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• Manchester-based slowcore /shoegaze /dream-pop quartet Worm School “Cradle” single [Crafting Room Recordings]

Beguiling atmospheric second single from the Mancunian four-piece that unfurls on the lilting beating heart of loose drums, radiant, crisp warm bass pulses, and glistening guitars, to create a deep sense of expansive and contemplative textured immersion that enfolds and stirs at the same time, revolving around willow tree roots that “cradle” an intimate fusion of sad, ethereal male/female vocals, gently and vibrantly soaring into ecstasy to explore reincarnation and regrowth.

• Melbourne, Australia atmospheric /ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop /alternative rock trio Nausicaa “The darkest” single
  

The Melbourne-based trio infuse their mesmerizing mix of ethereal vocalizations and crushing riffs into a nocturnal love song where fear and anxiety streak across pulsing layers of hypnotic drum fills, distortion-laden sheets of subtly shredding Sonic Youth-like guitars and high-pitched weeping leads to pierce aching, falling female vocals, shifting to whispery urgency, with feelings of angst, loss and emptiness.

• Seattle-based twee /jangle /indie pop project of Seapony‘s singer, songwriter and guitarist, Danny Rowland, Research Vessel “Wish I Knew” from the forthcoming EP “Part of the Charm” [Sunday Records]

Beautifully crafted jangle pop, as it is often the case with the Seattle-based musician’s unadulterated songwriting, as it sways on a lush and airy infusion of lively rhythmic pulses, vibrant tinny strums, glistening wistful guitar melodies, glockenspiel chimes and stirring dulcet keyboard motifs, to distil an uplifting, playful breeze, that engulfs dreamy nostalgic male vocals, regretting past ignorance, with bittersweet longing and hope.

• Desert rock /roots music project of veteran Melbourne-born musician-producer and former Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds member, Hugo Race, with his Italian band Fatalists, Hugo Race Fatalists “Dream Country Home” from the album “I Made It All Up For You” [Helixed]
• Chicago-based ambient /lo-fi /downer indie /folk /post-rock /slowcore group Cancer House “Waterscene” from the upcoming first LP “The Moth” [Motion Ward]
• New Zealand-based lo-fi /ambient /drone /ethereal /dark wave /folk /electronic /experimental artist Alicia Merz, aka Birds of Passage “Mercenary World” single [Denovali]
• Los Angeles post-punk /kraut /psych /indie rock /piano /singer-songwriter Tracy Bryant “Cold Floor” off upcoming new album “The Well” [Taxi Gauche Records]
• New York-based cosmic country /slowcore /indie /dream pop duo featuring Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas III, aka Widowspeak “If You Change” from the upcoming LP “Roses” [Captured Tracks]
• Paris-based British/French indie pop-rock band Animal Joy Club “The Vegetable Parade” from the debut “La Roche” LP [Skank Bloc Records]
• Birmingham, UK, post-rock /jangly indie pop duo Falling and Laughing “Daytrip To Doggerland” from the debut LP “Spacejunk Solarpunk” 
  
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina indie rock /rock’n’roll /psych-pop band led by Kelly Reidy and Clark Albert Blomquist, ENTREZ VOUS “Oh, Raquel!” from “Tell Her A Joke” EP
  
• Aberdeen, Scotland indie rock /jangle /psych /power pop father and son songwriting pairing, Kevin & Scott Robertson “Illusion To Me” from the album “Robertson”
  
• Leicester, UK-based DIY jangle /indie pop solo project of Neil Hill, aka SHOPFIRES “From Galton Bridge” from the fourth album “The Old Works” [Subjangle]
• Italy shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock band ACANTO “Ricompensa” from the debut “Quasi” EP
  
• Corfu, Greece 4-piece indie pop /indie rock group Gandi “Weightless” from the second LP “The Digger”
  
• Gloucestershire, UK indie pop-rock band led by guitarist-songwriter Invisible Tom (Tom Stanley), Stanways “Wishing” from “Daps in a Washing Machine” EP
  
• Scottish indie rock-pop songwriter, producer and now filmmaker (Teen Canteen, Poster Paints, The Vaselines), Carla J Easton “Really, Really, Really, Really Sad” co-written with indie legend Darren Hayman (Hefner), off the upcoming fifth album “I Think That I Might Love You” [Fika Recordings]
• Welsh 60s pop /bubblegum music /garage /power pop solo project of former The Loves frontman, Simon Love “(Feels Funny) But I’m getting used to it” from the upcoming album “The one true Prince of Wales” [Hurrah! Música]
• Bristol, UK-based electronic /alt-country /folk solo project of musician and frontman of indie bands The Brilliant Corners and The Experimental Pop Band, Davey Woodward “We Are Leaving You”, first single from the new album”The Bristolian” [Last Night From Glasgow]
• Manchester, UK indie rock band led by Hannah, HANN “Little to Lovers” single
  
• Reading, UK 90s Sarah/Shinkansen Records-affiliated legendary indie pop band (Fka Feverfew), Blueboy “Stardust” third in a triumvirate of seven-inch single series [Precious Recordings of London]
• Los Angeles-based jangly /noise /power pop band led by Madeline BB, aka Slippers “Wants For Everyone” from the upcoming LP “Slippers 08” [perennialdeath]
• Paris-based US/French indie noise-pop duo of Erica Ashleson and Guillaume Siracusa, aka Special Friend – “Theoretical” from the third studio album “Clipping” [Skep Wax / Hidden Bay Records / Howlin Banana Records]
• Melbourne experimental /post-punk /psychedelic /electronic /shoegaze band Quasimün “All Comes Down” from “No Bottom / All Comes Down”
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden-based electronic /indie /shoegaze /dream-pop four-piece band Boy With Apple “Come Down”, last single from the upcoming second album “Navigation” [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• York, UK electronic /dream pop /post-punk /wave /shoegaze duo AIMING “Shit In The ’80s” from the second “Sail & Wreck” EP [Blackjack Illuminist Records]
• Montreal, Quebec-via-Charlottetown C86 /shoegaze /fuzz /power-pop janglers Prism Shores “Magical Thinking” from the upcoming LP “Softest Attack” [Meritorio Records / Having Fun]
• UK-based lo-fi bedroom new wave /indie /jangle /dream pop solo project of Mikey Wilson, LOWMOON “Video Daze” from the third album “Decade Fever” [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Leeds, UK DIY indie rock /electronic /synth-pop band (FKA Girl One And The Grease Guns), Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators “Driving Pennsylvania” from the compilation album “Dreams And Visions In Black And White : The Best Of…” [Next Phase : Normal Records]
• London-based 6-piece ambient /cosmic rock /drone pop group The Leaf Library “Still & Moving” from the fourth studio album “After The Rain, Strange Seeds” [Fika Records]
• Stroud, UK-based atmospheric /shoegaze /art-rock /dream-pop duo of Chloe Little and James Taylor (formerly of the band INHEAVEN), Wings of Desire “This Is The Life” single
• Los Angeles indie rock singer-songwriter (of Gesserit), Liz Wakefield “Piano Fire” (Sparklehorse cover) single
  
• Melbourne’s noise /jangle pop three-piece band Blue Communications “Fire” from the s/t debut album ” Blue Communications” [Southern Exposure Records]
• London-based shoegaze /indie rock /doom pop trio Rain Cloud Nine “Doomflower” single
  
• Stockholm, Sweden alt-indie rock trio Vero “Taste the Ten” from the second LP “Razor Tongue” [PNKSLM]
• Philadelphia 5-piece indie-rock band GLADIE “I Want That For You” from the LP “No Need To Be Lonely” [Get Better Records]
• London-based alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze duo Sandhouse – “Snapdragon” single
  
• Los Angeles soulful /dream pop /indie rock band Ghost Pavilion “No Way To Love” single 
  
• Japanese indie-pop /dream-pop pioneers formed in 1993, Sugar Plant “Calling” from the 8th LP “One Dream, One Star”, 30 years since their debut in 1995 [KiliKiliVilla]
• Dallas, Texas shoegaze /slowcore /dream pop project Dazie “Dust.” from “Coko.” LP
  
• London, UK ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop three-piece DEARY “Alma” from upcoming “Birding” LP [Bella Union]
• Brighton, UK Indie Rock /Post Rock /Dream Pop /Shoegaze music project of Shane Speed, aka Sea Of Days “Blackouts”, second single from the forthcoming LP
  
• Bogor, Indonesian noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Meraung “Smile Like The Sun” from the second “Change” EP [Sunday Records]
• Detroit shoegaze /dream-pop /indie rock solo project Vary Landers “Daedalus’ Son” single
  
• UK dream pop /post-punk /shoegaze veteran duo Waves Become Wings “Scene of the Crime” from “New Beginnings” EP
  
• Tokyo-based shoegaze /dream pop trio Beachside Talks “Hope” single
  
• Vienna, Austria dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze band Backwards Charm “Tractor Beam” single
  
• California alternative rock /shoegaze band band Glitter Ghost “Blood” single [Dagger Creative]
• Pittsburgh-based noise-pop /indie rock /shoegaze band Gaadge “From The Rafters” from “Tour Tape 2026” EP
  
• Tacoma, WA emo /grunge /dreampop /shoegaze trio Modern Daze “Almost” single from next summer’s debut LP “Phantom Memory”
  
• Rome, Italy post-rock /shoegaze /indie rock band KLIMT 1918 “Dream Core” from upcoming 5th LP “Àmor” [Prophecy Productions]
• Lorient, France Indie-Gaze four-piece Trainfantome “Rituals” from upcoming album “Constant Farewells” [Howlin Banana Records / Flippin’ Freaks]
• Paraguay alternative rock /noise rock /shoegaze trio Invierno del 92 “Frenesí” single
  
• Portland, OR folk /dream pop /psychedelic rock band Lions of the Interstate “Keep You” from the sophomore LP “Blossom”
  
• Brooklyn, NYC noise pop /indie rock /grunge duo Jade Alcantara and Grace Bennett, aka Sub*T “Overcomplicate” from the upcoming “How My Own Voice Sounds” LP
  
• Melbourne/Rye-based, Australian 4-piece punk /garage /rock’n’roll /dolewave band (members of Dick Diver, Boomgates and Split System) fronted by Steph Hughes, HEDGE BURNERS “By Water” from “Fall Out Of The Future” LP [Legless Records]
• Toluca, Mexico 3-piece industrial /kraut /psychedelic rock band Mirror Revelations “Desafiar” from the upcoming second full-length LP “Ígnea” [Fuzz Club]
• Milan, Italy indie rock /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band The Backlash “As Real…” from the double A-side 7″ single “As Real… / Rise” [Right Bright Side Record]
• London-based punk /psychedelic /indie rock French four-piece Huarinami “Carried Away” single
  
• Stockholm rock’n’roll /garage /indie rock solo project of Christoffer Fransson (formerly of Ultra Satan), Fransson Hill “Shit City” from the upcoming s/t album “Fransson Hill” [Dream On]
• Leipzig-based math-rock /psychedelic pop /techno /krautrock group Flying Moon In Space “Where Are You” from the third LP “Immer für immer” [Fuzz Club]
• Los Angeles-based Turkish psychedelic rock group led by İzmir-born frontman Aykut Ozen, ÖLÜM “Kara Dünya” single
  
• Tel Aviv rock country rock /garage /rockabilly /psychobilly trio Troll II “Hey Ole Player” single [Garzen Records]
• Copenhagen, Denmark rock’n’roll /surf rock foursome The Tremolo Beer Gut “The Only Game in Town” from the EP “The Only Game in Town” [Crunchy Frog]
• Seattle‘s jangly power pop group The Rallies “I Believe” from the upcoming 4th LP “No Better Time”
  
• Barberton, Ohio Emo /Indie Rock /Ska Punk band Hogan’s Last Smash “Keep Trying” from “Best Friends Super” EP [Flowerpot Records]
• Melbourne, Australia ambient /drone /modern classical composer, performer, and improviser Abby Sundborn “Shed” from the upcoming “Holding Pattern” EP [A Colourful Storm]
• Meath-born, Irish indie rock /folk singer-songwriter Ellie O’Neill “Half Immune” from the LP “Time of Fallow” [St. Itch]
• Leeds, UK ambient /slowcore /acoustic folk duo (Fka Empress), Nicola Hodgkinson and Chris Coyle, aka New North Wales “Testing times (mk2)” from “Too Long a Winter” EP
  
• Taiwan ambient /dark folk /modern classical /piano solo project Green Horizon “Losing” from the album “Blessing” 
  
• Berlin-based lo-fi /drone /experimental folk /slowcore solo artist (aka Perlah), Gustav Kemps “Fog (ft. Lily Beltane)” from upcoming first solo album “Lonesome For A Storm” [Motion Ward]
• Uruguay ambient /ethereal /drone /tape loops /electro-acoustic /post-rock /experimental sound artist and composer Caminauta “The Night Listens To You” from the album “Unseen Dimensions” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]