The others are good, but are more in the pop-rock style and not at all shoegaze. The first of four Morella’s Forest LPs, this is the only one that ever really grabbed me. Sydney’s vocals are great, but the wall of guitars and feedback is the focus. He has been referred to as “The King of Noise”, and that is what you get here with a heavy My Bloody Valentine shoegaze sound. Not to take anything away from the members of MoFo (yes, the band did really have a shirt that said “ MoFo” on the back), but it is clear the sound of this album was directed heavily by Colbert. He has worked on tons of great albums, including #2 on this list, but most of the time he was working with much more talented musicians. Released during the hay-day of Tooth & Nail, I think I originally bought it because of the cool packaging (Also I am sure I heard it on the A-Zone.) Produced by Chris Colbert, I think this is his masterpiece. I don’t listen to this album anywhere near enough. They stopped playing it before the climax and I will never forgive them! :) The song is long, but every second is important. This album is a balance of short, fast songs like “Pink Revenge” and “Flaming Youth” and long, dramatic songs like “Kill the Famous” and the aforementioned “Solid Gold.” One last memory of Luxury and my favorite song of theirs: one time when “Solid Gold” was played on the A-Zone radio show, the deejays, apparently impatient for it to end, cut it off. They have great stage presence and are high energy. They are easily the best band I have ever seen in concert, and I have seen hundreds. Luxury is meant to be experienced live, and I am thankful I got to see them at least 5 times. This is the first and best of the four Luxury albums. I settled for having their song “Solid Gold” played at my wedding reception.
I guess I could have made it happen, but it was kind of silly. I dreamed for years of having Luxury perform at my wedding. (One could argue that anyone into underground/indie music would always find their year of high school graduation to be their favorite year in music.) People 10 years younger or 10 years older than me would probably find this to be ridiculous, but I think people around my same age might at least see where I am coming from.
Pretty strange statement, but as I go back and evaluate my life and how music relates to it, this is the pinnacle.
Edward Keyes An Atheist's Guide to Christian Rock.ġ995 is my favorite year in the history of music, period. These albums are legitimately terrific, and I have had countless individuals both in and outside of the scene confirm my feelings. Many were written by me, but I also included ones from other writers.Īlso, for awhile I think I was ashamed that most of the music I listened to in the 90's was from the Christian scene. Most everything written in this blog post was back in 2009, but today I have added the links to the Chrindie '95 Medium essays for each album that has one. While I still find the name "Chrindie" to be a little dumb, it is shorter than "Christian indie and underground music". Turns out my affinity for music from 1995 is shared with many people, and led to the Chrindie '95 project on Medium.
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