Sevens :: Catherine Wheel, Black Metallic

(Sevens, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)

As if designed to end all question about shoegaze as a genre, Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic" was the shoegaze song to end all shoegaze songs. It was the first single from their debut album, 1992's become a member or log in.