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

• Los Angeles–based shoegaze /dream-pop project from multi-instrumentalist Seth Saunar-Pedersen (Edith Pike, Asbestos, Frontier Days), Karenin’s Smile “Temporary” from the upcoming “A Wake Up Call For Eager Lovers” EP [Dandy Boy Records]

The debut solo dream-pop project from Los Angeles–based multi-instrumentalist Seth Saunar-Pedersen teases “Temporary,” a finely intricate embroidery of radiant chiseling Maurice Debank-like guitar work, where plodding percussions along with sinuously rubbery bass pulses drive an hypnotic iridescent flow, infused with shimmering layers of trembling, ethereal, echo-drenched guitars, that feels both intimate and gradually expansive, as deeply sad dreamy vocals, at first supported by gentle celestial caresses, fall, under a heavy burden of loss, into a flat, dull colorless existence.

• L.A.-based Australian neo-folk /shoegaze /dream pop /electronic /post punk project from Griffin James, aka Sans Merit “Doledrines” 1st single from the upcoming second album “Trolley Polly” LP [Knekelhuis Records]

After a critically praised debut album a few years back, Sans Merit, the solo endeavour of Australian musician and composer  Griffin James returns with a both crunchy and atmospheric, emotionally intense blend of reflective dream pop introspection and sinewy post-punk moodiness, stirred with a fair dose of melancholy, to build a cold, tumultuous fuzz-drenched grey mist woven with strummed and jangled guitars, where hopeless ghostly vocals, gloomily question what life is all about through a lens of brokenness, waste, and decay.

• Oakland, CA bossa nova /dream pop /indie pop trio Trails and Ways “Young” single
  

After a 9-year hiatus, the California outfit Trails and Ways, now a trio, returned last year with a captivating low-key single to revive the magic of their laid-back, nostalgic and sparkling bossa-tinged dreamy indie pop, as if no time had passed. Exploring themes of commitment and adulthood, the new tune, “Young,” swings on lush and vibrant, dreamy female vocals, soaring and falling with heartfelt and soulful harmonies, grounded by a beating heart of rich, crisp percussion along with sonorous supple bass pulses, colored by glistening guitars and shiny velvet keyboard tones, imbuing a sense of lively calmness, thoughtfulness, and depth.

• Greece’s one man instrumental ambient/cinematic / post-rock project The Abyss Inside Us – “I thought you said forever” single
  
• UK-based ambient-gaze /jazz /folk /psychedelic pop experimental multi-instrumentalist artist Archie Ingram, aka Stone Anthem “The Satirist” from the upcoming album “Solus Rex” [Glass Modern]
• London, UK ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop three-piece DEARY “Alfie” from the debut LP “Birding” [Bella Union]
• UK shoegaze /dream pop /trip-hop /experimental pop collaborative project by Rudy Tambala of A.R. Kane and Alison Shaw of Cranes, Inrain “Grow” from “Rise” EP (originally recorded in the early 1990s) [Music From Memory]
• Edmonton-based, Canadian indie rock /alt indie country project of Peter Sagar (aka Homeshake), aka ps goner “Wind on the horizon” from the album “There’s an atm inside” [SHHOAMKEE]
• Brussels experimental /kraut /wave /avant-pop trio of composing cineast Benjamin Cools, search-singing actor Ferre Marnef and Geraldine Vanspauwen (Lazzaro), aka Sergeant “Oh Sweet Martyrdom of Not Knowing How to Speak but Only Bark” from the upcoming second album “Symbols” [STROOM.tv]
• Glasgow, Scotland DIY kosmische post-punk duo Gichard “Your Private Hell” from the upcoming debut album “Chins For Lefty” [Night School]
• London-based shoegaze /grunge /indie rock /dream folk four-piece band led by Lottie Morton, aka Cuckoo Spit “Spew” single
  
• Naarm/Melbourne lo-fi /bedroom /indie folk trio Who Cares? “Hard Yakka” from the debut 7″ EP “Who Cares?” [purely physical teeny tapes]
• Helsinki, Finland indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop trio Lala Salama “Muistot haalistuu” single [All That Plazz]
• Kilmarnock, Scotland, suf-tinged /electronic/hazy indie pop Lunar Isles “Fever Dream” from the “After Dark” album
  
• France southern gothic /indie rock singer-songwriter Lal Tuna “Afternoon Tram” last single off the debut album “Don’t Forget Me”
  
• Detroit, MI lo-fi /shoegaze /dream pop /synth-pop solo project Soft Touch “Heavenisall” from “Here i am today” LP
  
• Copenhagen-based electronic pop project of producer and musician Jakob Littauer, Jangze “Heart-shaped Eyes” single [Escho]
• Singapore/Philippines noise /indie pop /sophisti-pop collaboration between Jared LIM & Pauline RANA, aka jorud w/ The Purest Blue “Dear TANGERINE” from the single “Dear TANGERINE / Tempo FERNANDES” CDr [uyayi records]
• Jakarta, Indonesia punk /indie /noise pop duo OPAM “SPECIAL” from “OPAM – demo 1” [disanorak]
• West Seattle surf rock /twee /indie pop female power trio Croutons “Avalanche” from the debut cassette self-titled album [Lost Sound Tapes]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Unhappy Girl” 40th and 1st single from the new upcoming album “Does Anybody Care?” [Salt Mine Records]
• UK folk psychedelic rock band masterminded by veteran songwriter, guitarist and frontman Nick Saloman, aka The Bevis Frond “Buffaloed” from the triple album “Horrorful Heights” [Fire Archives]
• San Francisco-based DIY dream /indie pop /sadcore band led by veteran musician Glenn Donaldson, The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Houses” 4th single from the upcoming LP “Acknowledge Kindness” [Fire Records]
• Ridgewood, NY DIY solo experimental homespace indie /dreamy /folk /psych pop music project of Ross Page, Color Temperature “Little sumpin” from the “The Ongoing Album (April ’26)” LP
  
• Swedish new guitar pop solo endeavour by The Electric Pop Group vocalist and guitarist Erik Aamot, aka Norwegian Blue – “A Different Light” new single from a forthcoming LP [Matinée Recordings]
• Cardiff, UK-based mod rock /power pop /jangle pop band Bramwell “I Can’t Make Your Way” (The Yardbirds cover, 1966) B-side of Problems” 7” single [Precious Recordings of London]
• Seattle-based electronic /alt-rock /slowcore trio (former members of the dreampop band Shimmertraps), aka Exiter – “Temporary Empty” title track of the album “Temporary Empty” [Spirit Goth Records]
• Chicago-based indie rock duo Sacred Heart Academy “You Will Never Be that Free” from the 6-track “Oh Good! Sacred Heart Academy Made an EP”
  
• Oakland, CA noise pop /indie rock band Christina’s Trip – “F.B.A.T.” from V/A “Lucky Three” EP by Christina’s Trip, Mox, and Natasha Sandworms [Cherub Dream Records]
• Dublin, Ireland-based shoegaze /indie rock solo project drifting. “Made It” single
  
• San Francisco indie rock trio Lofi Legs “A Dream I Had” from the LP “Rich Girls Like To Watch Things Die” [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]
• Gothenburg, Sweden veteran alternative /indie rock quartet formed in 2010, Great Hare “The Twilight Beat” single
  
• Chicago-based indie rock quartet National Photo Committee “Before The Feeling’s Gone” from “Red Hot Photo Committee” LP [ever/never records]
• Oakland, CA new wave /garage pop solo project of Oli Lipton (Now, Cindy), Taste “In Style” from the upcoming debut LP “1/2 Fantasy” [Tough Love]
• Stockholm, Sweden glam /garage /psych rock singer-songwriter Stephanie Gilbert “Seven Boats” debut single [PNKSLM Recordings]
• Montreal, Quebec garage pop /slacker /grunge /indie rock band Knitting “Want to Remember Everything” first single from the debut LP “Souvenir” [Mint Records]
• LA indie rock /post punk /art rock four-piece Sheep Eyes “Crusht” 2-track single “Crusht / DSJ” from the upcoming LP
  
• Sheffield, UK-based indie rock /dream pop band Rehearsed Living “All or nothing” single
  
• Panamá dreampop /shoegaze band Lógica Estelar “Nubes en abril” single
  
• Transatlantic indie /dream pop /jangle pop duo of Swiss multi-instrumentalist Andy Jossi (The Churchhill Garden) and US vocalist Gretchen DeVault (The Icicles, The Francine Odysseys), The Blue Herons “Willow” from the debut full-length album “Demon Slayer” [Too Good To Be True / Shelflife Records / Fastcut Records]
• Chicago-based indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze /noise pop band Movern Hum “New Patterns” from upcoming debut LP “Elastic Dream”
  
• Bloomington, Indiana emo shoegaze trio Twin Lilies “Wishful Thinking” from “Stone Road” EP
  
• Los Angeles shoegaze /grunge /psychedelic /indie rock project of multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer Nico L-S., aka  Tomorrow Tomorrow “Indelible” the first single off Tomorrow Tomorrow’s forthcoming debut album “Dwelling”
  
• Dublin, Ireland 4-piece dreamo shoegaze band Picture Postcard – “Wherever you’re meant to be” single [Never Meant Records]
• Truro, Nova Scotia dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze four-piece Starbound. “Sacred” from the debut LP “Years Apart”
  
• Minneapolis, MN 5-piece dream pop /noise rock /shoegaze band She’s Green “Paper Thin” second single off new record “Swallowtail”
  
• London-based lo-fi dream pop /shoegaze group These Sleeping Hands “Homecoming” single
  
• Toronto, Ontario experimental /shoegaze solo project Daniel Monkman, aka ZOON “One Too Many Nights (feat. Sam Jr.)” from “Happy Thought School” LP [Paper Bag Records]
• San Francisco electronic /noise pop /shoegaze project of musician Rick Altieri (formerly of Blue Ocean and drummer in Aluminum), aka Above Me “Water Drops” from the upcoming debut LP “Soften The Blows” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Modena, Italy dream pop /shoegaze /psychedelic rock collective led by Sebastian Lugli (Rev Rev Rev), Black Reverie “When the Reverb Ends” (co-written with The Stargazer Lilies) debut single
  
• Shah Alam, Malaysia 4-piece alt-rock /shoegaze band Crhura “Silent Princess” title track of the EP “Silent Princess”
  
• Detroit, MI post-rock /shoegaze band Sulk “Glimpse” single
  
• Rochester, NY post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze trio Bad Bloom “Broken” single
  
• Malaysia’s alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze band, Heavëner “Daisy” off the Split EP with Maryland, US band Bubbler [Strange View Records / Into The Fray Records]
• Oklahoma City indie rock /dreampop /noise pop /shoegaze band MAD HONEY “Reaching” from the upcoming album “Bridge Over Cumberland” [Deathwish Inc.]
• St. Catharines, Ontario grunge /shoegaze /alternative rock band Der Fang “Crawling” single
  
• Olympia, WA-based alternative rock “Cascadian Shoegaze” trio Waves Crashing “Feel The Glow” from “In The Blur” album [Audiomanic Records]
• London-based baroque psych pop band, Green Seagull “Walking” from “Smoke And Mirrors” album [Spinout Nuggets]
• Leicester, UK cosmic /psychedelic pop outfit The Junipers “In A MAze” 2nd single from the album “The Solid and the Hollow”
  
• Parma-based, Italian world music /acid-folk /psychedelic rock band masterminded by multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferari, aka Upupayāma “Fliiim / Laliīmph” from Upupayāma’s fourth studio album, “Honesty Flowers” [Fuzz Club]
• Netherlands drone /psychedelic /electronic /krautrock instrumental solo project of Peter van Beets from the power trio Abdomen, aka FLUITKETEL “Seehase” from “Sudergo!” LP [Geertruida]
• Saint Leonards, UK drone /dub /neo-krautrock /indie rock group of Justin Welch (Piroshka, Elastica, Suede, JAMC), Oliver Cherer (Gilroy Mere, Dollboy, Miki Berenyi Trio), Katharine Wallinger (Wedding Present, Viv Albertine), and Riz Maslen (Neotropic, FSOL), Aircooled “Azmar” from the album “My God it’s Full of Stars!” [Music’s Not Dead]
• Los Angeles post-punk /psychedelic /rock n’ roll /garage-rock trio L.A. Witch “Icicle” from the album “DOGGOD” [Suicide Squeeze Records]
• Karlstad, Sweden 60s fuzzy garage rock band Deadly Spirits “Can’t Take It” 7″ single [Rogue Records]
• Toulouse, France doom /space /kraut /heavy psychedelic rock trio SLIFT “A Storm of Wings” from the upcoming fourth LP “Fantasia” [Sub Pop]
• Massachusetts power-emo band Cape Crush “Place Memory” title track of the upcoming LP “Place Memory”
  
• Austin, TX indie /art rock /soul /psychedelic rock band Matt Hollywood & the Bad Feelings “Slumday morning” single
  
• Los Angeles-based ambient folk band led by songwriter and guitarist Meg Duffy, Hand Habits “Good Person” single [Fat Possum Records]
• Scottish chamber pop /indie folk songwriter Adam Ross “Berkeley Street” from the upcoming third LP “Bring On The Apathy” [Fika Recordings]
• Los Angeles-based Americana /alt-country /Baroque /chamber pop /indie folk project of Illinois-bred singer-songwriter Andrew Pelletier, aka Fur Trader “Lost In Babylon” from “Amen, Pioneer” LP
  
• Nashville, TN cosmic country /folk singer-songwriter Nick Harley “Mary Jane” from the third album “Painted Blue” [Primordial Void]
• Leeds, UK experimental acoustic folk musician Henry Parker “Upper Derwent” from “The Dark Peak” LP