Alison’s Halo was one of the most promising atmospheric guitar acts to surface from the relative obscurity of America’s shoegaze movement of the early 1990s (more specifically, Arizona’s Beautiful Noise scene, which also produced incredible acts like Half String, Six String Malfunction, Lovesliescrushing, Firecracker, and Dogshow).

Alison Halo’s small, yet stellar output consisted of 1993’s Dozen/Calendar 7” single (released on Independent Project Records), a smattering of high-profile compilation appearances, and the critically-acclaimed full-length, Eyedazzler 1992-1996, released on Michigan’s infamous space rock label, Burnt Hair.

In recent years, thanks to the wonders of digital downloads, a handful of live festival recordings were made available, along with a three song collection of home demos from 1996, Jetpacks for Julian.

The group’s placement on 2016’s massive, five-disc Cherry Red Records’ Still in a Dream: A Story of Shoegaze compilation cemented their long overdue – and well-deserved – place in music history, appearing with such luminaries as The Jesus & Mary Chain, Ride, Lush, Swervedriver, Catherine Wheel, and The House of Love.

The bulk of Alison’s Halo’s material was recorded to various 2-, 4-, and 8-track cassette portastudios in various bedrooms and practice pads. Despite these humble lo-fi beginnings, these recordings document a band attempting to harness the power and volume of their awe-inspiring and incendiary live shows.

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Temporal Cove w/ Smilegoth

Los Angeles

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Where the wall meets the floor, Temporal Cove is a body of sound exploring the ethereal and ephemeral. Smilegoth dives into shoegaze, post-rock, house and more to articulate a flow of reverberations that can be felt on every surface.

Where the wall meets the floor, Temporal Cove is a body of sound exploring the ethereal and ephemeral. Smilegoth dives into shoegaze, post-rock, house and more to articulate a flow of reverberations that can be felt on every surface.

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