NW Shoegazer Bliss
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NW Shoegazer Bliss is a compilation album released in 2002 on Reverb Records featuring shoegazing
/psychedelic rock
bands from the American
Northwest
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Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
/psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
bands from the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
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Track listing
- "See Her Tonight" – Black Night Crash
- "44 Down" – The High VioletsThe High Violets-History:The High Violets were formed in late 1998 after the breakup of Portland band The Bella Low by former members Clint Sargent, Luke Strahota and Violet Bianca Grace. This lineup was short-lived however as Grace left after a few gigs. Sargent and Strahota then joined forces with Allen Davis...
- "This Means Everything" – Minmae
- "These Are Your Walking papers" – Charmparticles
- "Wires" – Voyager One (band)Voyager One (band)Voyager One is a band from Seattle, Washington formed in 1999. Allmusic.com has compared the bands style to the shoegazing music played by Ride, Swervedriver and Catherine Wheel.-Band history:...
- "Souldiving" – The UpsidedownThe UpsidedownThe Upsidedown is an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.The band released their debut album, Trust Electricity, in 2004. The album has received national attention, and the band has been noted in several newspapers and magazines as an up-and-coming band to watch, including...
- "Honeyblind" – Nordic
- "Gimme" – Saturna
- "Sideways Eight" – Silver Surfer
- "Billy Barty's Brains" – Thebrotheregg
- "Breathe Motionless" – Hypatia Lake