Heaven's End

Though British band Loop is often lumped in with the shoegazer crowd, their sound was considerably more urgent and assaultive than that, as shown by their 1987 debut album, HEAVEN'S END. While the fuzzy, droning guitar textures that defined shoegaze are here, the band's clearly audible post-punk, krautrock, and No Wave influences lend an aggressive edge to these neo-psychedelic excursions, while still allowing for moments of atmospheric beauty.