Toronto shoegaze revelation One Hundred Moons officially release their nine track album ‘Black Avalanche’ to guide listeners through ethereal soundscapes and introspective melodies. This body of work sits where shoegaze and dream pop overlap while leaning into long arcs of tension and a steady weight. The album functions as a guided trip through beauty and doubt with every song creating a world of its own. This record sounds like a transportive listen that invites the audience to sink deeper into its dense and mesmerizing production with every passing minute.
The title track opens like a myth retold through static and reverb while songs such as “Death of the Party” move with a shadowed grace. Throughout the collection, the band demonstrates an expert command of atmosphere and texture that balances discordant guitars with eerie harmonies. Lyrically, the release explores sentiments of transformation and longing that remain simultaneously expansive and intensely personal. The closing track “Into Nowhere” stretches these feelings outward with distortion and reverb blooming into something cinematic and infinite.
This record represents a bold step into new territory for the band by combining the emotional gravity of Radiohead with the haze of My Bloody Valentine. The group captures a signature blend of post-rock and 90s alt-rock grit that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly modern. ‘Black Avalanche’ is an exceptional work of art from a band clearly hitting its stride in the current shoegaze revival. It rewards the listener who lets the music play without interruption to experience the full scale of its cosmic and human emotion.