Dreamend is an American,

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-based

shoegazer Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

musical group signed to

Graveface Records Graveface Records is an American independent record label from Savannah, Georgia, solely owned and operated by Ryan Graveface (who plays in the groups Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dreamend, the Marshmallow Ghosts and the Casket Girls). He has rele ...

, whose music is characterized by textured

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work and prominent

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s and

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. Song styles range from

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to bluegrass. The group has been compared to groups such as

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and Explosions in the Sky. Review of ''As If by Ghosts''

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Dreamend is the main musical output of Ryan Graveface, Graveface Records' owner/sole employee. He also contributes musically in the psychedelic band Black Moth Super Rainbow (BMSR), the Halloween band The Marshmallow Ghosts & The Casket Girls. Since its inception in 2002, Graveface has released albums by Monster Movie,

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Kid Dakota Kid Dakota is the musical moniker of Darren Jackson, sometimes accompanied live or in the studio by various band members. History Born in the small, isolated town of Bison, South Dakota, Jackson started performing as "Kid Dakota and the Tumbl ...

Appleseed Cast The Appleseed Cast is an American rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. The band was founded in the early days of emo by singer-guitarist Christopher Crisci and drummer Louie Ruiz. The Appleseed Cast has steadily evolved over the release of eight f ...

Whirr Whirr is a shoegaze band from the San Francisco Bay Area. The group formed in 2010, originally as Whirl, but had to legally change its name after a woman performing acoustic covers of Black Sabbath songs trademarked the name and threatened a laws ...

, Mount Eerie, BMSR and many more.

Discography

* ''The Sickening Pang of Hope Deferred'' (2000) * ''Dreamend'' (EP, 2001) * ''Stigmata Boy'' (EP, 2001) * ''Preface'' (Split EP with Monster Movie, 2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

Maybe We're Making God Sad and Lonely ''Maybe We're Making God Sad and Lonely'' is the second full length by Dreamend, a Chicago-based band. Track listing # "A Place in Thy Memory" – 8:47 # "In Her Little Bed We Lay Her" – 5:02 # "Can't Take You " – 4:10 # "Iceland" – 5:21 # ...

'' (2005) * ''The Long Forgotten Friend'' (2008) * '' So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite'' (2010) * ''And the Tears Washed Me, Wave After Cowardly Wave'' (2012) * ''Dreamend'' (2018)

References

External links

Official site

Graveface, Dreamend's label
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