Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO' - Our Culture

Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO'

Douglas Dulgarian describes food that doesn't taste commercial as "Disney bread." This phrase is mentioned in the song 'trainers' from They Are Gutting a Body of Water's new album LOTTO, highlighting the awareness that music can also sound uncommercial, even when it's free.

As a pioneering band in modern shoegaze, They Are Gutting a Body of Water could have capitalized on a watered-down version of their sound, especially with their first LP on ATO Records in NYC. However, they chose not to shroud their music in artificial layers and instead opted for meaningful lyrics.

They could shroud everything in glitchy layers of artifice and mutter poetic lyrics that mean nothing for the rest of their careers.

Author's summary: They Are Gutting a Body of Water releases LOTTO, a genuine album.

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