These days a love song expressing feelings of deep connection can seem like a hackneyed pop song premise. But Midheaven’s crafting of its song “Heaven,” a testament to Andy DeLuca’s and Sarah Eiseman’s richness of affection for one another, feels like taking a journey through a hall of illuminated emotions in a dazzling pageant of sonic detail. The elegant and fragile guitar work, Eiseman’s ethereal vocals a constant presence and the human connection with the dense and dynamic procession of tones. Melodic drones, driving rhythms, thick and finely accented bass and while clearly in the realm of a shoegaze band something about the band’s attention to the electronic elements is reminiscent as much of early 90s Curve slightly more so than obvious shoegaze greats of that era. Think more like newer acts like Tamaryn, Asobi Seksu and The Lost Patrol. Like the duo took its New Wave and synthpop influences and extrapolated that style of production and dance music sensibilities into an atmospheric rock context resulting in a song that truly engulfs you with its wave of uplifting emotion which isn’t experience we get often enough in the musical parlance of modern shoegaze.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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