a shoreline dream - seek to hide

WORLD I Progressive shoegaze postpunk outfit A Shoreline Dream present their 'Seek To Hide' single. This is the lead track from their long-awaited 'Melting' LP, to be released later this summer via Latenight Weeknight Records.

A Shoreline Dream is Ryan Policky (vocals, guitar, keys, bass, production) and Erik Jeffries (guitar, backing vocals) with Chase Dobson also playing keys on this album. Hailing from the circus birthing ground known as Barnum, Colorado, their sound combines lush melodic textures, organic instrumentation, and vocals layered like a synth, similar in vein to bands such as Ride, Dead Can Dance and Spiritualized - all mixed with a cavernous production style all their own.

a shoreline dream - "seek to hide"

For the accompanying video, footage was filmed by Kennon Fleisher, Ryan Policky and Erik Jeffries with editing/VFX by Latenight Weeknight.

"This song 'Seek to Hide' is a true diving into the fact that we are a society so caught up in a digital world that when something real actually happens we have no idea where to turn. Who is real? What is fake? Who am I? Am I famous? Am I a nobody? Is this place around me VR? All questions of how messed up our society has become. It's confusing and bizarre watching the world around us become more digital than ever before," says Ryan Policky.

Written over the course of five months, the music on 'Melting' not only summons the feeling of being lost-at-sea in a world burning ashore, but also dives into the need for a complete and unwavering change. Their new output features guitar tones ranging from lush layers to driven, post-rock arrangements woven behind Ryan’s ethereal and inspired vocal stylings.

Over the past 14 years, ASD has churned out numerous acclaimed releases under their own imprint (Latenight Weeknight Records), working with legends such as Ulrich Schnauss, east coast independent label mastermind Mark Kramer and, most recently, Engineers. A Shoreline Dream has toured with Ulrich Schnauss and was special guest for Chapterhouse on their final appearance in San Francisco.

This is the band's first long-play since 'The Silent Sunrise' (2014), followed by a string of singles originally intended to make up their next album. However, with the world in social and political upheaval in 2020, Ryan Policky gained creative strength and determination through events around him and abroad, developing music consistent with the times and possibly the most refined and heartfelt work the band has ever produced. Guitarist Erik Jeffries' powerfully epic and post rock influenced guitar moments add to the emotion in output among the band's best work to date.

"Our vibe tends to move darker, but lately and surprisingly it has been uptempo, yet still dark. I have always loved that. A sound that is super energetic but downright dreary. I think that is where we are. We’re pumped to get depressed, but also in ideas that were nearly all conceived on their first play-throughs. Emotion translated into tempos. Take the primal element of rhythm and build layers on top of it. Ours just happened to turn out the way they are here, and we were super excited how it came to be. Probably one of my favorite releases we’ve put out there," says Ryan Policky.

"Working on “melting” and collaborating during writing and composing process was extremely rewarding. So when we started to put ideas together it seemed like new ideas were jumping out at me. And working with Ryan was fantastic. There was an openness to explore and no ideas or conversations were off limits. It really helped push me to be thoughtful (and critical) about what I was contributing and kept me very committed throughout the entire process," says Erik Jeffries.

As of July 24, 'Seek To Hide' will be available everywhere digitally, including Spotify. The 'Melting' LP will be released on August 21 and can already be pre-ordered via Bandcamp.

"Delicate curves and beauty... a glorious dawn" – PopMatters

"Begging for you to play it loud" – Surviving The Golden Age

"A wild and beautiful thing" – The Big Takeover

"Goth heaven... one of the leading lights of the neo-shoegaze movement" – DKFM

"Haunting vocals, addictive guitar lines, synth swells to die for & a swirling dark undertone that both scares & soothes all at once" – Primal Music Blog

"The things we like most in stoner rock, dream pop, shoegaze and prog-tinted postrock" – Overblown Magazine

"Shadowy and storming dreaminess.. reminiscent" – Stereo Embers Magazine

A Shoreline Dream
Seek To Hide
Latenight Weeknight Records
24 July 2020

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