Allegories Channel Shoegaze Grit and Electronic Intrigue on New Single “Mid Century Nothing”
Experimental indie-electronic duo Allegories return with “Mid Century Nothing,” a spacey, obstinate, and discreetly confrontational fusion of shoegaze and electronic rock that reclaims the power of imperfection. Marking a bold leap in their ever-evolving sound, the track captures the tension between introspection and assertion – an unguarded, defiant transmission from a project that rarely steps into the live arena.
What began as a ukulele-based sketch evolved, through rehearsal and performance, into one of Allegories’ most dynamic and band-oriented recordings in nearly two decades.
“It came from our ukulele songs and slowly turned into one of our weirdo electronic tracks,” the duo shares. “We were about 85 percent of the way through arranging it when we decided to perform it at a winter festival. We don’t play live very often – we’ve only done it twice in the last 10 years. Something about rehearsing and being on stage changes the way we approach the music. This song became more defiant, touched on what’s happening in the world, and ended up way more assertive and confrontational than anything we made in the studio.”
The result is a cinematic rush – layered, deliberate, and quietly insurgent – a reminder that catharsis can be both gentle and insistent. “Mid Century Nothing” stands as a testament to the duo’s origins in improvisation, rediscovery, and creative friction.
“It reminded us that we actually come from jamming things out in a rehearsal space,” they continue. “Maybe we should spend more time in that mode. Either way, we could probably play live more than twice a decade.”
It’s not every day that a long-dormant experimental noise project reappears as an elite electronic-pop outfit intent on burrowing into your subconscious and unearthing deep-seated memories of a time when we could congregate freely without worry.
Allegories deliver unguarded ballads as effortlessly as they develop layers of cut-up samples reaching into the worlds of IDM, shoegaze/dream-pop, and psychedelia.