Gone Glimmering

Gone Glimmering
Studio album by Chavez
Released	May 23, 1995
Recorded	December 1994–January 1995
Genre	Indie rock, noise rock
Length	30:00
Label	Matador
Producer	Bob Weston Bryce Goggin John Agnello Chavez
Chavez chronology
Gone Glimmering (1995) Ride the Fader (1996)

Gone Glimmering is the debut studio album of American indie rock band Chavez. ^{[1] [2]} It was released via Matador Records on May 23, 1995. ^[3] The album was recorded over weekends in December 1994 and January 1995 at various locations with various producers/engineers (Bob Weston, Bryce Goggin and John Agnello). ^[4]

A music video was released for the track "Break Up Your Band".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [6]
The Great Indie Discography	7/10 [7]
Kerrang!	[8]
MusicHound Rock	[9]
Pitchfork	8.6/10 [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[11]

Billboard wrote that "no debut of late combines guts and gray matter quite as fluently as this New York quartet's killer blast of postnoise rock." ^[12] The Albuquerque Tribune called it "a big load of rock, pounded with a New York Noise mallet." ^[13]

Track listing

1. "Nailed to the Blank Spot" - 2:07
2. "Break Up Your Band" - 2:56
3. "Laugh Track" - 3:58
4. "The Ghost by the Sea" - 4:01
5. "Pentagram Ring" - 2:26
6. "Peeled Out Too Late" - 3:36
7. "The Flaming Gong" - 1:53
8. "Wakeman's Air" - 4:23
9. "Relaxed Fit" - 4:39

Personnel

Chavez

• James Lo - drums
• Scott Anthony Masciarelli - bass
• Matt Sweeney - vocals, guitar
• Clay Tarver - guitar

References

1. "Chavez". Trouser Press.
2. "Nightlife". New York. New York Media, LLC. September 25, 1995.
3. Helms, Colin (August 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly . No. 24. CMJ Network, Inc. p. 26.
4. "Chavez Gone Glimmering". matadorrec.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 1998. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
5. "Gone Glimmering Chavez". AllMusic.
6. Flaherty, Mike (June 23, 1995). "Gone Glimmering". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on November 2, 2015.
7. Strong, Martin C. (2003). "Chavez". The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 670. ISBN   978-1-84195-335-9 – via Internet Archive.
8. Meany (September 16, 1995). "Noize Pollution". Kerrang! . No. 563. EMAP. p. 41.
9. Moore, Lisa M. (1999). "Chavez". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p.  224. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
10. Kandell, Steve (November 13, 2020). "Chavez: Gone Glimmering". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 23, 2023.
11. Bier, Jared (October 23, 2008). "Chavez - Gone Glimmering". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
12. "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 25, 1995.
13. "Chavez, 'Gone Glimmering'". The Albuquerque Tribune. June 29, 1995. p. D7.