One of the best pieces of shoegaze music we've heard this year - possibly this century. Orders will ship on or as close to the May 12, 2009 release date as possible. Hailing from Norway, land of the very like-minded Serena-Maneesh, Maribel craft a gorgeous blend of trip-out shoegaze on their debut 'Aesthetics' (the album was even co-produced by S-M's Emil Nikolaisen). Maribel certainly aren't ashamed to proudly wear their influences on their collective sleeve. But they also give an ass-kicking retro-modern update to them all. 'Flesh and Blood' recalls the halcyon days of early Boo Radleys. 'Deflowers' kicks off with a dead-on ape of MBV's 'Soon', then immediately gives way to a sound extremely-reminiscent of those gaziest Telescopes EPs. 'Siamese Eyes' and 'Spit Voyage' cull from baggy Manchester-cum-Spacemen 3 blues style jams-either could be an outtake from recent albums by the UK's The Voices. Virtually all the tracks on 'Aesthetics' hover around the 3-and-a-half-minute mark-perfect pop songs awash in feedback, distortion, gauzy boy/girl vocals and layers upon layers upon layers of sound. The album builds upon itself perfectly, sucking you in slowly and then taking off into a blistering orbit with the middle chunk of the album standing out as some of the best tracks from the genre this decade. Equally perfect for closing your eyes and blissing-out to, or dancing your ass off at the club.