To the many that found them long after splitting up, Bluetile Lounge were a band with a cult following. Deep-cuts from an obscure scene, subverting many of the genre tropes. Slowcore, Shoegaze, etc…

With the popularity of guitar based music swelling in the grunge-fuelled 1990’s, what was it about Bluetile Lounge that saved the music from being loss amongst the rest at the time? Swapping structure and form for lengthy, ebb and flow sequences in its dreamlike atmosphere, these records are considered by many adoring fans as a defining point for the genre/s.

Exisiting in pre-internet mass adoption, 1991. Exisiting in a place far away from everything, Perth Western Australia. It’s incredible to think these records, as mesmerising as they are, how they weren’t lost in time. It took two years before playing live and four years for their debut record Lowercase (1995), then follow up with Half Cut (1998) to emerge. With just those two albums and a compilation appearance, then they were gone.

Up until recently it was notoriously difficult to find any information online about the band at all. To the majority that found them after they became inactive, Bluetile Lounge were a band with a cult following. Amplified by passionate fans and online file sharing, long after their records were out of print, they remained a hidden gem. You’d learn about the mainstays My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and then perhaps discover Codeine, Duster etc shortly after. But Bluetile Lounge… these were the deep cuts from an already obscure scene.