Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.

Rock · 2008 · 25 tracks · 1h 22m

Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.

A double-album monument of late-2000s indie rock. Shimmering dream-pop hooks dissolve into murky, tape-hissed ambient noise and driving motorik rhythms.

Double-album masterpiece

A sudden, blinding glare of guitar feedback melts into a basement tape-hiss, trapping you between pop bliss and cold paranoia. This double-sided sprawl captures a collective fracturing, where driving motorik rhythms dissolve into solitary, late-night bedroom experiments. Listening feels like wandering through a half-demolished house of mirrors, catching glimpses of beautiful melodies just before they are swallowed by beautiful, suffocating noise. It remains the ultimate document of their brilliant, anxious universe.

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The singing adopts a distinctly breathy quality that floats through the mix like a half-remembered whisper, trading the band's usual sharp-edged delivery for a ghostly, intimate presence.

Tracklist · 25 Tracks · 1h 22m

01

Cover Me (Slowly)

1:21

01

Backspace Century

2:19

02

Operation

4:04

02

Agoraphobia

3:22

03

Ghost Outfit

0:33

03

Never Stops

3:04

04

Little Kids

4:22

04

Dot Gain

3:19

05

Microcastle

3:40

05

Vox Celeste

3:34

06

Cicadas

2:27

06

Calvary Scars

1:37

07

Green Jacket

2:09

07

Vox Humana

2:32

08

VHS Dream

2:33

08

Activa

1:49

09

Focus Group

2:48

09

Nothing Ever Happened

5:50

10

Slow Swords

3:25

10

Saved by Old Times

3:50

11

Neither of Us, Uncertainly

5:25

11

Weird Era

2:40

12

Moon Witch Cartridge

1:31

12

Twilight at Carbon Lake

4:24

13

Calvary Scars II / Aux. Out

10:12

Moments Worth Waiting For

09Nothing Ever HappenedThe motorik drive of 'Nothing Ever Happened' stretches into a hypnotic, locked-groove guitar workout that anchors the first half's pop ambitions.

The band recorded the second half, 'Weird Era Cont.', in a deliberate rush to reward fans after the first half leaked months early.

01Cover Me (Slowly)The transition from the ambient wash of 'Cover Me (Slowly)' into the driving, melodic pulse of 'Agoraphobia' establishes the record's dual nature.

Guitarist Lockett Pundt took a primary role in shaping the second half's production, aiming for a dusty, haunted-house atmosphere.

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Reviews

Critic Consensus

Critics widely praised the release for harmoniously blending the band's dense, ambient shoegaze textures with cleaner production and more direct indie-pop songwriting. While some felt the looser, more experimental companion disc lacked the tight cohesion of the main album, reviewers warmly embraced the pairing's dreamy atmosphere and compelling melodies.

Sputnikmusic4/ 5 stars

Tiny Mix Tapes5/ 5 stars

Pitchfork9.2/ 10

BBC Music

The Guardian4/ 5 stars

AllMusic3.5/ 5 stars

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