Celestial Shore, Brooklyn’s masters of syncopation and tempo changes who graced the cover of The Deli’s 2013 Summer Issue, are out with another monster of a song, entitled ‘Gloria’. We must say we’re quite surprised by this new single for a couple reasons: 1. It’s a little more straight forward than most tracks by the trio, which is actually good – we even hear a bit of a Pixies influence! 2. The entire song doesn’t seem to feature any odd time signatures – although (for the math rock nerds) there’s plenty of switching between 4 quarters and 6 quarters. Dissecting Celestial Shore’s songs is only part of the fun, because their melodies are something bordering on heavenly, and this track’s graceful regression to simplicity allows for a full appreciacion of the actual song. This tune, together with new material they performed at our recent NYC B.E.A.F. show, has amped us up for their sophomore full-length, ‘Enter Ghost,’ to be released this October. You have a couple chances to see Celestial Shore this week, one at the Landlady release show tonight at Baby’s All Right, and again this Sunday at the secret house show which is part of the 1.21 Gigawatts Festival (the catch is that you need to have a full weekend pass to go this show, but it’ll be worth it). – Jake Saunders
