SNOWDEN (Jade Tree)
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Atlanta’s SNOWDEN drowns their brand of melodies in a sea of reverb heavy distortion and hypnotic layers. Anti-Anti
(JT1115), the band’s debut album for Jade Tree, integrates the ethereal
guitar resonance and dynamic percussion reminiscent of bands like RIDE
and early CURE, with the volatility of contemporaries such as THE YEAH
YEAH YEAHS. Combining a mix of tracks recorded by Erik Wofford (My
Morning Jacket, Explosions in the Sky, The Black Angels) at Cacophony
Recorders in Austin with tracks recorded and mixed by principal
songwriter Jordan Jeffares, Anti-Anti finds Jeffares and
company elevating their trademark sound into an unpredictable mix of
dirty pop soundscapes. If post-shoegaze exists as a genre, then SNOWDEN is proving their contention for the upper ranks.
