Blow sounds something like My Bloody Cocteau Twins. I
remember when this was released back in 1992, there was a time when shoegaze
reigned supreme; 4AD was the record label of the moment and so many of my
favourite bands fitted into either one or the other or both of these categories.
The music press wasn’t very nice to Swallow and I never really got around to
listening to the album (I seem to remember the title of the review to be
something like "the Cockatoo Twins"), but listening to it now I
really have a hard time not liking it. In every way a classic early-90's 4AD
record, not unlike Lush but with a rougher edge. "Sugar Your Mind"
even sounds a bit like The Jesus And Mary Chain. But hey, I am a big, big
believer in bands that are happy to wear their influences on their sleeves and
sound a bit like their favourite bands, because if their favourite bands happen
to be your favourite bands ... you get where I'm going with this. If you are
heavily into shoegaze of that era you need to get this record.
