Lovesliescrushing
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| Origin | East Lansing, Michigan |
| Genres | Shoegaze, dream pop, lo-fi, ambient, noise, ethereal |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Projekt Records, Sonic Syrup, Automatic Entertainment, Line, Handmade Birds, This Quiet Army |
| Associated acts | Astrobrite, Mahogany, Drekka, Transient Stellar, Vir, Polykroma, Star |
| Members | Scott Cortez Melissa Arpin-Duimstra |
| Past members | Andrew Prinz Ana Breton Alyssa Brown Michael Anderson |
Lovesliescrushing (stylized lovesliescrushing) is an ambient and shoegaze band from East Lansing, Michigan. The two primary members of the band are Scott Cortez (guitars, loops, treatments) and Melissa Arpin-Duimstra (vocals). Other musicians join the group for live performances. Auxiliary members have included Andrew Prinz of Mahogany, Alyssa Browne and Michael Anderson (of Turn Pale and Drekka).
Their sound has been compared mainly to that of My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins and Brian Eno's ambient works. Unlike My Bloody Valentine, however, Lovesliescrushing has a sound less dependent on traditional song structures and vocals. With a penchant for uncommon guitar timbres and soft vocals while burying the result under layers of effects, they place emphasis on combining melody and noise in a more experimental way. The emphasis is mostly on texture, hence the unorthodox manner of playing strings with metal, nails, chopsticks, screwdrivers, vibrators and violin bows to create new tones, much like Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth and Einstürzende Neubauten did in the 1980s, but to a different end. Cortez is proud of the fact that on lovesliescrushing's earlier records, guitar and voice were the only sound sources and that all of their music was done on a 4 track. They eschew keyboards and the studio due to aesthetic and economic reasons. The Lovesliescrushing sound is typified by loops, a lack of drums and its reliance on Scott Cortez' skill at "wreaking all manner of beautiful sonic mayhem from his guitar."
The band formed in the fall of 1991 in East Lansing and later moved to Tucson, Arizona. After signing a record deal with Projekt Records, Lovesliescrushing released their heavily shoegaze-influenced debut album, Bloweyelashwish, in 1993. Three years later, they released the follow-up, the more ambient-infused Xuvetyn.
Between 1996 and 2002, Cortez left Projekt to front Astrobrite on the Sonic Syrup label.
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