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Loop

Discordant, elusive, and utterly hypnotic, Loop conjure a dark, trance-like sonic spell. Upon arrival, their sound contrasted sharply with the prevailing British pop music trends of the late '80s and early '90s, touching on influences from the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and early Can to resurrect space rock for a new era. Similar to fellow travelers Spacemen 3, Loop made droning soundscapes of bleak beauty and harsh dissonance. The band originally lasted only a few years, but what they created in that brief window -- highlighted by Heaven's End (1987), Fade Out (1988), and A Gilded Eternity (1990), the latter two of which topped the U.K. indie chart -- drew fascination and excitement from listeners for years to come. A 2013 reunion and intermittent activity afterward culminated with Sonancy (2022), the first Loop album in 32 years.Loop was formed in London in 1986 by vocalist/guitarist Robert Hampson, who at the time of the group's inception claimed to know only four chords. With Bex (Becky Stewart) on drums and Glen Ray on bass, they debuted with the single "16 Dreams," its raw, feedback-powered sound offering clear evidence of a serious garage fixation. New drummer John Wills was signed on a short time later, with his arrival heralding a more primal rhythmic foundation. The reconfigured Loop then issued their 1987 full-length debut, Heaven's End, winning acclaim for its densely distorted sound. The World in Your Eyes, a collection of singles and B-sides, appeared in 1988. After signing to the Chapter 22 label and welcoming new bassist Neil MacKay to the lineup, Loop resurfaced in 1988 with the 12" Collision. In November of that same year, they also released their second full-length, the excellent Fade Out. Over a year passed before they returned to action with the Arc-Lite single, now sporting not only another new label, Situation 2, but also a second guitarist, Scott Dowson. After issuing their third and finest studio LP, 1990's A Gilded Eternity, Loop disbanded. A series of posthumous releases, among them the live Dual and the BBC sessions collection Wolf Flow, soon followed. In the wake of the group's demise, its four members split into two camps -- while MacKay and Wills reunited in the Hair & Skin Trading Company, Hampson and Dowson went on to form the highly experimental Main. Loop's catalog slid out of print during the '90s, but it was comprehensively reissued on the band's Reactor label in 2008. Five years later, the group -- Hampson, Wills, MacKay, and Dowson -- reconvened for touring and co-curated the lineup for the "End of an Era, Pt. 2" portion of the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival at Camber Sands in East Sussex, England. Dates followed throughout May 2014, when the band performed in Barcelona at another festival, Primavera Sound. Later that year, Hampson assembled a new lineup that featured guitarist Dan Boyd, bassist Hugo Morgan, and drummer Wayne Maskell. Through ATP, the label offshoot of All Tomorrow's Parties, the band issued new recordings, beginning with Array 1 in June 2015. The release coincided with a handful of live dates, including several in the U.K. and one in Iceland. In 2018, Loop played London's Meltdown Festival as part of a lineup curated by the Cure's Robert Smith. In 2022, Loop released their fourth full-length album and first in over three decades, Sonancy. The record expanded on the band's heavy minimalism with Hampson and company exploring their sound, at times from a post-punk angle. Another round of reissues in 2025 included Twelves, a triple-vinyl set that compiled their 12" releases.
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