The sound of 2:54 is not unique; this band is but an addition to the long list of shoegazer-inspired acts of today. The band\u2019s music has an unmistakable throwback sound, which definitely puts it amongst the ranks of classic acts of the shoegazer era. The group\u2014primarily comprised of sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow\u2014however has a less-layered and more hard-edged approach to its music style, with a comparatively stripped-down sound in terms of the heavy guitar and vocal effects that characterize this genre. However, Colette\u2019s swooning vocals still add the haunting dreaminess that is so unmistakably shoegazer. Also, at the same time, her voice has the power and clarity that is quite often missing\u2014or is totally lost\u2014in the reverb effects that this genre is known for.<\/p>\n
One of the distinctive elements of 2:54\u2019s music is the tight bass notes, which shape the outer face of the music as much as the guitars. The bass gives a sort of gothic edge to the music, and when considered with the visceral somberness in the band\u2019s tunes, lends an element of Interpol-esque funereal darkness to the songs, which in turn provides a gritty edge to the album, despite the prettiness of its music.<\/p>\n
With Rob Ellis as the album\u2019s producer and Alan Moulder as its mixer, 2:54<\/i> has surprisingly big names in indie rock shaping its sound, for a debut effort by an obscure band. And this is a superbly produced record too; as the production has taken a pretty unadorned and straightforward rock album and has made it sound pretty polished, without overtly seeming like it. The great songs of the album\u2014\u201cRevolving,\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re Early,\u201d \u201cA Salute,\u201d and \u201cWatcher\u201d\u2014are absolutely out of this world. The rest of the album is pretty solid too. For all that, the album is not without a few lackluster numbers\u2014\u201cSugar,\u201d \u201cCircuitry,\u201d and \u201cEasy Undercover\u201d\u2014to dull it up a bit. In this wave of shoegazer resurgent bands, there is a lot of noise, but 2:54 for sure is the real deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":31713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9284],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-43423","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-9284","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43423"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}