Album Review: Cheatahs - Cheatahs

The key to good shoegaze music lies in textural awareness. Knowing how to mould the sound to have tangible feeling and sensuality is what separates the MBVs from the forgottens. Striking somewhere in the middle is Cheatahs, who hit lush heights on tracks like Mission Creep but fall into generic grunge on Get Tight, which sums up the album too well. Cheatahs continue in the fashion of nugazers like Ringo Deathstarr and Yuck. That's to say, it's entirely enjoyable, occasionally brilliant, but ultimately only really essential for diehard fans of the genre.