ECHO LADIES - Pink Noise (Sealed) (LP)

Pink Vinyl. Swedish shoegaze trio release their debut album Pink Noise just a few months after their self-titled EP which sold out immediately upon release. The album mixes A Place To Bury Strangers-style total sonic annihilation with skewed synth-pop and the band cite the Cocteau Twins and The Jesus And Mary Chain as the main musical influences, but there's also a nod to The Cure's Disintegration and even Saint Etienne. Lyrically, it's all about teen angst, which explains their perfect mixture of melancholy, euphoria, anger and tenderness. A sense of emotional confusion that is echoed by the title.