'Mention 'stellarium' and the word conjures images of celestial objects strewn across the infinite boundaries of space and time. As a result, the compositional qualities gel immediately and the control amid the chaos is quite breathtaking.' A deep respect elementally for all the styles and genres they employ is clear as is the fact they see each as fundamentally equal in importance to realising the end game. The key to Stellarium’ success here is the holistic approach taken and the exquisite skills behind it. It would be easy to make a mess out of such ambition and many a lesser band has come up short in trying. Fuzzed out jangle, dream and noise pop, post-punk, melodic, psych and stoner rock and even slight nods to metal and hints of rockabilly all feature to blow expectation right out of the water. If one thought that would set the sonic scene for the album what follows is an interchangeable smorgasbord of genres that do battle but ultimately make perfect peace with each other all ensconced inside a dominant shoegaze aesthetic. Sporting nine tracks, it begins with the instant winner, ‘Summer Bloodbath’, a take no prisoners piece of classic disorienting shoegaze with a variety of twists and a melodically beautiful bleed.

Singapore shoegaze trio Stellarium have finally released its powerfully diverse follow up, simply called or not called Untitled.

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