With Waves Crashing and their new album Effection, there is so much about it that is refreshingly retro. Take a look around the current alternative rock scene, and you won’t find much that sounds like this anymore. Their debut full-length, Effection, impresses in so many ways, a tribute to their versatility and appreciation for what’s come before them. You can hear the record today, before its proper March 20th release via Neon Sigh and Pleasure Tapes. A trio from Olympia, Washington, you’ll hear a lot of early ’90s indie shoegaze in the band’s sound. Think of early Catherine Wheel during the period when they were instrumental in popularizing shoegaze as its own genre of rock. The soundscapes are ethereal, and the melodies are full of tension. There’s also an element of dream rock within l...