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A Shoreline Dream

{{Short description|American indie rock band}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = A Shoreline Dream

| image = AshorelinedreamLoRes2 byEddieBreidenbach.jpg

| caption = Taken in 2014 by Eddie Breidenbach

| image_size =

| origin = Barnum, Denver, Colorado, United States

| genre = Indie rock, shoegazing, post-rock

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = Latenight Weeknight Records

| associated_acts = Pure Drama, Drop the Fear, Ulrich Schnauss

| website = {{url|http://ashorelinedream.com}}

| current_members = * Ryan Policky

  • Erik Jeffries

| past_members = * Gabriel Ratliff

  • Enoc Torraca
  • Michael Scarano
  • Adam Edwards
  • Sean Merrell
  • Jennifer Burns

}}

A Shoreline Dream is an American indie rock band from the Barnum neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Their sound has been described as being “a moody blend of psych ... and post-rock,"Smith, Kyle. [http://www.westword.com/2009-02-19/music/rather-than-depending-on-a-label-a-shoreline-dream-took-a-diy-path-to-reality "Rather than depending on a label, A Shoreline Dream took a DIY path to reality."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531024520/http://www.westword.com/2009-02-19/music/rather-than-depending-on-a-label-a-shoreline-dream-took-a-diy-path-to-reality |date=May 31, 2009 }} Westword. February 18, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009. as sounding "like a band out of time," and possessing a sound quality unique enough that it "outruns" the shoegaze moniker which bands of this kind are often labeled.Thill, Scott. [https://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/02/a-shoreline-dre/ "A Shoreline Dream’s Sonics Outrun Terminology, Shoegaze"] "Wired Magazine." February 13, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009. The band currently consists of the two original members, vocalist/guitarist/producer Ryan Policky and guitarist Erik Jeffries, who record in their own Barnum-based Shoreline Studios.

History

Policky formed A Shoreline Dream in 2005 with drummer/DJ Gabriel Ratliff. The pair had previously worked together in the bands Pure Drama (which issued two albums, 2001's On the Surface and 2003's Pure Drama) and Drop the Fear (which released a sole eponymous album in 2004).{{cite web|url=http://www.ashorelinedream.com/latenight_weeknight/label.html|title=Latenight Weeknight Records|website=Latenight Weeknight Records}} Jeffries was recruited from an earlier Policky project called Pure Drama, while bassist Enoc Torraca was culled from a group of acquaintances.Mason, Stewart. [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p825475|pure_url=yes}} "A Shoreline Dream"] "AllMusic." The band used a mortgage on Policky's house to set up its own record label, Latenight Weeknight Records, and thus recorded, released and promoted a self-titled EP and debut full-length album Avoiding the Consequences in 2006.

In 2007, A Shoreline Dream released a second EP, Coastal, which attracted the attention of German producer Ulrich Schnauss, of whom the band were fans. Ratliff had departed by this point, and Michael Scarano drummed on two of the tracks. Schnauss subsequently collaborated with the band (including new drummer Sean Merrell) on the NeverChanger EP, which was mastered by Low/Galaxie 500 producer Kramer and released in July 2008, shortly after the band were featured in Urb Magazine's "Next 100."Herrera, Dave. [http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/01/a_shoreline_dream_becoming_a_r.php "A Shoreline Dream becoming a reality"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718104704/http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/01/a_shoreline_dream_becoming_a_r.php |date=July 18, 2011 }} "Backbeat Online", Blogs.westword.com, January 9, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.

After a 2008 summer tour with Schnauss,Rosen, Craig. [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/whosnext/743/a-shoreline-dream-recollects-memories-of-shoegazings-past/ "A Shoreline Dream Recollects Memories Of Shoegazing's Past"] "Yahoo! Music." February 20, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009. A Shoreline Dream, recorded their second full-length album, Recollections of Memory, which was released in February 2009 on Latenight Weeknight. The album was again mastered by Kramer, and included three more collaborations with Schnauss.

In September 2009, Torraca left the band to pursue individual goals and was replaced by Adam Edwards, formerly of Flyaway Minion.Neises, Kris. [http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/botb/entries/2006/09/14/flyaway_minion_in_studio.html "Flyaway Minion in studio"] "Dayton Daily News" September 14, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2009.

The band were showcased at Austin's annual South by Southwest festival in March 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://sxsw.com/music/shows/bands|title=Music News | SXSW 2013|date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703023737/http://sxsw.com/music/shows/bands|access-date=November 21, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2013}}

In July 2010, the band recorded a collaboration with Schnauss, "London", at the latter's studio in Leytonstone, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olfLL2tIXNw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/olfLL2tIXNw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=ulrich schnauss & a shoreline dream - "london" bts|date=September 8, 2011|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} It was issued on January 24, 2011 on the Rocket Girl label's 3... 2... 1... A Rocket Girl Compilation.{{Cite web |url=http://rocketgirl.co.uk/label/release/rgirl74 |title=3... 2... 1... A Rocket Girl Compilation (Rgirl74) | Releases | Rocket Girl - Independent Label, Management and Mailorder |access-date=March 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211023842/http://rocketgirl.co.uk/label/release/rgirl74 |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

In early 2011, they released a digital single, a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain",{{cite web|url=http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/a_shoreline_dream_the_chain_fleetwood_mac_cover|title=FILTER Magazine - Media - A Shoreline Dream, The Chain (Fleetwood Mac Cover)|website=filtermagazine.com}} followed by a third album, Losing Them All to This Time. That July, British GQ used A Shoreline Dream's song "NeverChanger" in a video for their first iPad app. This spot featured Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and was also available on YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsFpHItFRlM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DsFpHItFRlM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Photoshoot - British GQ|date=June 29, 2011|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

In 2012, the band released three EPs, one per month for three months, titled Three, 3 and III; that September the EPs were issued together as a limited-edition three-disc box set titled 333.{{cite web|url=http://www.westword.com/music/a-shoreline-dream-5117981|title=A Shoreline Dream|first=Dave|last=Herrera|date=September 13, 2012|website=Westword.com}}

A Shoreline Dream finished 2012 with a single released on Christmas Day titled "The Land of Those Who Wander".{{cite web|url=http://ashorelinedream.bandcamp.com/album/the-land-of-those-who-wander|title=The Land of Those Who Wander, by A Shoreline Dream|website=A Shoreline Dream}} Ensuing live performances that year featured the return of original drummer Ratliff{{cite web|url=http://ashorelinedream.blogspot.com/|title=A Shoreline Dream - Dreaming Diary|website=Ashorelinedream.blogspot.com}})

A Shoreline Dream released their fourth album, The Silent Sunrise, on September 9, 2014. In a positive review, PopMatters described it as "what you’d get if My Bloody Valentine walked onto the ‘80s set of a John Hughes movie."{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/184042-a-shoreline-dream-the-silent-sunrise/|title=A Shoreline Dream: The Silent Sunrise|date=September 5, 2014|website=Popmatters.com}} For the recording, Policky and Jeffries were joined by bassist Edwards and drummers Scarano and Erin Tidwell.{{cite web|url=http://ashorelinedream.com/press/2014/assets/silentsunrise_onesheet_2014.pdf|title=A Shoreline Dream : The silent Sunrise|website=Ashorelinedream.com|access-date=21 November 2020}}

Discography

=Albums=

  • Avoiding the Consequences (2006, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Recollections of Memory (2009, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Losing Them All to This Time (2011, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • The Silent Sunrise (2014, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Melting (2020, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Loveblind (2022, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Whitelined (2024, Latenight Weeknight Records)

=Singles and EPs=

  • A Shoreline Dream EP (2006, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "New York" single (2007, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Coastal EP (2007, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • NeverChanger EP (2008, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "The Chain" single (2011, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Three EP (2012, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • 3 EP (2012, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • III EP (2012, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "The Land of Those Who Wander" single (2012, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "The Heart Never Recovered" single (2014, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "Time Is a Machine Gun" single (2015, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "Revolvist" single (2016, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • "Room for the Others" single (2017, Latenight Weeknight Records)
  • Waitout EP (2018, Latenight Weeknight Records)

=Compilation albums=

  • 333 box set (2012, Latenight Weeknight Records)

=Compilation appearances=

Notes and references

External links

  • [http://www.ashorelinedream.com/ Band website]
  • [http://ashorelinedream.blogspot.com/ Band blog]
  • [http://www.myspace.com/ashorelinedream Band MySpace]
  • [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p825475|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic entry]

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Category:Musical groups established in 2005

Category:Indie rock musical groups from Colorado

Category:American shoegaze musical groups

Category:American post-rock groups

Category:Musical groups from Denver