Cold Gawd + Soft Blue Shimmer

Cold Gawd is the flag under which California-based multi-instrumentalist Matt Wainwright creates stormy, wounded shoegaze. While a big part of the contemporary shoegaze wave is heading towards the pillowy and the ethereal, Cold Gawd delve into the depths of wrenching melancholy. 

In 2024, Cold Gawd return to DaisRecords (Space Afrika, TR/ST, Hiro Kone, Aaron Dilloway, Drab Majesty and more) with their second and most supreme suite of crushing downer bliss: I’ll Drown On This Earth. From the defiant scream that kicks off Gorgeous, the album rips in what singer and songwriter Matthew Wainwright describes as “go for it” mode – holding back nothing, wasting no time. 

​It’s rare a band name directly encapsulates its sound, but Soft Blue Shimmer couldn’t be more fitting for the trio out of Los Angeles. On their newest albumLove Lives in the Body, released in November 2022 on Other People Records, the group’s floaty and hazy instrumentation glistens alongside emotionally-charged lyrics.

First formed in 2018, the band released their debut EP, NothingHappensHere in 2019, followed by the moodier full-length, HeavenInchesAway in 2020. LoveLivesintheBody serves as not only a natural growth from their past material, but also an outlet for lyricist Charlie Crowley to be their most vulnerable yet.


Tickets:
490 CZK via MeetFactory & GoOut
550 CZK at the door

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