Spy Glass Blue is an American post-punk/new wave/Britpop band formed by Allan Aguirre of Scaterd Few, credited for legitimizing and authenticating the post-punk genre in Christian alternative music (ACM) [dubious – discuss] much in the same way that Scaterd Few defined punk rock in Contemporary Christian music (CCM).
Shadows contain a gothic rock musical style that swings between "light and airy", "dark, haunting, moody",[2] and psychedelic.
Spy Glass Blue originally intended to have more of a pop based sound, like "Sade and Seal meets Peter Murphy,"[3] of the goth scene Aguirre comments "gothic is one tenth of what we do.
"[3] According to one reviewer "Shadows plays mind games with the listener" with its music and deep lyrics.
"[4] An example is in the song "Stygan", which hides the dangers of stumbling in faith in the words "apostolic apostasy".