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

• French jangle /dream pop /indie pop band from Paris, Pale Spectres “Supermarket Love” from “Better Than Love” EP (Third of the label’s 2025 CDr EP series) [Too Good To Be True]

Breezy, sun-dappled and refined indie pop from the Parisian outfit delivers, amid hazy melancholy and restrained euphoria, a slow-burning outpouring of warm snaking basslines, flowing yet slightly abrasive insistent shimmery riffs and nostalgic echoing sparkling reverberations wrapped around dreamy elated vocals declaring love for a woman he met in the supermarket.

• Canadian ambient /dream pop /shoegaze collaboration between musicians Jonathan Relph and James Callan, aka Indoor Voices x Prepare My Glider “Colours, All Around” 2-track single
  

From the joint effort by the Canadian atmospheric Shoegaze soundscapers, we can only expect surreal immersions in deeply suggestive mesmerizing realms, doused in otherworldly sensory aural resonances. “Colours, All Around” stirs heavy plodding percussions and endless swelling bass pulses, to spur a slow swirling saturation of refracting and hazy atmospheric reverb-drenched guitar textures, distilling subtle dissonant, magnetic spirals that fluctuate with, feint to the ear, heartfelt vocals, gently yet powerfully radiating beauty-inspired hope from beneath an enveloping sentient expanse of contemplative stirring nostalgia.

• Turin, Italy indie rock /jangle-pop act (FKA Smile), THE WENDS “Irony” single [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]

Last time, in a rush or perhaps simply due to my insanity, I didn’t notice, but from the title, it was easy to guess, that our favorite fellow Turin-based group’s single collection contained three unreleased tracks. One of these, just dropped as a single, “Irony”, moves on well-oiled coordinates, but which are difficult to tire of, played with the usual straightforwardness and ardent passion that exist between brisk drums, melodic meandering bass lines, and piercing, ringing Husker Du or Replacements-like guitar riffs, rippled with jangling swells, to fuel distinctive Stipes-que raspy vocals, swaying between urgently spoken words and emotional angsty cries, to explore the tragic human condition of spiritual disconnection.

• French soundscape /drone folk /ambient Americana improvisational composer and musician Caleb R.K. Williams “Ashes Judgement (MMXXV)" from the celebrative album "For The Time Spent In The Valleys” for the 10th years anniversary of The Eagle Stone Collective (14 revisited tracks plus 2 previously unreleased) [The Eagle Stone Collective]
• Lima, Peru ambient /post-rock /shoegaze project Antonella Mercedes, aka Everynell "Beaming" from the album "Self"
  
• German lo-fi noise /shoegaze /dream-pop solo project Sterile Cuckoo “Flocks Are Gathered" from the album "Until All The Flocks Are Gathered”
  
• London, UK noir-pop /shoegaze /trip-hop /dream pop duo of Dean Garcia (formerly of Curve) & Rose Berlin, aka SPC ECO “A Love Like This” new single
  
• London, UK experimental /drone /techno /dream pop /electronic multi-instrumentalist Amanda Butterworth, AKA Mücha “Skin" from "Skin / You Make Me Go Under” EP [Frequency Domain]
• Glasgow, Scotland Garage /Psych Rock /Junkyard Blues practitioners The Rotations "As The Crow Flies" from their forthcoming LP "Gung-Ho" [Last Night From Glasgow] 
• Perth experimental /ambient /electronic pop project of musical artist David West (Rat Columns, Lace Curtain, Scythe, Rank/Xerox, and Liberation), Elizabeta "It's Nothing" from "Every Sound In A Chamber" LP
  
• Paris-based bedroom pop /r&b /electronic /synth-pop solo project (ex-Violent Quand On Aime), Helen Island - "Hot zone, regular day" from the upcoming album "Silence is priceless" 12" [Knekelhuis]
• London-based dream pop /synthpop solo project of Marianthi (one half of Greek duo Marsheaux), MeLLLo “DeMoNs” single
  
• Grass Valley, California lo-fi indie folk duo Darcie & AP Sanders, aka Adam and Darcie "By the Lake" from upcoming EP "Head in the Clouds"
  
• Brisbane, Australia-based singer-songwriter and former seminal indie rockers The Go-Betweens founder, Robert Forster – “Strawberries” from the album [Tapete Records]
• UK indie folk /indie-pop musician and composer, Johny Nocash "Scotswood Terrace" from the forthcoming album "This Is Not The End" (soundtrack to the novel of the same name by John Hartley) [Broken Down 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 "Seconds" from the upcoming CD edition of the album "Everywhere Alone" (originally released on vinyl by Honey Muffin Records at the end of 2024) [Too Good To Be True]
• Bay Area-based soft rock /folk pop singer-songwriter Sarah Gagnon, aka Hectorine "Love an Illusion" from the upcoming third LP "Arrow of Love" [Take a Turn Records]
• Italian psych pop /indie folk singer-songwriter Simona Catalani, aka simmcat “Sad Spring” from the album "I Heard She Lost You" [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]
• London-based lo-fi /drone /indie pop/freakbeat /fuzzy garage /psych project of Comet Gain co-founder, singer-songwriter and guitarist David Feck (aka Charlie Damage), DAVID CHRISTIAN "Soho Sue" off the album "HOMEMADE THROWAWAYS"
  
• Swedish electronic dream pop duo started in 1995, CLUB 8 “Working On The Next Life” new single
  
• Portland, OR indie /dream pop duo Pure Bathing Culture “Wild Fillies" from 2-track single "Wild Fillies/Cardinal”
  
• Stockholm, Sweden legendary jangle indie pop /electropop trio Red Sleeping Beauty “The Swedish Winter - Late Nights Version" from "Late Nights, Vol. 2” EP
  
• Wilmington, NC shoegazey /jangle /dream pop band Lauds "Washed" single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Los Angeles 4-piece power /psych /guitar pop band led by Sharif Dumani featuring Josh Mancell (Moon Upstairs, Cell\Borg), Happy Tsugawa-Banta (Lassie Foundation, Ray Barbee), and Mark Sogomian (Moon Upstairs), aka Exploding Flowers “Across A Sea” final single from the upcoming third LP “Watermelon​/​Peacock” [Meritorio Records]
• San Francisco DIY folk /dream pop /indie pop /sadcore band led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “The World Doesn't Need Another Band" off upcoming archival first-time on vinyl collection of rare tracks [Fire Records]
• Norway-based indie rock /power pop and Elephant 6 collective affiliated band, The High Water Marks "Postcard" from the upcoming LP "Consult the Oracle" [Meritorio Records]
• UK twee indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “Sometimes Words Are Not Enough!” single
  
• Athens, Greece-based US DIY lo-fi /indie rock /twee art-pop duo of Rob Beloved & Eleni Binge, aka Beloved Binge “Godwit” single from the upcoming album.
  
• Brooklyn, NY jangle indie pop band fronted by Phil Sutton (ex-Comet Gain, Velocette, Kicker), Pale Lights “Paper Wagons” from s/t album [Jigsaw Records / Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten]
• Seattle, WA surf /noise /indie pop band Seapony "So Low" from "Part Time Punks" LP (2011-2012 L.A.' PTP Sessions) [Sunday Records]
• London-based indie guitar pop Creation Records affiliated legendary band The Loft "Dr Clarke" from upcoming LP "Everything Changes Everything Stays The Same" [Tapete Records]
• Minneapolis, Minnesota-based jangle /indie rock quartet, The Field Hospitals "Sister Jane" from the debut "Ethel Green" EP CD [Subjangle]
• Spanish new wave /noise /power pop band (former members of Hazte Lapón, Supercadáver, Living Camboya), Pequeño Mal "Epilepsia de amor" first single [El Genio Equivocado]
• Rotterdam, Netherlands experimental /kraut /indie rock-pop solo outlet of singer and songwriter Doortje Hiddema (of duo Sacrificial Chanting Mood), euroboy "Molenvliet" from the cassette debut album "abcde"
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi C86 /post-punk /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith "Where To Turn?" 28th single & also the 1st single from the new upcoming album “A Tough Act To Follow” [ Salt Mine Records]
• Berlin-based, Danish-American shoegaze /art-rock /dreampop duo GLISS “In Heaven" from the new album "Langsom Dans”
  
• Phoenix, AZ wave /jangle /dream pop trio Sweet Season "Blue Girl" from "The Singles" EP
  
• Sheffield, UK jangle /dream wave /cream pop 3-piece Pale Blue Eyes “Seven Years” from the third LP "New Place" [Republic of Music / Broadcast Recordings]
• Olympia, WA experimental /soft rock /indie pop trio formed in 2005, LAKE "Wonderful Sunlight" from the album "Bucolic Gone" [Don Giovanni Records]
• Cardiff, UK dreamy /indie-rock /shoegaze four-piece Wylderness "Is It Summer" new single
  
• Los Angeles indie rock songwriting project of Justin Sullivan (Kevin Morby, The Babies, Flat Worms), Night Shop "Let Me Be the Lamb" from upcoming LP "The Beloved Returns" [Salinas Records]
• Kansas City shoegaze /psych /dream pop solo project Seventeen Years “Strawberry slushie” single
  
• Liverpool, UK lo-fi psych /orchestral /indie pop musician and composer (The Monos!), Fran Ashcroft "Good Day" from the upcoming album "Box Harry Day" [Think Like A Key Music]                                                               
• Leicester, UK sweet-gazing atmospheric dream pop group Dayflower "Florida (Early Glide Mix)"
  
• Los Angeles dream pop /shoegaze music project by Rj Mares, aka Vein Blue "Your Semester Abroad" single
  
• Los Angeles ambient /avant jazz /psychedelic collective led by Ray Monde and Kris Chau, aka Monde Ufo “No Sight Screening” from the album “Flamingo Tower” [Fire Records]
• Connecticut experimental /ambient /psych /space /drone band Landing “Wrong Song" from the 12th studio album "Tendrils"
  
• Bielefeld, Germany-based Turkish shoegaze /dream pop band formed in Istanbul, Plastic Ideas "Some Days" from the debut LP "Afterglow"
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden indie rock /dream pop band Beverly Kills “Diamond” final single from the upcoming LP "Wishing Well" [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• Denver, CO noise /dream pop /psychedelic /shoegaze solo project of Jimmy Kendrick, aka Vagrant Daydreams "Stellar Wind" from upcoming LP "Hard Light"
  
• Melbourne, Australia jangly shoegaze/dream pop duo Rocket Rules "Add up all the chances" from "Immediately and without hesitation" EP
  
• Munich, Germany indie /dream pop solo project Phantom Youth “In Fractals” from the new album "This Sacred Place"
  
• Warsaw, Poland dream-pop /shoegaze band Duszno "Meduzy" single
  
• Chicago-based 5-piece indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop band Snowcuffs “Sink Down” from the cassette EP "Sink Down"
  
• Lebanese indie rock /dream pop trio, Postcards “Dust Bunnies" from the fifth studio album "Ripe" [Ruptured & T3]
• Sydney, Australia grunge /dream-pop /stargaze trio JULIAWHY? "321AM" from "Dust suspended on a sunbeam" LP [Blossom Rot Records]
• Los Angeles dreampop /shoegaze music project by multi-instrumentalist and producer Salar Rajabnik, aka Darker Lighter "Nice To Meet You" 4th single from the upcoming self-titled debut album
  
• Canary Islands, Spain veteran dream-pop /shoegaze band Pumuky "La singularidad" from the LP "No sueltes lo efímero" first album after 10 years [KEROXEN]
• Wilmington, NC shoegaze /indietronica /dream pop solo project Pilothead "It's killing you" from "pageflipper" EP
  
• Fortaleza, Brazilian ethereal wave /shoegaze /dream pop duo Ariel Void "Freefall" (demo)
  
• Bandung, Indonesia alternative rock /shoegaze band ASHN "Falling, Fading" from 2-track debut single "Falling, Fading / In Circles"
  
• London-based experimental electronic /dream-pop /shoegaze solo project of David Zbirka, aka Sunnbrella "Tuff" from the upcoming LP "Gutter Angel" [Music Website]
• Malaysia nu-gaze /shoegaze band, The World Ends With You "Null" single
  
• Wellington, NZ bi-lingual post-punk /shoegaze /death-pop band Hail, Meteor! "Sweet" single
  
• Texas alternative rock /shoegaze band GLARE “Nü Burn" from the upcoming LP “Sunset Funeral” [Deathwish Inc. / Sunday Drive Records]
• German Desert-Indie /Noise /Shoegaze solo project of Denis, guitarist of the post-punk band Suir, Keine Angst Im Dunkeln "Unanswered" from the upcoming debut s/t Mini-LP [this charming man records]
• Paris, France black metal /noise rock /post-rock /shoegaze band Dehors "Un Orage" from "Contrenuit" EP
  
• Melbourne, Australia post-metal /cinematic post-rock band Myriad Drone "Longing" from the LP "A World Without Us"
  
• UK heavy metal /prog /psych rock collective The Psychic Circle "Sword Against Sorcery" from "Wizards of the Watchtower" LP [Library Of The Occult]
• Los Angeles-based fuzzy /shoegaze /noise-pop /psych /indie band (formerly LEAF), SPLIT MOON “Waking Dream" from the LP "More Clouds More Stars" [Ghost Tower Records]
• South-East London 4-piece indie guitar pop band My Fat Pony "The Universe Expanded But We Stayed Here" single [Bingo Records]
• Brighton, UK-based early 2000s post-punk /noise /indie pop band (WIAIWYA, Fortuna Pop!), Shrag "Tendons In The Night (session)" from "PRE 047: SHRAG – Marc Riley session 21.03.12" EP 10" [Precious Recordings of London]
• London-based 4-piece jangle pop /power pop /indie rock band The Tubs “One More Day” from the second album “Cotton Crown” [Trouble In Mind Records]
• Chicago's indie rock /Midwest emo band Nymb "So, This Is How It Is" (previously unreleased) from "The Fun Bobby Sessions" EP (1999-2000) [Forge Again Records]
• Columbus, Ohio Indie Rock quartet Smug Brothers "Take It Out On Me" from the album "Stuck On Beta" [Anyway Records]
• Austin, TX alternative /psych /indie rock /shoegaze quartet The Living Pins "Gold" single
  
• Sydney-based, Australian four-piece neo-psychedelic-doom-pop band Turtle Skull "Into The Sun" off the upcoming LP "Being Here" [Art As Catharsis / Copper Feast Records]
• Italian shoegaze /psychedelic rock band from Venice, New Candys "Regicide" from the upcoming 4th album "The Uncanny Extravaganza" [Fuzz Club Records]
• Nashville, TN punk /fuzz rock /power pop band Vista Blue "She Doesn't Wanna Be Your Rally Girl" from the upcoming album "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts"
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin rock'n'roll /punk /power pop solo act Abi Ooze - "TALL KING" from V/A "BATTLE FOR L.A.: a see/saw benefit" compilation [see/saw]
• Berlin-based four-piece 60s pop /punk rock /powerpop outfit The Roxies "Animals" from the second LP "Keep You Up At Night" [Dirt Cult Records (US)/ Flight 13 Records (EU)]
• New England 60s-mod-art-punk trio Perennial "Perennial '65" off upcoming "PERENNIAL '65" EP [Ernest Jenning Record Co.]
• Edinburgh, Scotland late 80s short-lived noise indie band The Vultures "Good Thing (session)" from "PRE 051: THE VULTURES – Liz Kershaw session 16.06.88" EP 10" [Precious Recordings of London]
• Stockholm, Sweden Britpop /indie guitar rock duo of Magnus Haderborg (The Vapour Veils, The Jilted) and Gabriel Bergman Lahovary (Heart On My Sleeve, We Ahr), The Devines “Bourgeoisie” 2nd single off forthcoming first album
  
• Los Angeles dream-pop /indie pop singer-songwriter Dre Babinski, aka Steady Holiday “Seasonal Optimism” single
  
• Brooklyn-based dream-pop /rock /indie folk musician Avery Friedman “Photo Booth” off the upcoming debut album, "New Thing" [Audio Antihero]              
• East London-based indie folk singer-songwriter Art Block "Folk Nation" first single from the upcoming EP
  
• UK acoustic folk visual artist and singer-songwriter (The Ideots, Thee Spivs, and Ben Edge and The Electric Pencils), Ben Edge "Winter and Spring (Guest Vocals Elspeth Anne)" from the second LP "Children of Albion" [Glass Modern]
• Auckland, NZ art pop /alternative rock /indie folk artist Reb Fountain "Memorial" from "How Love Bends" LP