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• Indonesian neo-acoustic / indie pop singer-songwriter GREY “A Brown Dog Without Love” [forfun.cookies]

A charming neo-acoustic number from Indonesia with a refined and airy Astrud Gilberto-flavoured ecstatic panache, hard to resist. Blanketed in a lush, nostalgic and emotional introspection, the tune swings on a crisp, vibrant percussive carpet in perpetual sinuous syncopation, while a dripping, wistful layering of fluting keyboard motifs alongside sparkling strummed and plucked guitar melodies frames timid, dreamy female vocals, anxiously wondering about love.

• Fukuoka, Japan bedroom pop /indie pop /noise /dream pop solo project Happypills “psalm” from “happypills (dream)” EP
  

A welcome comeback for the Japanese DIY bedroom recording solo musician, on hiatus since October 2024, purveyor of melancholic, dreamy, and washed-out indie pop with surf inflexions and keen melodic sensibilities.
In “Psalm,” a hypnotic mechanical drum machine drives a vibrant and hazy, swelling bittersweet aura woven by glistening reverb-filled guitar melodies, layered with ghost-like synths, to cradle and heal, pierced by insistent distorted flourishes, wistful dreamy vocals, longing for a rainbow colored sun, with shedding sadness and emergent hope.

• Brighton, UK Indie Rock /Post Rock /Dream Pop /Shoegaze music project of Shane Speed, aka Sea Of Days “Ignite” single
  

Last week, we featured the heartfelt emotionality of Last Days of Rome‘s DIY indie rock songwriting. A likewise soul-stirring intensity, albeit more subdued and contained, pervades the reverberated shoegazing dreamy sound by the Brighton-based musician, amid atmospheric expansions and breezes of profound melancholy, combined with passionate singing and an intimate lyrical approach. The beautiful lyrics paint a romantic, natural setting around calm, connected, thankful male vocals that glide and soar through lilting soft strums, in an embracing, reflective starlit sky of swelling, ringing guitar flares, enjoying a perfect outdoor evening on a blanket with a loved one.

• Chicago-based ambient /lo-fi /downer indie /folk /post-rock /slowcore group  Cancer House “Camera Obscura” from the upcoming first LP “The Moth” [Motion Ward]
• UK pastoral acoustic jangle-psych-folk singer-songwriter Andrew Rumsey “Shirley Windmill” from the new LP “Blank Arcades”, third in a triptych of albums-in-a-day recorded in historic Wiltshire churches.
  
• Belgium-based acoustic folk singer-songwriter Camille Camille “in A Song” single [Labelman]
• Switzerland alternative pop /indie folk pop singer-songwriter Fiona Fiasco “Blue Rider, Blue Faced” title track of the debut EP “Blue Rider, Blue Faced”
  
• Brooklyn, NY lo-fi indie folk singer-songwriter Ivy Knight “Swimming In Blood” single [Scenic Route]
• London, UK ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop three-piece DEARY “Alfie” from upcoming “Birding” LP [Bella Union]
• Icelandic modern classical /experimental electronic avant pop singer-songwriter, cellist and co-founder of late 90s experimental pop group múm, Gyda Valtysdottir “Mother Pearl” (co-written with Sigur Ros keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson), title track of the forthcoming album “Mother Pearl” [marvada]
• Netherlands-based dark experimental pop composer and vocalist Mathilde Nobel “Rinsing My Skin” Wide Awake Open [Intercept]
• Brest, France experimental /no wave /folk /avant-pop DIY project of Laurène Exposito (EYE) and friend Théo Delaunay (member and producer of Parasite Jazz, panoptique, De Klok & Violent Quand On Aime), aka Diagonale des Yeux “Cherry Ann” from the debut album “Madeleine” [Knekelhuis]
• Québec City garage /funk /psychedelic pop band Les Lunatiques “Si y’a pu rien” single [Disques Dure Vie]
• Atlanta-based soundtrack /experimental /progressive pop /art-rock group formed in 2019, Nina Garbus “Second Sun” from the cassette sophomore album “Secrets of the Fifth Angel” [Candlepin Records]
• Champaign, Illinois 4-piece Midwest emo /jazz /indie rock /post-rock band American Football “Bad Moons” single [Polyvinyl Records]
• UK soft existential indie pop project of Kevin Wright (aka Mr. Wright, Always, The Dreamers, The Party and The Guests, etc.), aka Hotel Artesia “Sedition” from the second album “From Another Century” [Too Good To Be True (CD) / Honey Muffin Records (Vinyl)]
• Glasgow-based dream pop /indie folk artist of Indian heritage Radhika Meera Dade, aka Radhika “Cocoa Butter Eyes” from the debut album “CINE-POP” [Glass Modern]
• Oxford, UK indie pop band formed in 1989 from the ashes of legendary Oxford band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly “Deflicted” from the LP “Highway To Heavenly” [Skep Wax]
• Gothenburg, Sweden garage /jangle pop /indie rock solo project Andronoids “In the end” single
  
• Indonesian indie /dream pop band October Rollercoaster “Tachycardia” single [A Single Kiss!]
• Indonesian twee /indie pop singer-songwriter Eko Sutrisno, anselmus – “Advertorial Pop Today” from “I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Scene” EP [shiny happy records]
• San Francisco-based shoegaze /indie rock /psychedelic pop band of Sean Curran (The Sickerthings, Nebtwister), Ricky Maymi (The Brian Jonestown Massacre), and Justin Welch (The Jesus and Marychain, Elastica), aka The Stalwart Lovers “How Far To Go” demo from the upcoming second album
  
• Sydney, Australian DIY soul /soft rock /folk /psychedelic pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chet Sounds “Wild Things Run Fast” from the upcoming third album “Tying Up Loose Ends” [Third Eye Stimuli Records]
• London-based rock’n’roll /indie rock trio The Wave Pictures – “Sure & Steady” from the LP “Gained / Lost” [Bella Union]
• Copenhagen 4-piece indie rock band Swash “Clay” first single from upcoming debut cassette album “Powers of Ten” [Hidden Bay Records]
• UK power pop / jangle-pop duo Rural France “Lonely Heart Pyramid Scheme” 1st single from upcoming fourth LP “SLOTHS” [ Meritorio Records / Safe Suburban Home]
• Bloomington, Indiana-based lo-fi /indie /psych pop DIY band led by singer-songwriter Miranda Soileau-Pratt, The Spatulas “Flowers” from the upcoming LP “A Blue Dot” [Post Present Medium]
• Chicago, IL Lo-Fi Garage /Rock ‘n’ Roll /Noise Rock group TV Buddha “Baby, Woah! (Version)” from V/A “RED XEROX” compilation LP 12″ [New Now]
• Seattle/Tacoma, WA garage /jangle /psych-pop /indie rock band TV Star – “Out Of My Bag” from upcoming debut LP “Out of My Bag / ‘Music For Heads” [Father/Daughter Records]
• Padua, Italy krautrock /psych pop band led by drummer and multi-instrumentalist André-Marie-Davì (Mamuthones and Lay Llamas), Orange Car Crash “Fake Man” title track of the album “Fake Man” [Artetetra]
• London experimental krautrock/shoegaze /psychedelic rock band The Early Years “A New Way of Living” from the third studio LP “Modern Moonlight” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Bristol/Bath, UK-based shoegaze /dream pop band Night Swimming “Poison Berry” single [Venn Records]
• Chicago indie /dream pop /synthpop solo project of Eden Sierotnik, aka COOL HEAT “Not the Same” single
  
• Inverness, Scotland indie rock band Lucid Liars “A Place for Everything” from the third LP “Hard Times”
  
• Finland‘s six-piece post-rock /indie rock band from Helsinki, Ghosts on TV “CCTV” lead single off the third album “Iridescent” [Soliti Recordings]
• Hilversum, Netherlands-based dreampop /indie rock group of Drew Campbell, lyricist Lisa A. Swain and vocalist Anna Rea, aka Sleeps Under Beams “If A Kiss Could Speak” single from the upcoming second album “Glossed Souls” [Subscotia Records]
• Brighton, UK-based indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop band Goodbye “13a” single
  
• Oakland, CA dream /noise pop trio Figure Eight “Until the sun swallows the earth” from “Until the sun swallows the earth / Hummingbird” ltd. 7″ single [Cherub Dream Records]
• Philadelphia, PA shoegaze /space rock four-piece The Place Lives “Half Life” from “Golden” EP
  
• Aurora, Illinois cosmic rock /shoegaze four-piece Static Trip “Singularity” single
  
• Nashville, Tennessee dark dream pop band Mahal Kita – “Hammer” from “Split” EP with Horsehell
  
• Philadelphia-based indie rock /new wave /shoegaze trio formed in the mid-90s, The Julies “Rooms” from the second LP “Cherisher” [Lost In Ohio]
• Lisbon, Portugal ambient /shoegaze /post-rock ALCATUNE ” Floatland [Feat. Lake Geneva] (Alcatune Mix)” single
  
• Seattle, WA alt rock /shoegaze quartet No Floor “Helm” single
  Los Angeles alt-rock /grunge /shoegaze trio Clarion “Blue Fairy” single
  
• Cincinnati, OH 5-piece emo /dreamgaze /dream rock /shoegaze band SUNGAZE “Be A Better Man” from the upcoming album “I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights” [Softseed Music / Candlepin Records]
• Toronto, Ontario shoegaze /dream-pop /grunge pop band Whisper Gang “Bend” single
  
• Adelaide, Australia shoegaze /psychedelic rock band featuring bassist Bennett Sandhu [the Cold Field, Desert Eyes] and vocalist Jarrod Manuel [Chancery Lane, Motion Rode], Visitors [AUS] “Elevenate” single
  
• Paris-based coldwave /shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock duo Coward Syndrome – “Cursed” from the LP ” Xanax & Horses” [Spirit Goth Records]
• Minneapolis-based dreamy shoegaze band she’s green “Mettle” single
• Pittsburgh-based dream-pop /grungegaze /shoegaze solo project (also part of Threaded and Elder Wizard), Strayline “Fragments” from double A-side single “Fragments // Breathing”
  
• Antwerp, Belgium-based noise-rock / shoegaze trio OHIO MARK “All Time Dog” single off the upcoming album “OFF”
  
• Philadelphia-based post-shoegaze outfit Nothing “Essential Tremors” from “A Short History of Decay” LP [Run For Cover]
• Northampton, UK, lo-fi /grungegaze /post-shoegaze /noise-rock trio thisle. “Pieces” single [Rex Rcs]
• Modesto, CA Indie Rock /Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Sloome “Raw Power” from upcoming LP “Blue Fire Doom” [Cherub Dream Records]
• Nashville, Tennessee alternative /indie rock /shoegaze band Horsehell “Wrench” from Split EP with Mahal Kita
  
• Italian noise rock /post-punk /psychedelic duo of Netherlands-based Simona Dellamorte (Feralia Planitia, Atrate) and Giulio Pardi (Bibo & Beyond), aka Souls In Bondage “Fallen” from upcoming debut cassette “Souls In Bondage” EP [Sister 9 Recordings]
• Queens, NY indie rock /post-punk solo project Sea Shapes “Glow” single
  
• Bristol-based indie psych rock band Dreamwave “Over You” from the upcoming double E.P. “Drifter” with Moon Dogs [Stolen Body Records]
• Parisian Post-punk /Art-Rock /Glam Psychedelic four-piece Scorie “The Leash & The Fury” [GÉOGRAPHIE]
• Portland, OR six piece spaghetti western /desert drone /acid folk /kosmische psychedelic rock band Abronia “Asleep in the Porcelain House” off the fourth studio album, “Shapes Unravel” [Cardinal Fuzz / Feeding Tube]
• Toronto-based twee /power pop four-piece cootie catcher “Quarter note rock” from the LP  “Something We All Got” [Carpark Records]
• Adelaide, South Australia 4-piece shoegaze /indie rock band Swapmeet “I Know!” single [Winspear]
• Los Angeles dream pop /indie rock duo Hot Flash Heat Wave “Moment” single
  
• Østfold, Norway indie rock /power pop duo The Dahlmanns “What`s Inside A Mind” from the upcoming “Life in Reverse” LP
  
• Dublin, Ireland indie/punk rock band Molly Vulpyne “Inertia Right Hand Man” from the debut LP “Houndstooth and the Hum”
  
• Melbourne, Australia country /garage /rock n roll /indie rock quartet HEDGE BURNERS “Fall Out Of The Future” title track off the upcoming album “Fall Out Of The Future” [Legless Records]
• Brussels-based ambient /poetry /sound art /minimal experimental pop Italo-Vietnamese artist Nguyễn Zen Mỹ, aka Radio Hito “Sono dei viventi” from upcoming LP “L’uso e gli attributi del cuore” [Meakusma / Maple Death]
• Portland, OR-based Americana /folk singer-songwriter Alela Diane “California” from the album “Who’s Keeping Time?” [Loose]
• Athens, GA experimental fingerstyle solo project of guitarist and composer (leader of the avant-rock band Ahleuchatistas, and a member of the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet), Shane Parish “Slip” from “Autechre Guitar” LP, acoustic re-interpretation of the 90s electronic music from the UK IDM group Autechre [Palilalia]