Those with a vested interest in LA’s shoegaze community shouldn’t sleep on Split Moon, who will release their newest album Slow Satellite on February 28th. The project of singer and guitarist Mark Starr, this rebirth of the band LEAF creates music that sounds like a whole symphony; the wailing of Starr’s guitar layers over and over upon itself, washing you with waves of trance-inducing sound. The group’s first single from Slow Satellite, "Shades", has the post-punk elements of Joy Division and the shoegaze bliss of My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver; take a listen to it below. – Will Sisskind
