Great Pagans are the third act to release on Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records, the Brighton DIY Label/Collective that put out Gazelle Twin’s critically acclaimed debut ‘The Entire City’ and Bernholz’s leftfield take on Madonna’s Material Girl’. It’s a label with a very carefully selected, small but perfectly formed roster.
Great Pagans are the label’s band proper. Their sound is dripping with driven guitar riffs and quick-witted indie-pop refrains played out in a hazy soundscape of fuzzy feedback and psychedelia. A sound straddling the shoe-gaze sonic atmospherics of the likes of My Bloody Valentine and the alternative noise-rock whirlwind heat of Sonic Youth, with a glistening shimmer of the suave, sophisticated pop-sensibilities of Bowie.
It’s music to get stoned, then dance on a beach to while looking at the sun go down.
‘Teenage Silhouettes’ – Taken from Debut Self-Titled EP – Out 8th Oct
