Shoegaze is a term often afforded to this trio of ethereal and (in the case of the Deheza twins at least) beautiful musicians. With one album, ‘Alpinisms’ under their belt, that had been enough to shoehorn them into shoegaze, but it implies an introversion that belies the energy the band have and their relationship with the listener. On ‘Disconnect from Desire’, it seems hard to believe that SVIIB are a band who place their emphasis on starting from the lyrics up; such is the driving electronic swoop of the individual tracks that you can easily form an opinion of the song before hearing a word and digesting it. The music – it’s a notch up. ‘Alpinisms’ was a concept album, centred around its subject, reliant on understanding, but the composition of ‘Disconnect from Desire’ is immediate – an electronic storm: at times Ladytron, at times Bat for Lashes, perhaps paying tribute to their time spent on tour with the imaginative Natasha Khan. If you’re looking for your post festival-madness album of the summer, this blissful dreamy escape will not fall short of the mark. It’s fruity, esoteric and just a little bit intoxicating.
7/10 Emma Roberts
Emma Garwood is currently the editor of Outline Magazine, Norwich.
She is also an experienced music journalist and commercial copywriter for print, web and radio.
In her remaining hours, she is a playful web designer and rambling radio DJ.
All this she does, she maintains, with gallons of coffee and a stack of Muji stationery. 
