nice noise

You've obviously heard of My Bloody Valentine. Good band. One proper 'mazin album. Very much of a status now that wouldn't be ill referred to as revered. Impending, potentially soul crushingly disappointing reunion and Alan McGee connections notwithstanding, they have a fairly unblemished reputation, with Loveless standing as pretty much the high water mark for all things navel gazey and melodic. Such is the sheer, unapologetic melodiousness of said album, that playing music in a major key seems fairly redundant in it's wake.
As if to underscore said melodiousness, Athens based JapanCakes (yep) have covered the album in it's entirety. Out goes whammy pedal, in comes pedal steel. It's certainly more.....polite than the original, but in some places the style proves itself very adept at bringing to the fore the floaty-ness of the compositions.

LISTEN:

JapanCakes - Loomer



JapanCakes - Touched



Two decent examples I suppose.


POINT OF COMPARISON:


My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When



The difference being the NOISE. Neat little article about noise in music, and MBV's implementation of it, right here.

So does removing the subtleties and innovations of MBV's style render the covers irrelevant? Or is JapanCakes' interpretation an interesting new angle, showing that the unconventional sounds and production method of Loveless can be presented in a more musically more conventional format and arrangement and still be aurally worthwhile?

Whatever, it all sounds nice.