Piroshka

Brickbat

Let me open with this declarative statement. This is not "Shoegaze." It is a hybrid form of Garbage that borrows from Shoegaze guitar treatments to achieve its derivative Garbage sound. And, as I listen to the album, I hear Neo-psychedelic phrasing along with the affected guitars. However, it clearly has in its membership a combination of established talent which demonstrates a mature degree of musical prowess. It possesses a rather muddy sound due to the overproduction caused by the ... read more

Towards the end of 2016 we were surprisingly informed that reformed shoegaze band Lush were once again breaking up, this time to get back to their families and jobs after a mere 6-month reunion. Something seemed amiss. The band played a lack-lustre final show at Manchester Academy and, yet again, history dealt its final fatal blow to the band.

It now appears, however, from recent interviews with vocalist/guitarist Miki Berenyi, that during rehearsals for that final Lush show, the seeds had ... read more

An album that knows its core audience and delivers to it...