Artist description Vaportrail's music takes your senses for a rocky, yet blissful, ride. From noisy dream-pop to gentle acoustic melancholy, the music never loses its power or emotional impact. The lyrics reflect late-night, soul-searching ruminations on life, love and outer space. It's escapism at its most poignant.

Music Style Dream pop, slowcore, shoegazer

Musical Influences Red House Painters, Low, The Verve, Flaming Lips

Similar Artists Red House Painters, The Verve, Flaming Lips

Group Members Roger Anderson - vocals, guitar Mark Dansby - bass, vocals Gregg Ziemba - drums, keyboards

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, cello

Albums e.p.

Press Reviews From Sonic Drench Nov. 1998 On their debut ep, the San Francisco band Vaportrail blends acoustic rock with effects-laden shoegazing. It's a very appealing mixture, never going too far out into ambient territory, and never rocking out too much either. The first track, "marbles in the sky," is a soaring, near seven minute song that leans much more on the ambient swing of things without ever fully losing touch. "Unfold" is the most straightforward rock song on the ep, with a nice solo. Things settle back down for "Live Slowly...", which is almost devoid of effects, and is just a beautifully dreamy acoustic song. "Going Under" brings back the effects for some instrumental bliss. There is also an acoustic bonus track, which should have been listed, because it's just as pretty as any of the other tracks. This is truly beautiful music without any flaws to speak of. - Sebastian Stirling

Location San Francisco, California - USA

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