Mo Dotti "Opaque" CD (2024)

Details: Mo Dotti "Opaque" Digipak CD (Independent, 2024). New stock, sealed.

Description: "Opaque is fittingly titled, a barrage of textures caught up in a smoked glass glaze, but the album’s most persistent friend is rhythm. Underneath the dry ice dampness the band is propelled by percussion, rock tumbling the listener until they’re kicked out the other side smooth and slick and whirlpool fresh. The band chases a bit of Chapterhouse’s legacy here, knowing full well that there’s as much value in letting the listener dance as there is in setting ‘em sinking into the furniture. While the sandpaper sonics are appreciated, there’s every sense that “Lucky Boy,” “Whirling Sad” or “For Anyone And You” would easily jostle the listener just as much if the fader was pulled back on the fog. That’s what makes Opaque such a classic in the canon — it knows how to lean into the cues that have all sent us to the Shoegaze well at one time or another, but strip it down for parts and it’s still one of the best indie pop records to hit this year."--Raven Sings the Blues

Grade: M (new stock)

TRACK LISTING:

01. pale blue afternoon
02. lucky boy
03. really wish
04. wave goodbye
05. carnelian
06. whirling sad
07. for anyone and you
08. wasted delay
09. never comes around
10. dead to me