Mirages

by Tijuana Taxi

Mirages cover art

The debut full-length from the Toronto-based trio, 'Mirages' is a slow-burn meditation on lost time and blurred memory, melding elements of psych-rock, shoegaze, and post-punk into a sound that is both ethereal and disorienting. Written and recorded over nearly eight years, the album alternates between atmospheric, Americana-tinged arrangements and explosive walls of distorted, heavy guitar, with vocals often buried deep in the mix to create a sense of interpretive ambiguity. The result is an expansive and vulnerable exploration of nostalgia and anxiety, balancing moments of quiet reflection with pummelling stoner-rock and passages of feral punk energy.

Genres

  • Shoegaze
  • Doomgaze

Tracklist

  1. Wander/Mirages
  2. Dru
  3. Slip Out
  4. Sonder
  5. Mystified
  6. Ostinato 1
  7. Muck
  8. Looking at Air
  9. Sirens
  10. Ostinato 2
  11. Erasure (January)