I am a massive fan of early shoegaze like Slow­dive, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and really any­thing with that eth­er­e­al, dream­like qual­ity that trans­ports you from your
bed­room or loc­al ven­ue into the clouds.

For this reas­on I was extremely excited to dis­cov­er the music of Baldleaf, self described “5 chip 1 fish”, and their angel­ic, echoey approach to altern­at­ive rock.

The band has a nuanced and diverse range of sounds (that can be heard on Spo­ti­fy and Band­camp) which I did won­der if they could repro­duce in a live envir­on­ment. But not to worry, when I saw them live at San Fran they provided an even more rauc­ous and exuber­ant brand of rock than I was per­haps expect­ing from their recor­ded mater­i­al, with irres­ist­ible energy, impress­ive gui­tar and strong vocals.

They’ve got a fant­ast­ic rep­er­toire of intro­spect­ive and clas­sic­ally shoegazey songs such as “The leaves talk to me”, “Thou­sand lies”, and “Alex G”, which leaves no ques­tion as to its inspir­a­tion.

Baldleaf cross the line between music to get you through a break­up or pon­der life while it’s cold and rain­ing out­side, to a hec­tic Fri­day night with friends, a gig, a party and cheap pints.