Welcome to Nuclear Daisies’ own Heaven, a supernatural place where the next phase of shoegaze’s life is beyond this plane and sounds nothing like what might be currently whirring to increasingly exhausting, monotonous forms throughout sound systems down here on Earth. The first full-length taste from the Austin trio, featuring past and present members of Ringo Deathstarr and Temple of Angles, imagines the possibility of an infinite future for all of us as well as their sound where transformation has no cosmic ceiling.

Nothing can move into the afterlife, however, without venturing through past lives lived and acknowledging the chaos and darker matter that preceded it. For Rob Glynn, Alex Gehring, and Robby Williams, they do so by popping a curious pill that allows them to dive head-first into colorful DMT-soaked ’90s dream-pop, big beat, industrial, and electronic new age that recalls the hyperactive rave hedonism of the Prodigy, the synthetic serenity spells of Enigma, and the lush celestial hypnotics of the Cocteau Twins.

The lasting effects of these alterative energies in collision on the same plane creates the movement which pushes a forward-transcending passage through all of one’s experienced time and space, and into an indescribable destination where ultimately, who you once were is shattered and what remains is a new you, transfigured on the cusp of bliss. As a passenger pulled into Nuclear Daisies’ existential trip, it’s the celebration of life’s mystery — with all of its pain, heartbreak, and reclamation of love — in this next chapter that makes for one sensory-thrilling journey.

Highlights: “Honey In The Wound”, “Toad”, “333”

Nuclear Daises’ First Taste of Heaven is available now on Portrayal of Guilt Records.

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