Chapterhouse

Took an impromptu week off - sorry for the inconvenience.


On May 3rd, I'll be seeing the recently reunited shoegazers, Chapterhouse, in concert. The show will be at The Bell House in Brooklyn. Chapterhouse weren't the most popular band of Britain's shoegaze movement, but they did manage to carve a little piece of the scene for themselves, releasing two critically acclaimed EPs, Freefall and Sunburst (both 1990), and two albums, Whirlpool (1991) and Blood Music (1993). Aside from some flirtations with noise rock, Chapterhouse's main flavor was a marriage between dream pop melodies and dancey beats, underneath walls of fuzz. The band more or less, fell apart over the next few years follwing their second album. Although Whirpool made it up to 23 on the UK album charts, Chapterhouse's music was mostly forgotten until that album's rerelease on Cherry Red records in 2006. I discovered them a few months later late at night watching VH1 Classic's The Alternative whhere I saw the video for "Pearl". Here is said video. If you're as moved as I was, buy a ticket to the show, as it'll be your last time to see them around here before they disband for good.