Sungaze ‎– Light In All Of It (2019)

Cincinnati based Shoegaze band Sungaze will be a new name to many. Based around husband and wife duo Ian Hilvert and Ivory Snow, the band won’t win any prizes for originality – sounding like an optimistic Mazzy Star, or a more chilled out My Bloody Valentine – but their hazy dream pop is confident and assuredly delivered. There’s a real relaxed vibe throughout The Light in All of It, a tropical beach holiday of an album, drenched in 80’s style synths and lazy campfire guitar playing, but still at times feeling the apocalyptic negativity the genre is known for. There’s a mesmeric quality to the music, soft and gentle but hiding serious menace.