Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO' - Our Culture

Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO'

Douglas Dulgarian describes food that doesn't taste commercial as "Disney bread." This phrase is mentioned in the song 'trainers' from They Are Gutting a Body of Water's new album LOTTO, highlighting that music can also sound uncommercial, even when free.

As a pioneering shoegaze band, they could have capitalized on a watered-down version of their sound, given its growing popularity. They could have used glitchy layers and poetic, meaningless lyrics for the rest of their career, especially with their first LP on ATO Records in NYC.

Music can sound just like that, even when it costs nothing.

Author's summary: They Are Gutting a Body of Water's new album LOTTO is astounding.

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