see a band get better as they get older, rather than regress or continually rehash ideas. In keeping away from that mentality, Sianspheric have developed into one of the premier shoegaze bands currently going right now. Or I at least assume they are still going. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, with the bands history I am a little weary.

Their last official album was in 2001 titled The Sound of the Colour of the Sun, but has made small appearances in the form of a split CD with Toshack Highway, a DVD compilation, and a 7 inch since then. There were rumblings earlier in the year of another album on the way, which I am still crossing my fingers for. If it manages to somehow surpass The Sound of the Colour of the Sun, then it will surely blow me away. Originally the bands sound was more in the area of ambient and heavy on the reverb dream pop, but after one album of that they moved into much more noisy territory, hooking up the distortion peddles and squeezing every bit of life they have out them. Don’t be mistaken though, Sianspheric is one of the few bands that can seem so noisy and loud on the exterior, but maintain a collective mellow chill/calm to their music. The swells of distortion and squalls of feedback seem to just enter the music unnoticed, mostly due in part to the hypnotic bass lines and melodies that the band has come to be so good at constructing.

Sianspheric – QFD [MP3]
Sianspheric – Slightly Less Sunshine [MP3]

You can still pick up some of their albums from Amazon, including The Sound of the Colour of the Sun. If there is an album of theirs to get, it is that one for sure. Anyway, please do pick it up if you like the tunes above.