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

• Portland, OR psych /post-punk /shoegaze band Ten Million Lights “Hit The Floor” third single from the upcoming LP
  

Portland‘s foursome ably manage the emotional timbres and instrumental hues, to grip and immerse the listener within a moody, dark and swirling slow burner, laced with spacey and atmospheric cinematic qualities, that floats amid bittersweet contemplative shimmering bends and desperate heavy surges of crushing distortion on which sway wistful, pained vocals, yearning for silence whilst blinded by light, to become split, after acoustic intervals of impending doom, between distant hopeless spoken words and agonized celestial radiance, inching tensely toward a flooding chaotic crescendo as it fatally fades away into the infinitude.

• Bedford, UK indie rock solo project of Jon Behrendt, aka Last Days of Rome “Nothing Extraordinary” 4th single from the upcoming 4th album, “We Live In Hope.”
  

The English DIY songwriter returns with an upbeat indie rock song about self-discovery, as is his custom, brimming with stirring, melancholic moods and straightforward, fiery electric vigor, heightened by his distinctive, powerful, and evocative vocal delivery, which fluidly oozes raw, soul-wrenching passion. After a letting go, heartfelt, prominent vocals held up by a steadfast pulsating heart of tight percussion and vibrant, ringing guitar riffs, try to remain stable, with triumphant cries whilst riding a lasting moment of clarity.

• Glasgow, UK indie rock /dream pop band Pedalo “Picture It Backwards” single
  

Irish five-piece delivers bright and captivating dream pop with shoegaze undertones, buzzing with uplifting and melancholic charm. The song deals with a feeling of imposter syndrome, emoted through lush, vibrant, angsty female vocals, carried by lively drums, nervous bass pulses, chimey wistful piano keys, and jagged, noisy guitar riffs, to regretfully brood and passionately soar over intense emotional swings caused by acceptance and letting go.

• Portland, OR-based Canadian–American ambient /new age /ethereal /dream pop artist Hollie Kenniff “Gentle Dawn” single off the upcoming album, “For Those Who Stay” [Nettwerk]
• Uruguay ambient /ethereal /drone /tape loops /electro-acoustic /post-rock /experimental sound artist and composer Caminauta “Tell Me What You Dream” from upcoming album “Unseen Dimensions” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
• North Yorkshire-bred, London-based art folk eccentric singer-songwriter Natalie Wildgoose “Blackberries” from the upcoming EP “Come Into The Garden”
  
• Welsh-born, Glasgow-based lo-fi soul /minimal /indie folk writer and recording artist (Fka Irma Vep), Edwin R Stevens “Ugly Thing” from the upcoming second LP “A Plague Of Gimps” [Wrong Speed Records]
• Ottawa, Ontario indie folk /rock band led by Hannah Judge, aka fanclubwallet “Moving Unison” single [Lauren Records Record Club]
• Oxford, UK indie /shoegaze /dream pop project of Joe Moore (The Yearning, The Perfect Kiss, and Julie Et Joe), Sunlit “Goosebumps” from upcoming second LP “Neon Pink” [Elefant Records]
• Seattle, WA-based Dream Pop music project led by Tabor Rupp, Beach Vacation “Quietly Drowning” single
  
• Preston, UK new wave /dream pop /noir pop duo White Flowers “Thinking Of You” from upcoming LP “Dreams For Somebody Else” [The state51 Conspiracy]
• London-based synth-pop solo project by Marianthi, one-half of the Greek duo Marsheaux, MeLLLo “YA SigN” single
  
• Mid-90s London-based Aphex Twin’s Rephlex Records-affiliated tri-continental ambient lounge group, The Gentle People “Soundtrack Of Life” from the previously unreleased 1997 4-track “The Peel Sessions” EP 12″ [WRWTFWW Records]
• London-based electronic /folk /drone pop /pastoral indie pop quartet The Leaf Library “The Reader’s Lamp” from the upcoming fourth studio album “After The Rain, Strange Seeds” [Fika Records]
• Montreal, Québec dream pop / indie-rock duo Grand Eugène “Loin (ft. Miel de Montagne)” from the upcoming first album “Deux places au cimetière” [Lighter Than Air]
• Brooklyn, NY-based indie/dream pop trio led by Kevin Marksson, Endearments “Marianne” from the upcoming “An Always Open Door” LP
  
• London-based, Suffolk experimental /art-pop five-piece band (Fka Rabbitfoot), 1000 Rabbits – “Virgin Soil” debut single [Young]
• Swedish electronic dream pop duo founded in 1995, CLUB 8 “Travel Back In Time” new single
  
• Tokyo, Japan Dream Folk /Psychedelic /Guitar Indie Pop band formed in 1998 (former members of Peatmos), Pervenche “Ano Neko” (ft. The Cat’s Miaow‘s Bart Cummings on guitar) from the remastered analog reissue of the 2001 debut album “Subtle Song” [Clover Records]
• San Francisco jangle /indie pop trio of Morgan (The Umbrellas, Telephone Numbers), Emily and Sequoia (The Snogs), aka The Kitchenettes “Sunday Best” from the upcoming eponymous 3-track 7″ EP [Meritorio (SP) /Galaxy Train (JP) /Slumberland Records (US)]
• Stockholm-based indie pop band Salt Lake Alley “Who Could Have Known” fourth and last single from the upcoming album “Always Out Of Time” [Too Good To Be True (FR) / Shelflife Records (US)]
• London-based lo-fi /folk /jangle /indiepop DIY solo project of ex-Pocketbooks bandleader Andy Hudson, aka Sunny Intervals “One Last Day of the Holidays” from the CD version of the 2025 album “Swept Away” [Subjangle]
• Swedish indie /dream pop artist from Malmö, Andreas Grundel “Lydia” single (originally released in 2014 on Ramberget Recordings), to celebrate VÅRØ label‘s 10th anniversary [VÅRØ]
• Paris-based French-American jangle /psych /indie pop duo of Guillaume Siracusa and Erica Ashleson, SPECIAL FRIEND “Clipping” 2nd single and title track of the upcoming LP [Skep Wax /Howlin Banana Records / Hidden Bay]
• Glasgow-based shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock band Dayydream “Proximity” from the upcoming “Trace” EP
  
• Toulouse-based shoegaze /slowcore instrumental duo of Daniel Selig and Manon Raupp, aka Docks “Compass” from upcoming “Migjorn” LP [Hidden Bay Records / Araki Records / Coeur sur toi / Indie or Die / Ligature / Tout Doux Records]
• Los Angeles no wave /electronic /experimental funk pop husband and wife duo Pedestal “Waiting” from the reissue of the 1984 cassette Self-Titled album [Concentric Circles]
• Los Angeles dream pop /indie rock two-piece made up of Staz Lindes (The Paranoyds) and Vinny Earley (Vaguess), 2m80 “Angle Numbers” from the upcoming sophomore LP “Popcorn Ceilings” [Under The Gun Records]
• Bristol, UK drone /krautrock /post-rock /experimental /analog electronic solo project of Beak> bassist, Billy Fuller “Rummer” first single off the debut solo album, “Fragments” [Invada]
• Ringwood, UK indie rock foursome Exam Season “Dreaming of a Dog” single
  
• Minneapolis, Minnesota-based dream pop /indie rock quartet Waking Hours “What Would It Take?” from “Blank Stare” EP
  
• Edinburgh, UK shoegaze /psychedelic /dream pop six-piece, AULD SPELLS – “Anything You Want” from “Everything You Want” EP
  
• Toronto Shoegaze /Dream Pop band, Away Forward “Cresting” from “Tidal Forces” EP
  
• Belfast-based dream-gaze/shoegaze band featuring musician-lyricist Michael Smyth and singer Brook-Valentine Lorimer, Virgins “Signalling” from the ltd. 12″ album “Light The Space Left Behind / Transmit A Little Heaven” comprised of the band’s last final EP + the long sold out debut EP [Blowtorch Records]
• Hong Kong indie pop /shoegaze band Lucid Express “Promise Me” from the second album “Instant Comfort” [Kanine Records]
• Tucson, AZ Dream Gaze /Psych Rock band MUTE SWAN “Like a Chump” from upcoming “Skin Slip” LP [Hit The North Records]
• Chicago‘s dream pop /shoegaze band flowersatherfeet “Ghost” single
  
• Edinburgh, Scotland ambient /post-rock /shoegaze duo Sun Shines Cold “All I Need” single [1991 Recordings]
• Chicago-based shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band Snowcuffs “Burst” from the upcoming second EP “Sweet Gravity”
  
• London, UK-based shoegazey dream pop solo project Violet UltraRay “die 4 u” single
  
• Dublin, Ireland atmospheric /psych /post shoegaze band Sun Mahshene “Waves” (Single)
  
• Mexico City Neo-Psychedelia /Shoegaze band Endless “Dejar Atrás” single from the upcoming EP [Shore Dive Records]
•  Massachusetts noise rock /shoegaze /dreampop band The Dreamtoday “Neon Zoo” third single from the upcoming album “We Won’t Survive the Comet”
  
• Atlanta, Georgia noise /shoegaze project Fuzzwall “Blurry Eyes” single
  
• Aberdeen, UK Alternative Rock /Dream Pop /Shoegaze band Moody Moody “Versions” single
  
• Newcastle, Australia post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze band Stagger “Ever” single
  
• Boston, MA-based alternative rock /shoegaze quartet Slow Quit “Capital as community” first single from the split with Helens [Pleasure Tapes]
• Kyoto, Japan alternative rock /indie rock band ODDLY “Zero” from the album “Swerve” [Damnably]
• Brooklyn, NY-based post-punk /psych /shoegaze /noise-rock band led by Oliver Ackermann, A Place To Bury Strangers “Everyone’s The Same” from the LP “Rare And Deadly” [2015–2025], a collection of demos, B-sides, abandoned experiments, and forgotten fragments [Deadstrange]
• Montreal-based post-punk /indie rock trio Cola “Hedgesitting” from the upcoming third LP “Cost of Living Adjustment” [Fire Talk]
• Marlborough, Massachusetts sadcore /alternative rock /indie rock duo Circus Trees “How To Forget” single [Five By Two Records]
• Melbourne-based DIY hardcore /grunge /punk band R.U.B “Tell Me Why” from “Unaddressed Culture” EP
  
• Caldicot, South Wales‘ garage rock duo The Bug Club “Watching the Omnibus” from upcoming LP “Every Single Muscle” [Sub Pop]
• Toulouse, French emo /indie rock punx trio No Drama “Highway Robberies” from upcoming LP “Isolated Areas” (Araki Records (FR) / Anything Bagel (US) /Brainwasher Records (DE) / Bus Stop Press (FR) / Hidden Bay Records (FR) / Stonehenge Records (FR) / Wood of Heart (JP))
  
• Keighley, UK grungy /indie rock band GOO “Payday from the upcoming debut LP “Oh Wow, Oh Well”
  
• Ohio-bred, New York-based indie rock singer, songwriter, & multi-instrumentalist (member of Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, Death of Samantha, Cobra Verde, and Gem), Doug Gillard “Face of Smiles”
  from the fourth solo album “Parallel Stride” [Dromedary Records]
• Adelaide, Australia worls /experimental /folk /psychedelic rock 6-piece band SONS OF ZÖKU “The Moth” third single from the upcoming album
  
• London, UK-based baroque psych pop band Green Seagull “Lightning Girl” from upcoming third LP “Smoke And Mirrors” LP [Spinout Nuggets]
• Detroit‘s power pop /rock ‘n’ roll 4-piece band, Mod Lang “Borrowed Time” title track of the debut LP “Borrowed Time” [Just Add Water Records]
• Bordeaux, France, British Invasion/’60s fuzz-driven garage rock band  The Wylde Tryfles “Something Weird” 2-track 7″ single [Rogue Records]
• UK garage blues instrumental band of Billy Childish (Thee Milkshakes,Thee Headcoats, and many more) on guitar, his wife Julie on bass, James Taylor (The Prisoners, JTQ) on Hammond organ, and Wolf Howard on drums, The Guy Hamper Trio (feat. James Taylor) “Mary Mary” from the collection LP “5 Miles To Jerome” [Spinout Nuggets]
• Cleveland, OH sex soaked /lust indie rock /rock’n’roll duo Jaguar 777 “’68 Bullet” from self-titled album [Target Killer Records]
• Glasgow, UK indie pop-rock singer-songwriter (a member of TeenCanteen and Poster Paints), Carla J. Easton “Oh Yeah” from the upcoming 5th solo studio album “I Think That I Might Love You” [FIKA Recordings / Ernest Jenning Recording Co.]
• London-based French-British indie folk singer-songwriter Clara Mann “Doubled Over” from the upcoming debut album “The Rift” [The state51 Conspiracy]
• Amsterdam experimental indie folk group From 2 “I Am A Bird” from upcoming “Indie Stock” LP [South of North]
• North Carolina’s ambient /kosmische Americana /electro-acoustic /experimental duo Ben Felton & John Harrison, aka Tacoma Park “Untied” from the upcoming “Baltimore” LP [Centripetal Force]