Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO'
Douglas Dulgarian describes certain foods as "Disney bread" - those that don't taste like they've been sold. This phrase is mentioned in the song 'trainers' from They Are Gutting a Body of Water's new album LOTTO, highlighting the awareness that music can also sound unauthentic, even when it's free.
As a pioneering band in modern shoegaze, They Are Gutting a Body of Water could have capitalized on a watered-down version of their sound, especially with their first LP on ATO Records in NYC. However, they chose not to
shroud everything in glitchy layers of artifice and mutter poetic lyrics that mean nothingfor the rest of their careers.
Author's summary: They Are Gutting a Body of Water releases a new album LOTTO.