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

• Wells, UK  jangle /indie pop /guitar pop project Hurry up, Gregory! “My Darling, where are you now?” single [Back To Somerset]

“Back To Somerset” is a brand new label that came out of nowhere, dedicated to “reviving the vibrant era of P!O!P!”, that classic, very British sound we do love the most. A tenner or so releases, almost simultaneously, seemingly without social media, made us suspicious, as with The Parker Posies, of possible AI-generated music, even if it does not sound like it. One of the most interesting monikers, with Butch Cassidy’s Cousins, ​​is the bright and uplifting Sarah-Record-esque meets Prefab Sprout single by Hurry up, Gregory!, where emotional male vocals, deeply long and reminisce, with high echoes and softly sung baritone spoken words, in heartfelt harmony with the nostalgia, joy, and wistfulness woven by stroked strums and bittersweet shimmery guitar melodies.

• Canadian ethereal /dream pop /electronic music project of Sabarah Pilon, aka DenMother “I’m Sweet” single
  

The longstanding electronic DIY moniker of singer/songwriter Sabarah Pilon returns with a stripped-down, hypnotic electronic song about wanting to roll around in the leaves and get dirty with a stranger, to build a quirky, haunting, slow-mo ambience that conjures a lingering sense of sadness and angst. A melancholic, stringent, repetitive pace of thudding heart-beating percussion patterns, smooth, strained, glowing synth melodies and slivers of vibrant, tinkly reflections, softly sway seamlessly together with breathy, fearful vocals gently seducing a stranger with longing and desire.

• Seattle, WA 4-piece alternative-rock /shoegaze band 44go “Revolver” third single
        

• Canadian–American ambient pop artist, Hollie Kenniff “Winter, Don’t Let Go” [Nettwerk]
• Berlin-based ambient /minimalism /melancholic pop /folk singer-songwriter, Ronja “Up With The Sun” title track of the upcoming LP “Up With The Sun” [Unguarded / Präsens Editionen]
• Elverson, Pennsylvania chamber pop /acid /psychedelic folk singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist (Espers, The Valerie Project), Greg Weeks “Gone Darkside” from the 5th LP “If the Sun Dies”
  
• Minneapolis, MN shoegaze /folk /psychedelic rock band formed in the early 2000s by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jason Edmonds, aka Magic Castles “Abandoned Mansions” 1st single from the upcoming fifth full-length LP “Realized” [Fuzz Club]
• London-based northern soul /twee /indie pop supergroup of Peter Momtchiloff (Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research, Would-Be-Goods, Scarlet’s Well, Razorcuts), Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, The Penrose Web, Swansea Sound, The Catenary Wires, The Night Mail, The Way Out, Thrashing Doves, Death In Vegas), and Rachel Love (Dolly Mixture), Railcard “Day dream” from the upcoming debut “Railcard” LP [Skep Wax]
• Bedford, UK indie rock DIY solo project of Jon Behrendt, aka Last Days Of Rome “The Light Of Day” third single from the upcoming 4th album
  
• Cork, Ireland C-86 indie rock band formed in 1984, Cypress,Mine! – “Spellbinding” from upcoming second LP “Pulling all the clouds apart”, 38 years after the recording of “Exit Trashtown” in 1988
  
• Bristol, UK punk /jangle /indie /noise pop solo project from former singer-guitarist of the Muncie Girls, Lande Hekt “A Million Broken Hearts” from the debut LP “Lucky Now” [Tapete Records]
• France dream-pop /jangle-gaze solo project of Olivier Boutry, aka Few Border “Lost and Found” title track of the debut album “Lost and Found” [Subjangle]
• Indonesian indie pop band from Depok, The Wellington “Fading Out” title track of the new EP [Guerrilla Records]
• Taiwan-based Belize-born bedroom pop /shoegaze dreampop /indie pop singer-songwriter Duck “Reprise” from the debut album “Refrain”
  
• Russian indie pop band Palms on Fire – “Cars” (2014) from V/A “A Guide To Loving Shiny Happy Records” collection LP [Shiny Happy Records]
• Wells, UK C86 /jangle /indie pop /guitar pop project Butch Cassidy’s Cousins “Underneath the crescent moon” single [Back To Somerset]
• Minneapolis indie rock /power pop /jangle pop quartet Field Hospitals “Everyfire” single
  
• Virginia Beach, VA lo-fi /indie rock /grunge /wave /noise pop /shoegaze solo project of Adam Leach, BOY “Apologenetics” from “Rusty” LP
  
• Marseille, France Indie Psych Rock band Avee Mana “Tune In” from the upcoming LP “Layers” [Howlin Banana Records]
• Berkshire, UK progressive /pop psych /art rock band Mordecai Smyth “Armalites And Disco Lights” from “Gather The Scattered Mind” LP [Mega Dodo]
• Fort Mill, South Carolina-based power pop veteran singer-songwriter and bassist since 1968 (Private Numbers, Walkee Talkee), Bruce Moody “Mary Goes ‘Round” from “Keep Showing Up!” LP
  
• San Francisco-based indie rock-pop band led by Massachusetts‘ guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Stephen Smith (ex Salem 66, God’s Eye), The Morning Line “90s Pickup” from double A-side single 7″ “90s Pickup b/w This Lens”
  
• Los Angeles-based psych /jangle /dream pop /indie rock /dreampop band formed in 1987 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Andrew Fredrick, THE BLACK WATCH “Some People Will Believe” first single from the upcoming LP “VARIED SUPERSTITIONS” [Blue Matter Records]
• Nashville-based dream pop /post-punk /new wave /indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Joseph Lekkas, Palm Ghosts “God Help The Poor Billionaires” single
  
• Christchurch, New Zealand indie pop /dream rock quartet Yumi Zouma “Cowboy Without a Clue” off the fifth studio album, “No Love Lost to Kindness” [Nettwerk]
• Filipino bedroom /twee /indie rock /dream pop /sadcore artist NOA MAL “Who I am is what I leave behind (2025 remaster)” from the EP “Nerve Damage” [galaxy train]
• Barnsley, UK grunge /shoegaze /indie rock outfit Weedipus “Young” from the upcoming self-titled debut album
  
• Nashville, TN indie rock /dream-pop /shoegaze trio Bleary “Sugar Splint” first single from Bleary’s debut full-length LP [yk Records]
• Houston, Texas-based electropop /New Wave /synthpop trio Don’t Get Lemon “Matrimony” single [à La Carte Records]
• Bottrop, Germany lo-fi /krautrock /shoegaze /dream hypnagogic pop project of Gorden Spangardt, The Interlaken Tapes ”mAd/CHSTR” from V/A “Frills’n’Thrills & warmes Pils, Chivas, Shivers, Dancing Skills…” LP [Bureau Platiruma]
• Parisian indie /synth-pop /new wave artist Rémi Parson “Énergumène” (démo)
  
• Ipswich, UK lo-fi /ambient /shoegaze /noise pop solo project of Matt Catling, a.k.a. Under the Sun “Shining Smile” from the album “Slow Motion Water” [Shore Dive Records]
• Dublin, Ireland lo-fi ambient /dream-pop /shoegaze project led by Finn Carraher McDonald, aka Nashpaints “Boyfriend First” 1st excerpt from the second album “Everyone Good is Called Molly” [MirrorWorld]
• Toronto, Ontario minimalist shoegaze /slowcore musical project of Charlie Berger, With Hidden Noise “Echoes” single
  
• Tokyo, Japan-based shoegaze /dream-pop solo project Still In A Dream “Futene” single [dead 80’s records]                                                                                                               
• Goiânia, Brazil Dream Pop / Shoegaze quartet, Synx “Calmaria” from “Desaguar” EP
  
• Bogor, Indonesia 5-piece indie noise pop /shoegaze outfit Meraung “Together We Thrive” from “Change” EP
  
• Ontario, Canada folk /noise rock /dream pop /shoegaze four-piece BLOSUM “Til the Water Runs Clear” from the debut album “Amaryllis”
  
• Berlin-based veteran Ambient /Slowcore /Indie / Shoegaze group formed in 1996, Monoland “Junct” from the EP “First” [1991 Recordings / Supermodern Music]
• London-based emo /dream pop /shoegaze /soulgaze band Whitelands “Dark Horse” from the LP “Sunlight Echoes” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Moscow-based dream pop /shoegaze band Mint Tea “Whisper” from the first LP “Sunburned”
  
• College Station, Texas noise /grungegaze /shoegaze four-piece Heel “In My Way” from the debut LP “Segmentation”
  
• San José, Costa Rica dream pop /shoegaze band Adiós Cometa “Una vida en otra parte” from “Un Destello de Luz” LP
  
• Denver, Colorado prog /post-rock /shoegaze band A Shoreline Dream “Ghost of the Inside” single
  
• Chicago Noise Rock /Shoegaze /Dream Punk band Old Coke “Pug” single
  
• France‘s metal /heavy shoegaze band Mascara “Marrow” from the forthcoming new LP “Going Postal” [Fever Ltd]
• Los Angeles-based power pop /Britpop /baggy /indie pop solo project of Ben Cook (FKA Young Governor, Young Guv), aka GUV “Crash Down Feeling” from the 5th “Warmer Than Gold” LP [Run For Cover Records]
• Melbourne indie garage rock three-piece band Blue Communications “Simple Delight” from the 2-double A-side debut single “Australian Summer / Simple Delight” [Southern Exposure Records]
• Athens, Greece indie /garage /psychedelic rock band The Bonnie Nettles “Drift Like Home” single
  
• Belfast, Northern Ireland psychedelic rock solo project Mellow Beast “Amagula” from “Grimble, The Worm” LP
  
• Bristol, UK acid /stoner rock /kosmische /fuzzy /psychedelic four-piece rock band The Heads “socially awkward” from the upcoming LP “yourprettyplaceisgoingtohell”
  
• Seattle/Rome psychedelic /garage rock band led by Steve Crabtree and Massimo del Pozzo, THEE SYDES “As Time’s Gone” from “THEE SYDES” EP 7″ [teen Sound / Misty Lane Music]
• Stockholm, Sweden indie rock trio VERO “100 Calls” from upcoming second LP “Razor Tongue” [PNKSLM Records]
• Saint Petersburg, FL electronic /post-punk /indie rock /psych rock trio Liquid Pennies “Cope” single
  
• Oamaru, NZ scuzz noise pop five-piece (ex The Trendees), Cuticles “OGLED MOAT” single from the upcoming album
  
• Melbourne deadbeat /garage /punk pop /rock & roll singer and songwriter (The Prize, The Judges, The States), Ozzie Hair “Don’t Wanna” first single from upcoming debut LP “Madhouse” [Hot Sounds (USA) / Lulus Sonic Disc Club (AUS)]
• Brooklyn, NY‘s worldly /genre-bending instrumental indie trio City of the Sun – “Angeles” single from upcoming LP “Under the Moon” [Nettwerk Music]
• Asheville, North Carolina psych /indie folk singer-songwriter Natalie Jane Hill “I Thought Love Meant” from the upcoming LP “Hopeful Woman” [Dear Life Records]