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she's green are a five piece from Minneapolis
who work within the confines of the
shoegaze/dreampop revival. Chrysalis
is their second EP.
I actually became aware of this band when
they opened for Glixen
on their spring tour in 2025. she's green were
the first opener at Altar at The Masquerade,
and that was my first trip to that new venue.
I suppose that makes them the first band I saw
there. Huh.
Their music is good if you enjoy the sort of
musical territory they inhabit. That is to
say, they take their influence from the
echoing pop bands of the mid 1990s, and wear
their influences pretty openly.
I find that interesting because they are a
young band. (I swear I thought the singer was
not old enough to be in a bar in Atlanta when
I saw them!)
I lived through the shoegaze era, and I am
still amused that people who were, most
likely, not alive when Loveless
was released (1991 for those other fogeys
keeping score at home), are making this sort
of music.
The EP starts off with Graze, built
out of nice layers of guitar with the voice
floating over top like something from Projekt
Records in the mid 1990s. As the song grows,
the guitars get noisier.
On Willow guitarists Liam Armstrong
and Raines Lucas strum along, which gives the
tune a Sundays feel.
They get noisier on Figurines which
builds to a nice frenzy of echo, as vocalist
Zofia Smith pushes her voice dramatically. The
guitars slide in layers on Silhouette,
a shorter tune where the layers hearken to Slowdive.
I really like the bass on this one, it shines
through nicely.
And the EP ends with Little Birds,
which seems slower and more delicate, almost
like a slowcore tune. Vocalist Zofia Smith
really sounds great at this slower tempo.
Overall I am pleased. she's green have
potential. They seem to know their shoegaze /
dreampop history. Now, where will they take
it?
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