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‘Time is a Machine Gun’ è il nuovo singolo che anticipa un album esplosivo, previsto in uscita nel 2016. Segue il quarto full-length della band intitolato ‘The Silent Sunrise “, che ha incontrato il plauso della critica. Gli A Shoreline Dream sono Ryan Policky (voce, chitarra, chiavi, samples) e Erik Jeffries (chitarra).

Frutto dell’ispirazione generata da una frase rimasta impressa nella testa del frontman Ryan Policky fin dall’infanzia, la canzone si concentra sul fatto che il tempo e la vita stessa si muovono più velocemente di quanto possiamo comprendere appieno. Utilizzando l’esplorazione dello spazio come sfondo alle atmosfere da sogno il messaggio è che, per tutto il corso della vita, siamo spinti ad esplorarla, cercando disperatamente alla ricerca di un senso proprio come i primi esploratori spaziali della navicella spaziale Apollo. ‘Time is a Machine Gun’ rappresenta gli A Shoreline Dream come sono oggi, nell’autunno del 2015 …

Gli A Shoreline Dream nascono a Barnum, in Colorado, luogo spesso associato al P.T. Barnum’s circus empire. Il loro suono è descritto del genere “shoegaze progressista”, che unisce lussureggianti trame campionate, strumentazione organica, e voce a strati alla maniera dei synth di band come Ride and Sigur Rós, mentre lo stile di produzione è più vicino ai primi di Dead Can Dance .

Nel corso degli ultimi 8 anni, gli A Shoreline Dream ha sfornato numerosi singoli sotto la loro propria etichetta (Latenight weeknight Records), e hanno una storia di produzioni con le leggende Ulrich Schnauss e Mark Kramer (Basso / Joy Zipper / Galaxie 500). Più di recente, si sono guadagnati la distribuzione di una delle indie labels top della Gran Bretagna (Rocket Girl Records) durante la visita di Ulrich Schnauss a Leytonstone, e hanno anche remixato per l’etichetta progressive K-Scope per una canzone degli Engineers. Gli A Shoreline Dream sono anche l’ultima band a suonare dal vivo con le leggende shoegaze Chapterhouse a San Francisco nel loro 2010 Reunion Tour.

Nonostante il nuovo album, attualmente in lavorazione, il gruppo ha deciso di regalare ai fan un anteprima che è molto di più di quello che sembra in quanto descrive gli stati d’animo e la linea temporale in cui le tracce dell’album sono state scritte. Sentendo che ogni canzone di per sé rappresenta specifici eventi sia pubblici che privati prende una strada diversa che non si focalizza sul marketing, la vendita. L’idea è di condividere in tempo reale come se gli ascoltatori fossero degli osservatori privilegiati mentre l’album prende forma. Ogni canzone è una storia di attualità, e gli A Shoreline Dream sentono di dare a quelle storie un senso diverso …

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A Shoreline Dream set to release ‘Time is a Machine Gun’ single

“A slice of post rock infused cinematic shoegaze with haunting vocals, addictive guitar lines, synth swells to die for & a swirling dark undertone that both scares & soothes all at once” – Primal Music Blog

“We love the flow, the soothing voice, the layering of instruments and vocals, and all that spaciousness – some of the things we like most in stoner rock, dream pop, shoegaze and prog-tinted postrock” – Overblown Magazine

FOR LOVERS OF: Public Service Broadcasting, British Sea Power, Engineers, Ride, Placebo, North Atlantic Oscillation, Echodrone

‘Time is a Machine Gun’ is the latest single from US based progressive shoegazers A Shoreline Dream and the start of what is an explosive album, slated for release in 2016. This follows the band’s fourth full-length ‘The Silent Sunrise”, which met with critical acclaim. A Shoreline Dream is Ryan Policky (Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Samples) and Erik Jeffries (Guitar).

With inspiration coming from a phrase stuck in frontman Ryan Policky’s head since childhood, the song focuses on the fact that time and life itself moves faster than we can ever fully grasp. Using space exploration as a backdrop to the layers of ambient dream tones, the message is that, all our lives, we are driven to explore, trying desperately to find a meaning to it all, much like the early space explorers of Apollo. “Time is a Machine Gun” represents A Shoreline Dream as they are in the fall of 2015…

A Shoreline Dream originates from Barnum, Colorado, which is perhaps best known in association with P.T. Barnum’s circus empire. Their sound is best descibed as a “progressive shoegaze”, combining lush sampled textures, organic instrumentation, and vocals layered like a synth, similar in vein to bands such as Ride and Sigur Rós, while the production style is closer to early Dead Can Dance.

Over the past 8 years, A Shoreline Dream has churned out numerous releases under their own label (Latenight Weeknight Records), and have a working history with legends Ulrich Schnauss and Mark Kramer (Low / Joy Zipper / Galaxie 500). More recently, they landed distribution by one of the top UK indie labels (Rocket Girl Records) for a song written while visiting Ulrich Schnauss in Leytonstone, and have even remixed for progressive label gods K-Scope for a song by Engineers. A Shoreline Dream is also the last band to play live with shoegaze legends Chapterhouse in San Francisco on their 2010 reunion tour.

With a new album currently in progress, the band has decided to leak the album over the course of it’s production, by giving fans a preview into not only the current production vibe the band is undertaking, but also the timeline in which the album’s tracks were written. Feeling that every song in itself represents specific worldly/personal events as well as the seasons in which they are written, A Shoreline Dream wants to take a different path that doesn’t focus on marketing, selling & landing tons of PR from a full length album. The idea is to share on the fly, almost as if the listeners were observers of the album as it takes shape. Each song is a current event story, and A Shoreline Dream feels giving that story out as it happens makes the most sense… at least this go around.

‘Time is a Machine Gun’ will be released on October 16, and is simultaneously premiering in Overblown Magazine and Primal Music Blog. On October 23, they mark the release of this new single at a gig with Denmark’s The Foreign Resort and local rockers Altas at the Three Kings Tavern in Denver, Colorado. Showtime is 9pm.

On ‘The Silent Sunrise’
“Fans of dream pop can do no wrong in looking for this album and investigating all of its delicate curves and beauty. Hardly silent, The Silent Sunrise is a glorious dawn” – PopMatters

“The tracks heavily reverbed guitar arpeggios and wall-of-sound production give “The Heart Never Recovered” a classic shoegaze sound somewhere between Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine. It’s begging for you to play it loud, please oblige” – Surviving The Golden Age

“This is a wild and beautiful thing, turn it up!” – The Big Takeover