Camera Shy "Self Titled" Format:CD while speed demons like "Simulacra"

while speed demons like "Simulacra" and "Spiderwoven" are as frenzied metallic hardcore can get

CA's IDES OF GEMINI indeed serves one of the sharper contrasts one could expect from a split record

and down-right angry barrage on side A is pitted against the massive riffage and epic end tracks on Side B

While their sludgy side remains

Camera Shy "Self Titled" Format:CD while speed demons like "Simulacra"Before they came to be known as Camera Shy, Nick Bassett and Alexandra Morte had been working on crafting warm weather indie pop indebted with influence to the Smiths, the Sundays and Sarah Records catalogs while the pair made loud, shoegazing punk together in Bassetts band, Whirr. While the Bay Area act has moved onto a darker terrain since Mortes departure, she and Bassett have remained a creative unit that serves as a brighter outlet to contrast