Orlando, Florida’s shoegaze-by-way-of-bedroom-pop artist Cathedral Bells formed in late 2018 by Matt Messore, later joined by Griffin Marthe, Miguel Pais, & Jordan Bermudez. “Step into the world of Cathedral Bells. It’s a place at once familiar yet new; bright yet dusky; fast-paced yet calming. The captivating fusion of wistful dream-pop and airy shoegaze that Messore puts together here sees to all that, with its kaleidoscopic swirl of propulsive rhythms, shimmering, hazy guitars, warm swathes of synths, and vaporous singing.” -Line Of Best Fit
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“The palette of “Ethereal Shadow” is an exploration of the smudged reds of The Cure, hazy pinks of Chromatics and gluey browns of DIIV.” - The Line of Best Fit
It's still in the hazy dream pop realm, but with a harder-hitting, shoegazier edge at times too - Brooklyn Vegan
Their new album (appropriately titled Ether) hardly sounds tethered to the earth, early single “Dark Aura” floating off in a shoegaze-soaked mist. - Flood Magazine
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