

Miracle Fortress
Blending dreamy, atmospheric noise pop with Brian Wilson-style psychedelia, Miracle Fortress formed in 2005 as the solo project of Think About Life's Graham Van Pelt. He self-released Miracle Fortress' first EP, Watery Grave, that year, and went on to release his debut full-length, Five Roses, two years later. Adam Waito (Telefauna), Jessie Stein (SS Cardiac), and Jordan Robson-Cramer rounded out the lineup for the project's live show. ~ Margaret Reges, All Music Guide[more]
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Five Roses is an ode to that dreamy no-man's land of childhood, swooping from shoegazing wall of sound to beautiful sparse instrumentals and straight up pop classics. The album was composed, performed, recorded and mixed entirely by Graham Van Pelt at Friendship Cove (itself a monument to playground innocence), with even the album art having been inspired by bed linens from his childhood home. Despite it's decidedly triumphant tone, Five Roses is anything but light and naοve. Normally churning [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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VINYL FORMAT. The first limited-run single from the forthcoming full-length debut by Montreal's Miracle Fortress. Graham Van Pelt constructs sprawling pop songs as Miracle Fortress, using Beach Boys harmonies and wall of sound production that draws as much from My Bloody Valentine as it does from Brian Eno and Phil Spector. "Have You Seen In Your Dreams" wouldn't sound out of place in a Sofia Coppola film. The B-side covers John Cale's "Hanky Panky Nohow", adding glam-rock guitar, and features Jordan Robson [ read more ]
12" $5.52
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