wombadelic
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[edit]Noun
[edit]wombadelic (uncountable)
- (uncommon, music) Pertaining or related to wombadelia; shoegazey.
- 1996 May, Simon Reynolds, “Wargasm: Militaristic imagery in popular culture”, in Frieze[1], number 28:
- The bass sound in today's jungle lacks the wobbly glee and wombadelic warmth of hardcore rave; instead, there's the sinister radioactive glow of the 'Dread Bass' sound, or dry, metallic, atonal B-lines that palpitate joylessly and tunelessly.
- 2000 November 24, Michael Chamy, “Experimental Aircraft (Devil in the Woods)”, in The Austin Chronicle[2], volume 20, number 13:
- At times, it adds up to an earthier version of My Bloody Valentine's wombadelic bliss, most apparent on the standout "Electric Surgery."
- 2010 May 17, “New Wave rockers LIVING DAYS play a free show tonight at Silverlake Lounge”, in Music Zeitgeist[3], archived from the original on 2024-04-20:
- The band’s playing cuts off their new album MAKE OUT ROOM (release date TBA). They do what Black Kids are doing, but rather than lean on the wombadelic shoegazer side, they tend more towards Gary Numan. In such a good way.
- 2013 February 16, Jonathan Patrick, “Review: My Bloody Valentine, m b v”, in Slant Magazine[4], archived from the original on 2024-04-20:
- To this day, listening to Loveless feels like swimming in a warm bath of opiates and lust. It’s a primal, wombadelic, every-direction, every-color echo of what it feels like to be human, to be a mess of synapses, sexual desire, anxiety, obsession, fears, and hopes.
- 2013 May 3, Jonathan Patrick, “sunn 0))) entire discography up for free streaming on Bandcamp; this will forever be newsworthy”, in Tiny Mix Tapes[5], archived from the original on 2024-04-20:
- Is there anything more comforting than drone? It’s the wombadelic sound of pre-ego existence, the sonic warmth of a life free from the burdens of the world, music awash in the primal need to express our thoughts through sound.
- 2020 October 29, Steve Krakow, “Chicago trio Star become modern noise-pop greats on Violence Against Star”, in Chicago Reader[6], archived from the original on 2024-04-20:
- As tempting as it is to indulge my wee-lad love of all things dream pop and compare Star’s fresh take on shoegaze to early-90s wombadelic practitioners