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A Shoegaze renaissance classic, first time on vinyl.

The shoegaze renaissance classic The Millia Pink And Green EP by Sway has influenced many a modern musician, shoegazer and non-shoegazer alike. Now, Saint Marie Records gives it the long awaited vinyl treatment. The record now weighs a bit more, thanks to the bonus track ‘Channel’ and its 180gm Coke bottle green transparent vinyl.

Sway began making noise in 1999, in Ventura, California. At the time, they were a four-piece garage rock outfit consisting of Andrew Saks, Amber Carlson, Seth Eubanks, and Vince Alatorre, playing shows and confusing audiences up and down the West Coast with its blurry wall of sound. They’re most known for the shoegaze renaissance classic The Millia Pink And Green EP released in 2003.

Andrew’s songwriting and sonic ideals are deeply rooted in the music he was surrounded by while coming of age: late ‘70s and ‘80s pop music.  Falling asleep nightly while listening to 1980s pop and R&B, and then waking up late at night in a dark dreamlike haze with New Order, Swing Out Sister, Talking Heads, Pet Shop Boys, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam whispering through his Walkman’s headphones, the sonic memory of such experiences keep Sway from ever giving itself over fully to the traditional shoegaze elements. The quest to recreate these musical properties is what later led Sway to embrace and be further influenced by the blissful textures of dreampop visionaries such as The Cocteau Twins, Medicine, and My Bloody Valentine.

In 2011, This Was Tomorrow was released by Saint Marie Records.  It was Sway’s first full-length release and its last.

SIDE A
Fall
Sounds Like Everyone
Sullust

SIDE B
Ever and Ever
Opentillate
Channel (Bonus Track)

Sway - Sullust

Ahhh by The Stargazer Lilies


good morning dawn
the night is gone
eyelids once drawn
part to gaze on

dreams held at bay
fully rigged
and set to sail away
grounded hopes of yore
cast a sea
on this day
from shore

ahhh

hello day break
senses awake
to witness scenes
of living dreams

dreams of yesterday
unmoored
and set adrift today
afloat and starboard bound
guided by
celestial bodies found


ahhh

words &amp; music by j. ceparano(bmi) &amp; k. field(bmi)

Ahhh

fleeting joys into sun and dark

Jeremy Parker (radio session)

*** Sounds Like Love***
RMX from Illa J & Debi Nova Featuring R.G & Sway.G
Artwork sérigaphie #julianBist #lowsouls
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Peace

Sounds Like Love RMX  Featuring R.G & Sway.G

...Is Doomed

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