WL//WH Weekly Shoegaze/ Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

• Italian lo-fi/jangle pop/dream pop solo project WAKE IN JUNE ‘13.5’ new single
  

Italian one-man-band delivers an irresistible swirl of melancholy jangly sparkling guitar melodies, meandering deep post-punk-ish bassline, and jaunty rhythms over fragile vocals, in a bouncy interplay of dark and light, that will warm your pop heart.

• Hemet, CA post-country/slowcore band (formerly known as Ambersmoke), Grave Saddles “Cloudpunching” new single                                                                                                                                                                    

In the wake of fellow 90s Californian Idaho, yet more sluggish and slow, Hemet collective unfurls noisy abrasive guitar distortion that ebbs and flows as slowly taught basslines and reticent dragging drumbeats sadly meander around relentless, desolate, weeping croons and whimpers, delving into dazed depths of the existential spleen.

• California indie/psych-pop singer/songwriter Soft Shelter “Time (Pressure)” second single ahead of Soft Shelter’s debut EP.                                                                                                                                                   

The sophomore single from talented L.A. based singer/songwriter shows a refined, haunting, contemplative quality, characterized by a shimmering, groovy, intense, slightly psychedelic-charged, guitar work with a distinctive 70s flavour, varnished by ho-hum, monochrome vocals reflecting upon the unimpressive nature of love.    

• Bristol, UK ambient/drone/letfield/space/ethereal artist LUCY GOOCH “My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every Moment” from the 10″ vinyl EP “Rushing” via Past Inside the Present
  
• New York shoegaze/psych-pop/dream pop singer/songwriter A.harlana “my dear, i will think of you” new single
  
• Oslo, Norway indie folk collective Benedikt “Old Friends” new single                                                                   
• Canadian singer-songwriter from Regina, Saskatchewan. ANDY SHAUF “Living Room” from upcoming new album ”The Neon Skyline” out Jan. 24 on Anti/Epitaph
  
• Nashville, TN dream pop singer/songwriter VICTORIA BIGELOW “To Everyone I’m Loved Before” new single on Tone Tree Music                                                                                                                                                            
• Indie/Dream Pop band from Baton Rouge, La. RIAROSA “Change” new single
  
• Taos, NM kraut/dream pop/psych/folk duo of Lauren Green (Mirror Travel) and Marissa Macias, TAN COLOGNE “Alien” from the forthcoming album “Cave Vaults On The Moon In New Mexico” on Labrador Records                                                                                                                                                                               
• Swedish indie/dream pop quartet from Stockholm, Steve Buscemi’s Dreamy Eyes “Forever” from the upcoming debut album “Sweetie” on Rama Lama Records
  
• Cassadaga, FL dream pop/shoegaze project of Matthew Messore, Cathedral Bells “Disconnected” from upcoming LP “Velvet Spirit” due March 6, 2020 on Good Eye Records
  
• Nashville, TN post punk/dream pop band led by songwriter and producer Joseph Lekkas, Palm Ghosts “Wide Awake And Waiting” new single
  
• Hamburg, Germany post-punk/psychedelic/shoegaze/cosmic rock 5-piece MELTING PALMS “Fused” from forthcoming debut album “Abyss” on la pochette surprise records
  
• Bristol, UK bedroom pop/ olk/psych-pop collective fronted by Oliver Wilde, PET SHIMMERS “Post-Dick Circle Fuck” from upcoming album “Face Down In Meta”
  
• Los Angeles indie/shoegaze/dream pop/alternative trio Moaning “Ego” from forthcoming second album “Uneasy Laughter” on Sub Pop
  
• Lisbon, Portugal DIY bedroom/dream pop/shoegaze project of Guilherme Correia (member of Ditch Days), Hause Plants “City Vocabulary” debut single part of the upcoming first EP “Public Speaking” due out in the year
  
• London-based indie/garage-pop duo PEGGY SUE “In Dreams” from upcoming fourth album “Vices” on French Exit.
  
• UK bedroom pop/dream pop/shoegaze outfit Eligia “Phoenix” from S/T EP on Crafting Room Recordings
  
• Brighton, UK shoegaze/dreampop band HANYA “I’ll Do It Tomorrow” new single                                                     
• Preston, UK new wave/dream pop/noir pop duo White Flowers “Night Drive” from the upcoming AA side 12″ single “Night Drive/Portra” on Tough Love
  
• Heraklion, Greece psychedelic project by Thodoris Tabakakis, MELLOW LIZARD “Half Way There” from the new album “Honey”
  
• French bedroomgaze 5-piece from Paris, Pam Risourié “Night Flowers” from the single “Night Flowers/Catalog”
  
• San Francisco based jangle/indie pop new project of Thomas Rubenstein (The Lovebirds) and Glenn Donaldson (The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Art Museums and Skygreen Leopards), The Telephone Numbers “I Took A Walk” title track from the debut EP
  
• Austin, TX based bedroom/indie/slacker/psych pop artist DORIO “10 Years” from upcoming cassette album “Yesterday The Sky Was Blue” on Citrus City Records
  
• Bandung, Indonesia shoegaze/noise-pop band EYESUN “Parallel Universe” from the new EP “Feel Something” on Maritime Records
  
• San Francisco‘s DIY indie/power pop/jangle-pop band lead by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “I’m Sorry About Your Life (ver 2)” on Pretty Olivia Records
  
• Seattle, WA indie pop 4-piece Flying Fish Cove – “Magic Wand” new 7″ single via Help Yourself Records
  
• Depok/BSD City, Indonesia twee/indie pop band The Lousy Pop Group “Days” on shiny happy records (from the upcoming ‘7 “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun” via Entes Anomicos)
  
• Quito, Ecuador dream pop/shoegaze/noise pop outfit PORNO “Rosas” from the new album “El Lado Amable de las Cosas”
  
• French indie/new wave/ pop finest Police Control “Noyes” from upcoming 12″ EP on Requiem Pour Un Twister
  
• Kalamazoo, Michigan DIY lo-fi/ indie rock project of Connor McPherson, aka Pistol Gang ‘Fever’ new single on Zap World Records                                                                                                                                                           
• Winnipeg, Canada psych-pop producer LEV SNOWE “Someday Soon” title track from the new EP
  
• Silver Lake, Ca electro-pop artist Lauren Hillman, aka KOTOMI “Free” from 2-track cassette single “Idem” on Entes Anomicos
  
• New Jersey jangle/indie/dream pop band Real Estate “Paper Cup (feat. Sylvan Esso)” from the forthcoming album “The Main Thing” on Domino Recording Co Ltd
  
• San Francisco’s fuzz-pop/janglegaze 4-piece SEABLITE “Skeleton Couch” from the upcoming new 10″ EP “High Rise Mannequins” on Emotional Response                                                                                                    
• Spanish shoegaze/dream-pop/brat-pop band from Madrid, VIDEOGRAMS “Anytime, Anywhere” off of the debut 2-track single “Just The Best”
       
• London, UK indie garage-pop all-girl trio Cheerbleederz “Disco” from upcoming second EP “Lobotany” out 7th Feb. 2020
  
• Los Angeles DIY indie rock project of UK musician Patrick Doyle (Boys Forever/Veronica Falls), Basic Plumbing “Bad Mood” from the album “Keeping Up Appearances”
  
• Queens, NY indie/noise pop duo, UV-TV ‘Happy Place (JMC Cover)’
  
• Austin, TX dream pop/shoegaze outfit ThunderStars “Riptide” from debut album “Number Stations”
  
• Bristol, UK based dream pop/psych/shoegaze band Nossiennes “Vivere” from “Vivere” EP on Shore Dive Records
  
• NYC-based, Chicago/Melbourne dream-pop/surf-gaze/shoegaze trio Surf Rock is Dead “Diabolik” new single
  
• Arizona‘s ‘loud pretty noise’ shoegaze/doomgaze/dream pop 4-piece HOLY FAWN “Blood Pact” from the new EP “The Black Moon”
  
• Phoenix, AZ psychedelic/dreamwave trio EGO TRIPPING “Pleasure Rift” from the debut album “Reflection 1”
  
• Italian kraut/shoegaze/psychedelic quartet from Milan, Huge Molasses Tank Explodes ” So Much to Lose” from the new album ‘II’ on Retro Vox Records
  
• Dark heavy psychedelic duo from Uruguay, Las Cobras – ”Llamarás Mi Nombre” from the sophomore album “Selva” on Fuzz Club
  
• Los Angeles, CA shoegaze band LUSTER “In My Head” off of new debut full length “Turbulence” on Atwater Records.
  
• Russian indie/post-punk four-piece from Moscow, ГРУППА ХМУРЫЙ / GRUPPA HMURIY ‘Snova park’ from the new EP ‘Kartina 5, No. 19/12’
  
• Salt Lake City, Utah post-punk/psych/dream pop/shoegaze 5-piece CUPID COME “Lizard Hive” title track from the new 5-track EP
  
• New York indie rock band, Loose Buttons “I Don’t Really Know” first single from upcoming debut LP “Something Better” on Moon Crawl Records                                                                                                                        
• New York shoegaze/psych-rock band HEAVEN “Out of Touch” (Hall & Oates) from the album “Covers MMXX”
  
• Brighton, UK indie rock quartet PORRIDGE RADIO “Sweet” from the upcoming debut LP “Every Bad” via Secretly Canadian
  
• Belgian lo-fi/bedroom/psych-garage project of Lee Swinnen (Double Veterans, Ero Guro, Tubelight), Frankie Traandruppel “Valley-Ay!” single 7″ on Belly Button Records
  
• Sydney, Australian emo/indie rock/dream pop band Sketch Jets “Airbag”
  
• Swedish singer-songwriter from Malmo, ALICE BOMAN “Everybody Hurts” from the upcoming album “Dream On”
  
• Los Angeles glam-pop artist (aka Fatal Jamz), Marion Belle “Soundcheck” debut single                                       
• Toronto’s avant art pop artist Scott Hardware “Joy” from his 2nd ‘Engel’ LP due out in April via Telephone Explosion.                                                                                                                                                                 
• Doncaster, UK dream/synth dark pop artist Guest Singer “Think Face” from his new EP ‘Limbo Days’ due out on 14th February through Heist or Hit.                                                                                                                                   
• Timisoara, Romania ambient/ ethereal/ electronic/ dream pop solo project of Thy Veils‘ vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Manuela Marchis aka PILESTRA “Shift”