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| Blue Skied An' Clear | |
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| Studio album by Various Artists on Morr Music | |
| Released | 2002 |
| Genre | Indietronica |
| Length | 132:13 |
| Label | Morr |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[2] |
| Stylus | B[3] |
Blue Skied an' Clear is a two-disc compilation, featuring various artists from Morr Music covering songs from the shoegazer band Slowdive on the first disc and composing songs "inspired" by Slowdive on the second disc. It was released in 2002 by Morr Music, and was the label's 30th release. In addition to serving as a showcase of the Morr Music roster, this release serves as a testament to the resurgence or revival of the shoegazing sound in this particular realm of electronica or IDM.
Whereas the initial wave of shoegazer rock had fuzzed out guitars (via distortion from effects pedals) as a central characteristic, the artists on this release combine that with (or abandon it for) glitchy beats, synth tones, and digital signal processing effects. On this release, and with this indietronica style of music in general, musicians composing with software housed in laptop computers often replace the conventional rock band formula. Being composed of Slowdive covers, the first disc has substantially more vocals than the second disc, which is more in line with the modus operandi of electronica or indietronica artists, generally speaking.
The title of this compilation is taken from a track on Slowdive's third album, Pygmalion. This track was covered by Manual.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r715799
- ^ 11/6/2002
- ^ 9/1/2003 Archived June 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine