Artist Last Tide
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Last Tide
Considering the oft-maligned tendency of Washington, D.C. concertgoers to stand still during rock shows, it’s surprising that the shoegaze movement of the late ’80s and early ’90s never quite stuck in the nation’s capital. Perhaps this citywide reputation was an underlying inspiration behind D.C. singer-songwriter Nate Frey’s latest project, Last Tide, an intriguing medley of shoegaze, slowcore, and drawn-back punk. The quartet’s debut EP, The Broken Places, channels the sludgy catharsis of Codeine, the raw atmospheric arrangements of Slowdive, and the stripped-down punk sensibilities of early My Bloody Valentine, with Frey’s vocals landing somewhere between a muffled Ian Curtis and a Percocet-pumping Mark Kozelek. The result is a fresh, eclectic affair—but one that struggles to maintain a cohesive form.
Updated 07/29/2010
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Washington D.C.:
Last Tide’s The Broken Places EP
October 26, 2009
