Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, Sidewave consists of lead singer, Phil Golyshko (vocals, guitar), William Collins (guitar, synth), Matt Russel (bass, vocals) Brandon Dickert (drums), who brings to the forefront of their music their debut 12-track album, Glass Giant. With an alternative rock bent, the band brings what is defunct in this wordy, delving sort of concoction with washes of shoegaze that creeps on you letting audiences welcome this new wash of sound. Audiences will sink and be up lifted by each closure of songs. Sidewave provides you with great tunes in their great album Glass Giant. Deceptive in the way that the floating lyrics in the songs beckon a sort of recovery from the heavy backing from the drums that creates a spiraling effect that is both melodious and undulates with the guitar riffs is upbeat and sonorous. The sound waves may come off as repetitious but the most central aspect to the band is the vocals which the instrumentals do not overcrowd at all.
Their supersonic sound aligns with the shoegaze, electronic blaze that keens toward a newfound pop sensibility. Dynamic with waves of guitars that don’t make the tone to each song too heavy, Sidewave’s soothing melodies and guitar reverb takes the depth to each track and makes it align with the secrets to the vocalization from lead singer Phil Golyshko with heavy backing from Matt Russel. Their uproarious string of singing ties to the up tempo rhythm of each song so that as each song files in, the vocals are not only light and lilting but also whispery. The heavy lisping from Golyshko adds strength to the number. Spacey with oftentimes a meshing of sounds with lush aspects, the lilting sonar-quality retro-mix has an undulating of guitar riffs. Turning this over in the listener’s mind, the burdening aspect is that the silky vocals are redundant, distorting the sound.
Yet harmonious, the sound settles after the back wave of riveting rhythms settle. This rock-worthy album is emotionally charged and powerful with treading musical landscapes that both soars and is nuanced in a direction that speaks. With a cohesive beat that pivots toward every change of the heart, the waves of guitars and crystalline flow provide a landscape that is not easy to forget.