“Shoegaze — named for its players’ tendency to stare down at complex warrens of effects pedals, or stompboxes — was born out of a young British population so numbed by successive Conservative governments that it turned to sonic immolation.”— Finn Cohen, nytimes.com
“All those bands were really interested in just trying to make different noises with guitars. And at least for us, there was no real pressure to make records that would be played on the radio.”— Neil Halstead, nytimes.com
“Anything of any merit or nutritional value in the past will get its return.”— Simon Reynolds, nytimes.com