Nova Flares
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Nova Flares is the solo project of Jason Wagers, whose music as a solo artist cleverly combines shoegaze with neo-psychedelic and surf rock. This is as close as one can get to the surf gaze dreamery Quentin Tarantino or David Lynch love to include in their soundtracks.Playing in bands and writing music since the age of 14, he eventually learned enough in the music sphere to start producing his own records, appreciative of the freedom and ability to record his own songs and release his own records. Growing beyond guitar to also bass guitar, drums and piano and also dabbling with vocals over the years. His Nova Flares project provided the perfect opportunity to develop his skills even further. The bright, reactive sound of this music inspired the project’s name ‘Nova Flares’. A nova is an astronomical event causing the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently ‘new’ star that slowly fades from view. The interaction between two stars causes a flare up, perceived as a new entity that is much brighter than the stars involved. Similarly, this new project was also born from the destruction of Wagers' previous project The Corridors.
Jason has dubbed his sound “surfgaze”, the style borrowing gazey elements that can be traced back to My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Beach Fossils and The Jesus and Mary Chain, while also being influenced by surf and beach-goth-psych bands like The Growlers, La Luz, The Warlocks and the Allah-Las.
“The songs I create through Nova Flares are supposed to be very cinematic and capture memories and feelings from situations I’d experienced in my childhood and adult life, but these songs are also meant to be left open ended so that the listener could have their own personal sensory experience as well,” says Jason Wagers. There are 5 songs listed on the CD. All are instrumental. They are: Summer Colors, Careless Caress, Gut Splinter, Krokodil Tears and Ghost Only Wishes.
Krokodil Tears
"Deftly constructed, layered and textured, cherry picking all the cool vibes from across the decades and fashioning them into a past that never was and a future which just might be" – Dancing About Architecture.
https://dancingaboutarchitecture.info/2018/01/30/gut-splinter-nova-flares-reviewed-by-dave-franklin/
"Harmonious, clever and addictive music... Mighty fine bedroom jangly surf pop packed with flowing dreamy harmony and charming, lo-fi goodness. This hypnotic guitar shimmer packs the magic punch intended" – The Record Stache.
Cinematic instrumentals. Cleverly combining shoe gaze with neo-psychedelic and surf rock. Slightly sensual and dreamy. Explosive and passionate. To find out more about Nova Flares go to:
Denise L. @DL7855 2018