Study of the Lifeless

~"It wafts in on a big blast of guitar and rhythm sure to give any fan of Creation's output circa 1991 an instant jolt of happiness -- it's as if Slowdive never went away. Study of the Lifeless' debut album doesn't break anything close to new ground, but does a great job at that tangled, glazed wash of psych/post-punk forever tagged as shoegazer music, for better or worse. As a self-contained unit, the duo actually sounds more together than full bands who created the same level and complexity of sound; if the credits didn't say any different