"blurring/guided imagery" vinyl
01 “glow in the dark”
02 “waiting for you”
03 “inverted skies”
04 “gravity well”
05 “i go”
06 “loser smile”
07 “guided imagery”
08 “all dressed up in dreams”
09 “hurting slowly”
10 “come on music” 11 “lights on in the sun
compilation of two eps on one vinyl record. second pressing. black vinyl. includes insert.
From the jangly and starry-eyed opener, “Glow In The Dark,” Mo Dotti show their knack for syrupy melodies, constructive distortion, and glazed over production. There’s a strong pop sensibility in the vocals, which sit triumphantly in the mix, not below or above anything else, but engrained together. The band's songs are built like lullabies, luring you into comfort, and letting you drift to anywhere you want to go. It’s sweet and muscular, the heavy lifting put on by lush waves of guitar that never feel aggressive but still manage to create a wall of sound effect. “Gravity Well” is a great example of Mo Dotti at their best, ringing and winding their way through mesmerizing circles and into the breezy openness. -Dan Goldin, Post Trash
"There’s a fine dusting of sugar sparkling atop this latest collection of songs from very good Los Angeles rock band, Mo Dotti. They’re still the pop shoegazers you’ll remember from 2020’s Blurring EP, but the band has dropped some of that release’s heaviness and rougher textures for a gleamier sound that lends even the EP’s most chaotic moments a sense of crunchy sweetness. Still, while the music is as bright and pretty as a sunbeam, the songs themselves never really play along—they’re bendy, moody, and inclined to go strange places, leading Mo Dotti down some interesting, less-trodden paths. It’s clear they can do My Bloody Valentine better than anyone, but honestly, Mo Dotti are just as good if not even more compelling when they start leaning into 90s American indie rock; as on “Come On Music,” where they effortlessly navigate the grey zone between wonky art-rock Blonde Redhead and the Blonde Redhead that gets played in department stores, or the band’s venture into creepy post-punk with the crooked “Hurting Slowly,” which sounds like a janglier Quix*O*Tic or a less icky Superball+ EP outtake."- Mariana Timony, Bandcamp
"Post-punk grooves lay the foundation for unusually present (though impressionistic in content) vocals for the genre; bright, trebly guitars, noisy wah freakouts and feedback swells, groovy basslines, and of course, dense and LOUD fuzzy guitars. Doses of sweet-and-sour noise-pop meet intricate, multi-structured arrangements, whose strength is matched by within-a few-listens-worth hummable melodies and at the heart of it all: catchy, direct, and simply great songs."-Zach Noel, Post Trash
01 “glow in the dark”
02 “waiting for you”
03 “inverted skies”
04 “gravity well”
05 “i go”
06 “loser smile”
07 “guided imagery”
08 “all dressed up in dreams”
09 “hurting slowly”
10 “come on music” 11 “lights on in the sun
compilation of two eps on one vinyl record. second pressing. black vinyl. includes insert.
From the jangly and starry-eyed opener, “Glow In The Dark,” Mo Dotti show their knack for syrupy melodies, constructive distortion, and glazed over production. There’s a strong pop sensibility in the vocals, which sit triumphantly in the mix, not below or above anything else, but engrained together. The band's songs are built like lullabies, luring you into comfort, and letting you drift to anywhere you want to go. It’s sweet and muscular, the heavy lifting put on by lush waves of guitar that never feel aggressive but still manage to create a wall of sound effect. “Gravity Well” is a great example of Mo Dotti at their best, ringing and winding their way through mesmerizing circles and into the breezy openness. -Dan Goldin, Post Trash
"There’s a fine dusting of sugar sparkling atop this latest collection of songs from very good Los Angeles rock band, Mo Dotti. They’re still the pop shoegazers you’ll remember from 2020’s Blurring EP, but the band has dropped some of that release’s heaviness and rougher textures for a gleamier sound that lends even the EP’s most chaotic moments a sense of crunchy sweetness. Still, while the music is as bright and pretty as a sunbeam, the songs themselves never really play along—they’re bendy, moody, and inclined to go strange places, leading Mo Dotti down some interesting, less-trodden paths. It’s clear they can do My Bloody Valentine better than anyone, but honestly, Mo Dotti are just as good if not even more compelling when they start leaning into 90s American indie rock; as on “Come On Music,” where they effortlessly navigate the grey zone between wonky art-rock Blonde Redhead and the Blonde Redhead that gets played in department stores, or the band’s venture into creepy post-punk with the crooked “Hurting Slowly,” which sounds like a janglier Quix*O*Tic or a less icky Superball+ EP outtake."- Mariana Timony, Bandcamp
"Post-punk grooves lay the foundation for unusually present (though impressionistic in content) vocals for the genre; bright, trebly guitars, noisy wah freakouts and feedback swells, groovy basslines, and of course, dense and LOUD fuzzy guitars. Doses of sweet-and-sour noise-pop meet intricate, multi-structured arrangements, whose strength is matched by within-a few-listens-worth hummable melodies and at the heart of it all: catchy, direct, and simply great songs."-Zach Noel, Post Trash
01 “glow in the dark”
02 “waiting for you”
03 “inverted skies”
04 “gravity well”
05 “i go”
06 “loser smile”
07 “guided imagery”
08 “all dressed up in dreams”
09 “hurting slowly”
10 “come on music” 11 “lights on in the sun
compilation of two eps on one vinyl record. second pressing. black vinyl. includes insert.
From the jangly and starry-eyed opener, “Glow In The Dark,” Mo Dotti show their knack for syrupy melodies, constructive distortion, and glazed over production. There’s a strong pop sensibility in the vocals, which sit triumphantly in the mix, not below or above anything else, but engrained together. The band's songs are built like lullabies, luring you into comfort, and letting you drift to anywhere you want to go. It’s sweet and muscular, the heavy lifting put on by lush waves of guitar that never feel aggressive but still manage to create a wall of sound effect. “Gravity Well” is a great example of Mo Dotti at their best, ringing and winding their way through mesmerizing circles and into the breezy openness. -Dan Goldin, Post Trash
"There’s a fine dusting of sugar sparkling atop this latest collection of songs from very good Los Angeles rock band, Mo Dotti. They’re still the pop shoegazers you’ll remember from 2020’s Blurring EP, but the band has dropped some of that release’s heaviness and rougher textures for a gleamier sound that lends even the EP’s most chaotic moments a sense of crunchy sweetness. Still, while the music is as bright and pretty as a sunbeam, the songs themselves never really play along—they’re bendy, moody, and inclined to go strange places, leading Mo Dotti down some interesting, less-trodden paths. It’s clear they can do My Bloody Valentine better than anyone, but honestly, Mo Dotti are just as good if not even more compelling when they start leaning into 90s American indie rock; as on “Come On Music,” where they effortlessly navigate the grey zone between wonky art-rock Blonde Redhead and the Blonde Redhead that gets played in department stores, or the band’s venture into creepy post-punk with the crooked “Hurting Slowly,” which sounds like a janglier Quix*O*Tic or a less icky Superball+ EP outtake."- Mariana Timony, Bandcamp
"Post-punk grooves lay the foundation for unusually present (though impressionistic in content) vocals for the genre; bright, trebly guitars, noisy wah freakouts and feedback swells, groovy basslines, and of course, dense and LOUD fuzzy guitars. Doses of sweet-and-sour noise-pop meet intricate, multi-structured arrangements, whose strength is matched by within-a few-listens-worth hummable melodies and at the heart of it all: catchy, direct, and simply great songs."-Zach Noel, Post Trash