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waves bathed in wire

By home taping association on January 4, 2026 11:07 pm

my attempt at a sort of lofi shoegaze song.  think that's the vibe I'm going to try for this year over acoustic noodling, which will be a bit of a challenge for me.

really want to get to grips with vocals this year and gain confidence with them.  so the Vox were done quickly into iPhone mic then mixed into Ableton.  probably not the best idea but didn't have much time to get them done.  going to bust out an sm57 for next week.

some awkward moments and transitions that should be smoothed out but it's only week one.

guitars had a healthy dose of gen loss and ua's golden reverberator.

oh and there are two tracks of bass vi nestled away in the verse.

guitars are good and warbley. nice vocal and synth break around the 1:30 mark. would have liked to hear that and the other quiet part expanded on maybe?

Oh this is gorgeous!

Love the harmonies! Sweet guitar parts.

yeessssss walls of guitars

i mean, this is gorgeous

I really like the guitar work and vocals. Harmonies are great.

Good job!

Awesome performance, love the guitars in this, so pretty.
- Devieus

OK! had me with that opening guitar.  The drums sound great.  Oof the section at :55 pleases the ears with such a nice harmony.  Thoroughly enjoyed those lil guitar riffs alone.  Oooh the piano was a nice surprise too.  heart

yeah this rules ! honestly, would never have guessed the vocals were recorded on a phone woah

The overall vibe of the track is great can’t wait to hear it develop throughout the weeks.

Heeey! Great sound, immediately recognized your guitar picking! nice vocals, iphone mic has a good sound for vocals and ac guitar I find. Nice production too! There are some moments when you can hear a take begins or ends and it's actually cool, like a sign of DIY. minor imperfections that give lots of character and vibe. awesome track! so glad you are back! heart

This is so good, and the vocals sound pro. Wild what phones can do these days. Also, the track is absolute fire and reminds me why I love shoegaze

As others have said already: The vocals sound great! I think it is also a really good song overall. Love the vibe that you are going for.

This is proper dreamy shoegaze. Excellent choice of instrumentation, and pulling off a full song arrangement is an impressive amount of effort for a weekly beat!

The harmonizations in the chorus are beautiful and so topical! I also loved the breakdown at 2:30ish.

Looking forward to what you make next.

Sounding pretty excellent for week 1. Put this in the demo category and make it shiny later!

the guitar & drums together in this is just ethereal. lovely
- Y. T.

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