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Formed in Boston in 1991, Drop Nineteens instantly attracted much attention from the UK media and record companies, eventually signing to Hut records. Their debut \u003ci\u003eDelaware\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful record, noisy and melodic in equal measures, a record that is full of youth and innocence. The mix of the predominately english shoegaze style with a more american style akin to the Pixies and Sonic Youth gave Drop Nineteens a distinctive sound. The album has instant pop thrills such as 'Winona', rambling lsd influenced lo-fi epics such as 'Kick the Tragedy', indie pop gems such as 'Your Aquarium', with a cheeky and full blooded cover of madonna's 'Angel' thrown in for good measure - yet it still hangs together as a coherent album. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wharf Cat","offers":[{"title":"Yellow LP","offer_id":50417300111691,"sku":"2213444","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50417299947851,"sku":"2167758","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417299751243,"sku":"311612","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD (Music on CD Version)","offer_id":57394236653899,"sku":"R8390-4626","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Delaware_0547de48_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726725257"},{"product_id":"hard-light","title":"Hard Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the release of the shoegaze masterpiece \u003ci\u003eDelaware\u003c\/i\u003e in 1992, and the intricate experimentations on\u003ci\u003e National Coma \u003c\/i\u003ein 1993, Drop Nineteens disbanded. They had a great run. Shared stages with Radiohead, Hole, Blur, PJ Harvey. Went from being teenaged kids in Boston to mid twenty somethings with an MTV video under their belt. So when Drop Nineteens ceased to be, Greg Ackell felt content, music was a closed chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was until 2021. For the first time in nearly 30 years, Ackell felt compelled to pick up a guitar. He immediately called up Steve Zimmeran, the band’s bassist and fellow guitarist, and the two got writing. It felt effortless for Ackell, like he never stopped writing music. “We were off to the races,” he says. “But also the question came up: what does a Drop Nineteens song sound like today? Enter \u003ci\u003eHard Light,\u003c\/i\u003e the band’s stunning third record. It’s the band’s proverbial follow up to \u003ci\u003eDelaware\u003c\/i\u003e, a modern Drop Nineteens record that is completely singular in its sound and vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first task making \u003ci\u003eHard Light,\u003c\/i\u003e was of course, getting the rest of the band back together. Drop Nineteens is an inherently collaborative project. Ackell’s primarily the lyrics writer, and he collaborates with Zimmerman, Paula Kelley, Motohiro Yasue, and Peter Koeplin to create the sonic world. The record came together over the course of a year, recording at a patchwork of studios all around the country. Making music together felt natural, fluid, exciting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe guitar reverb is expansive as ever. Ackell and Kelley’s vocals are crystalline. “Scapa Flow,” is triumphant. An excellent example of what a modern day Drop Nineteens song sounds like. The guitars glide like clouds on a blue sky day, drums shuffle in the background, searching. Ackell and Kelley’s vocals are cool toned and dreamy, bound up in a haze of reverb. It’s unquestionably lovely. You could say the same for the whole of the record. Hard Light is so lovely. 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This LP comprises the band’s first two demo sessions which were mailed out via cassette to labels in 1991 finding their way to the UK music press and generating instant buzz and an ensuing feeding frenzy to sign the band. After signing with Caroline Records Drop Nineteens decided to write an entirely new record, \u003ci\u003eDelaware\u003c\/i\u003e, for their first official release, leaving the songs on \u003ci\u003e1991\u003c\/i\u003e frozen in time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwells of layered guitars and buried vocal harmonies adorn these tracks, displaying Drop Nineteens when the comparison to their UK contemporaries like Slowdive and Ride were apt. \u003ci\u003e1991’s\u003c\/i\u003e songs, recorded with a low fi charm, show an ambitious young band capable of writing songs filled with texture and hooks, on the eve of their breakthrough record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wharf Cat","offers":[{"title":"LP - Clear | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":51048814182731,"sku":"2228299","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Grey","offer_id":51048813461835,"sku":"2228298","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51048814772555,"sku":"2237853","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/WCR191-DropNineteens-CoverImage_a2b73a6f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1736169073"},{"product_id":"white-dress-white-dress-demo","title":"White Dress \/ White Dress (demo)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2025 has been a big year for \u003cstrong\u003eDrop Nineteens\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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