A Shoreline Dream
A Shoreline Dream has been best described as a “melodipsych / post rock” band combining lush sampled textures, wall of sound dynamics, and vocals layered like a synth, similar in vein to bands such as Ride, Slowdive and Sigur Rós. Originating & recording in Barnum, Colorado they have recently joined forces with German Mastermind Ulrich Schnauss and the infamous producer Mark Kramer (Low / Joy Zipper / Galaxie 500) on the release of their sophomore LP “Recollections of Memory”, due out on February 10, 2009.
In the fall of 2007, after a West Coast tour with Innaway and an appearance at The Roxy for Filter’s “Revenge of the Sunset Strip”, A Shoreline Dream learned that Ulrich was listening to their album and loving it. Soon after, Ryan Policky (the vocalist & guitarist) contacted him via email, and the two decided to team up and release the song “neverChanger” on an EP put out by “latenight weeknight records”, which coincidentally is the label created by two of the original band members of A Shoreline Dream, Ryan & Erik Jeffries. This was set up originally to eliminate the common restrictions of an external label taking control, giving the band more room to breathe on all sides of the spectrum. After over 4 months of being in the top ten sales through their distributor “toneVendor”, and an extremely well received Austin to Denver tour with Ulrich Schnauss , A Shoreline Dream and Ulrich teamed up again to record three new tracks for the album, including an organic version of “neverChanger” as performed on the tour. Through this effort & connections with Ulrich, Mark Peters of the British Act Engineers also jumped on board to help in the final mix of the closing song to the disc. This coupled with the addition of their new drummer Sean Merrell, the album has successfully mixed up the talents of some of the most compelling artists in the current underground music scene.
After over a year of dedication to the album, and a 2008 which proved to be a huge step for the band in the music world, where they found themselves landing in URB’s NEXT 100, various samplers (including one handed to all attendees of CMJ), as well as through the ears and typing fingers of bloggers across the globe, A Shoreline Dream are poised to take 2009 a few steps further with a UK tour in the works with Ulrich’s other band, Longview.
In the Fall of 2006, a shoreline dream released their debut album “avoiding the consequences” with a full scale attack using Ryan’s house as collateral, garnering the band attention on several samplers for Landmark Theatres, Urban Outfitters, The Sundance Film Festival, Paste Magazine among others. Critics from Filter Magazine, Paste Magazine, XLR8R, Skyscraper, and Westword applauded the effort.
The band released the EP “Coastal” in July of 2007, which has landed them spots on samplers for Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, XLR8R, Landmark Theatres and Urban Outfitters. In September of 2007 the band toured with INNAWAY
