Live Shows: Slow Crush, Faetooth, Flooding, and Women in Peril, The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA 9/6/25
European bands don't always come to the States often, or at all. (And, really, who could blame them currently?) When Belgium's Slow Crush played Sonia back in 2022, I missed it and thought that might have been my only chance. As soon as they announced a return to Boston this past Saturday night, I knew I couldn't miss this one. Heavy shoegaze is currently having a moment, and Slow Crush might be the finest of the genre. The quartet took the stage and completely owned it for over an hour. Their sound not only adds a heavy darkness to the shoegaze genre, but also kind of a pop sensibility. They're about as catchy as you can get in this style of music while still adding in the nearly metal level of heavy. Plus, even though shoegaze bands aren't exactly known for energy to the point that it's literally in the name of the genre, Slow Crush brought a crushing energy to their live show. Saturday night was kind of a crazy night for entertainment choices in Boston with i...