Slow Crush’s new album Thirst is on the way, and the Belgian shoegaze band previously previewed it with the dark earworms “Thirst” and “Cherry.” Today they’re offering another taste with a towering ...

As with anywhere in the world during these post-pandemic times, there are both positive and negative aspects to residing in Belgium right now. In Flanders, there is a rise in far-right extremism, ...

It’s been three years since Belgian quartet Slow Crush unleashed their glistening debut, Aurora. Nevertheless, if Hush is anything to go by, it was well worth the wait. Having earned themselves a ...

Belgian shoegazers Slow Crush are reissuing their out-of-print 2018 LP Aurora on March 19 via Quiet Panic/Church Road on “moon phase purple rain” and “purple rain black splatter” vinyl (click the ...

Over the last few years, I’ve written at length about heavy bands transitioning away, slightly, from what’s typically defined as “heavy music” and toward something ostensibly lighter: shoegaze. Those ...