Meaning of wombadelia | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of shoegazing.

uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“When My Bloody Valentine released their debut album Isn't Anything in 1988 they essentially created a new genre of rock that one may venture to call "wombadelia". At once ethereal and sexual, oceanic and astral, blissed-up and fucked up, beautiful and noisy, […]"”

“My Bloody Valentine is another group you may want to investigate if you are into the pretty-female-vocal-mixed-with-powerful-rhythms-and-high-density-sound genre (known in some critical circles as "wombadelia").”

“Then comes Comet's true forte: starry-eyed, slowcore webs of patiently brushed cymbals and madly reverberated guitar. At their best, on "Sputnik," the Stones' slow-burning waves of woozy wombadelia creep up and double over into melodic explosions of bombast and beauty.”

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