hearsay

The Meeting Places are a band that I have been meaning to post about since I first came across some of their stuff earlier this year. With Zoviet’s recent review of Film School and their early 90’s dreampop influences, I wanted to add some fuel to the fire. Secretly, I believe that 2006 is the year of the return of shoegaze. While the first time was indeed a tragedy, hopefully the second time around won’t be a farce. If The Meeting Places first album is of any indication, that is not the case at all. Find Yourself Along the Way, released in 2003, earned the band widespread praise and a spot at SXSW last year. While the album did not break much new ground, the dense, complex wash of sound is so well crafted and evocative that it has been in my playlist for months. Since then the band has been working on new material and recently announced the completion of the new album to be released later this summer or early fall by Words-On-Music. A couple of new tracks are posted below.

Coincidence that they’ve played a shows with Film School in the past?

: The Meeting Places - Love Like The Movies (new track) :
: The Meeting Places - Nothing’s The Same (new track) :
: The Meeting Places - On Your Own :
: The Meeting Places - See Through You :