Texas trio Ringo Deathstarr aren't just fans of British shoegaze royalty such as the Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, they've basically created a "How To" guide in their debut album, Colour Trip. Guitars are drenched in reverb and effects, the duel vocals of Elliott Frazier and Alex Gehring coalesce into an unintelligible mass throughout, and there's a layer of ennui that threatens to collapse the whole thing. As with fellow shoegaze revivalists the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Ringo Deathstarr know their way around a catchy pop melody as well as a twee couplet; the galloping Do It Every Time features the line "We're falling apart again, she took my cardigan", sung in a way that suggests utter heartbreak over the latter and not the former. Colour Trip is at its best, however, when it tries to build on the shoegaze template, especially on the closing Other Things, which recalls Beach House's dreamiest moments. They may not win any awards for originality, but there's just enough invention here for now.