Heaven's Club is a project fronted by Shiv Mehra of Deafheaven, but those coming to this album hoping for similarities to that project will be mostly disappointed.
Here There and Nowhere, as a piece of work, feels unfocussed. "Dreamboat" has solid shoegaze riffs and dreamy vocals from Nadia Kury, but is too close to My Bloody Valentine. "Alone in Dresden" is a well-crafted song that blends krautrock-tinged verses with a shoegaze hook. It is also an example of Shiv Mehra's weakness as a vocalist; Mehra has a baritone that goes out of tune in higher side of his range. This, paired with boring lyrics like "I want to take you for a ride on the coast / and then we could just chill" leads to the major dynamic for this album: There are talented musicians involved and interesting ideas, but no central creative energy to turn them into something memorable.
As a result, this feels like a side project. There isn't enough of a thread through different songs, Mehra's voice is not up to the task of anchoring an album and while there are interesting moments, Here There and Nowhere is forgettable.
(Profound Lore)Here There and Nowhere, as a piece of work, feels unfocussed. "Dreamboat" has solid shoegaze riffs and dreamy vocals from Nadia Kury, but is too close to My Bloody Valentine. "Alone in Dresden" is a well-crafted song that blends krautrock-tinged verses with a shoegaze hook. It is also an example of Shiv Mehra's weakness as a vocalist; Mehra has a baritone that goes out of tune in higher side of his range. This, paired with boring lyrics like "I want to take you for a ride on the coast / and then we could just chill" leads to the major dynamic for this album: There are talented musicians involved and interesting ideas, but no central creative energy to turn them into something memorable.
As a result, this feels like a side project. There isn't enough of a thread through different songs, Mehra's voice is not up to the task of anchoring an album and while there are interesting moments, Here There and Nowhere is forgettable.
