Is it sad to want to spend eternity in a bar? I can’t help but imagine heaven to be a really cool joint where Lester Bangs, Karl Marx and Shakespeare shoot the shit on velvet stools over free beers poured by Ted Danson or Barbara Windsor. This may not be the most thrilling vision of Shangri-La, but it’s more exciting than angels in white robes sitting on fluffy clouds and spinning Joanna Newsome records.
Whatever the infinite possibilities, I doubt many theologians thought of Heaven as a slightly gothic shoegaze band from Toronto, Canada, but here they are. Yes they’re influenced by the scene that celebrates itself; they’re heavy on reverb, distortion and droning guitars. Yes it’s shoegaze – but their impassioned vocals and authentic, under-polished sound separates them from any other band with their head in Shield’s arse today.
They’re releasing a 10″ EP on the consistently great Acephale Label (home to CFCF, Salem, Memory Tapes, Air France, etc.) in the near future. For now, listen to the track below and get gazin’.
Heaven, “Huck Finn”
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Reader Comments
November 5th, 2009
2:33 pm
like, nick gazin?
November 5th, 2009
2:45 pm
they need some work on their imagery. this has smiths written all over it, except it says heaven instead.
November 5th, 2009
3:09 pm
it even occurred to me to involve lester bangs in my idea of heaven. good call though. i’m gonna want someone to talk to really earnestly about astral weeks.
November 5th, 2009
3:13 pm
eh…….i like it. I guess……..
November 5th, 2009
3:18 pm
shoegaze is boring. i’ll be happy when it blows over.
November 5th, 2009
3:23 pm
they don’t call it shitgaze for nothing
November 5th, 2009
3:37 pm
mark twain inspired tunes are where it’s at
November 6th, 2009
9:28 pm
I heard that HEAVEN are breaking up unfortunately
November 7th, 2009
3:15 am
This is pretty but it sucks.
November 8th, 2009
11:42 am
anonymous: that was the best lester bangs/astral weeks namedrop ever.