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

• Athens, Greece indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop DIY project Get Violet “Fluorescence” from the collection EP “Herbarium pg.1-6” EP
  

One of the couple of unreleased songs from the mainly singles collection is a delicious shoegaze-tinted dream-pop with colourful, radiant vocals gliding over a gentle pulsing rush of plucking bright acoustic guitar melodies, laced with feathery shimmering and swelling sheets of reverb, to layer dreamy piercing cries, with dull sadness and long airy trails of hope, expressing how one can feel lost and depressed when the physical body becomes too tired to keep up with the spiritual one. Considered by the Athenian unit as a beginning, judging by “Fluorescence”, it could not have been born under the best auspices.

• Leeds, UK Alt /Psych-Pop /Shoegaze band Leechers “The Here And Now” single
  

Implementing elements from ’90s Shoegaze and Indie Rock the West Yorkshire band’s new single drives steady punchy drums to fuel an obsessive, fuzzy flow of slightly abrasive guitar riffs, layered with sparse, chilly liquid jets of synths, to sonorously ring and later stridently distort, in a stringent circle around dreamy, mesmeric vocals, trying to stay awake in the here and now.

• London-based indie /psych-pop project of 14 Iced Bears’ frontman Robert Sekula “Sweetest Star” from the upcoming first-ever solo 7″ EP “Asyd Mouse” [Precious Recordings of London]

Not new to solo endeavours, not forgotten was the bright vibrant “Pamela” from a couple of years ago, the new single from the former frontman of the cult seminal late ’80s/early ’90s group 14 Iced Bears, harks back to the most introspective and redolent atmospheres with sinuously 60s psychedelic flair, where bare shimmery guitar riffs gently reverberate in lithe and cocooning bittersweet melodies to sneakily and inexorably draw the listener into the intimacy of heartfelt vocals, lifted by alluring celestial back-ups, encouraging another to grow.

• UK experimental /ambient /drone /field recordings /folk collaboration between Nick Keech (One Unique Signal, Cedres) and Stephen Lawrie (The Telescopes), Cedres & The Telescopes  “June East; South East” off the upcoming EP “The Signalman” [Rhyo Recordings]
• Seattle-based shoegaze /dream pop /psychedelic rock /experimental folk band led by Irish-born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natasha El-Sergany, somesurprises “Lush” from the upcoming “Year Without Spring” EP
  
• Minneapolis-based drone /kosmische /psychedelic /space pop band IE “Simplify” from upcoming LP “Reverse Earth” [Quindi Records]
• Norway lo-fi /trip-hop /dream-pop /indie folk singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Tuva Hellum Marschhäuser, aka Tuvaband “Hello Universe” single
  
• Cardiff-based, Welsh psychedelic /folk project led by singer, songwriter and musician, Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good “Ten Thousand Acres” from the upcoming album “Elan” [Bubblewrap Collective]
• Japanese ambient /ethereal /electronica /indie folk musician, songwriter and traveller Satomimagae “Tonbo” from the LP “Taba” [RVNG Intl.]
• Arizona dream pop /indie folk musician and writer Hayden Casey “How We’re Built (All Fading Now)” from “Show Me Where the Hurt Is: Songs” album
  
• Galway, Irish ambient /drone /shoegaze /dream-pop artist Maria Somerville “Violet” from the second LP “Luster” [4AD]
• Copenhagen lo-fi /experimental /hypnagogic pop /folk singer/songwriter and producer Fine “I Could” single [Escho]
• London-based ambient /field recordings /dream-pop /acoustic folk band led by singer-songwriter Mike Cranny, aka Firestations “The River Knows” from “Many White Horses” LP
  
• English electronic musician, singer, songwriter and former Japan frontman and main composer, David Sylvian “Last bullet (demo)” written/recorded 2011 [Groenland Records]
• Atlanta, GA indie rock /dream pop /slowcore project of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Thomas Howard, aka Orchid Mantis “All The Passing Days” from the new LP “Possession Pact” [Daydream Records / Start-Track]
• San Francisco indie /dream pop band led by Alexei Pacholuk, Business School “Canada” single
  
• Glasgow lo-fi /dream pop /indie pop /shoegaze band Dorothy Hale “Sometimes Sunny Days Start Out Grey” first single
  
• Hamburg, Germany-based jazz /indie/power /jangle pop singer-songwriter project theCatherines “Throws Like A Girl” 2-track single
  
• Melbourne, Australia jangle /indie pop band led by Mark Monnone (formerly of The Lucksmiths), Monnone Alone “River of Sighs” fourth  single from the upcoming 4th LP “Here Comes the Afternoon” [Meritorio Records / Lost and Lonesome Recording Co.]
• Seoul, South Korea-based surf-tinged /bedroom /dream pop solo project Lunar Isles “Always Dusk” single
  
• Perth, Australia indie rock /surf /indie pop four-piece Teen Angst “Ask Me To Stay” from “Cerulean” EP
  
• Ottawa, Canada dream /psych /jangle /indie-pop band SKYTONE “Sad Little Mango” single
  
• Jangle Indie-Pop duo of Swiss multi-instrumentalist Andy Jossi (The Churchhill Garden) and Los Angeles-based vocalist and lyricist Gretchen DeVault (The Icicles, Voluptuous Panic, and The Francine Odysseys), The Blue Herons “Turned To Stone” single
  
• Glasgow, UK indie pop-rock four piece Hollow Horse “I Died For You Once” from the upcoming album “Five” [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi C86 /post-punk /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Turning Me Grey” from the upcoming 14th LP “A Tough Act To Follow” [Salt Mine Records]
• Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK indie pop-rock veteran band, The Gold Needles “Supernature” single [Big Stir Records]
• London, UK dream punk /shoegaze /doom pop duo Rain Cloud Nine “immaterial boy” single
  
• Brisbane, Australia shoegaze /indie rock duo Western Freeway “Boxer” 2-track single
  
• Victoria, British Columbia-based indie rock band Teenage Art Scene “Ghosts” single
  
• Lyon-based, French indie rock /power pop punk band Lùlù “Pugni In Tasca” single from upcoming debut s/t LP [Howlin Banana Records]
• Glasgow, Scotland indie-pop recording project of guitarist Jack Mellin (Spinning Coin, L, Smack Wizards), The Mary Column “It Takes Time” from the debut album “Very Sparrow” [Errol’s Hot Wax]
• Copenhagen’s cosmopolitan 4-piece C86 /noise indie pop group formed in 2023, Josie “Still Time” debut 7″ single (part of the label’s International Pop Underground 3 single bundle) [Precious Recordings of London]
• Yorkshire, UK-based lo-fi bedroom new wave /indie /jangle /dream pop solo project of Mikey Wilson, aka Lowmoon “Seaside Arcade” from the album “Cathedrals” [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Italian lo-fi /indie /dream-pop /dreamcore /post-punk band †rite “Dungeon Dreams” from the cassette EP “HAZY DREAMS” [HOME MORT]
• London-based indie quartet Bleach Lab – “Feel Something” off upcoming “Close To The Flame” EP
  
• Singapore‘s noise /dream /jangle /indie pop band SUBSONIC EYE “Aku Cemas” from the fifth album “Singapore Dreaming” [Topshelf Records]
• Indonesia C86 /indie /noise-pop unit Tossing Seed “Stars In Your Eyes” off 2-track 7″ single “Stars In Your Eyes / Bootleg Charm” (part of the label’s International Pop Underground 3 single bundle) [Precious Recordings of London]
• Indianapolis, Indiana power pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Wishy “Slide” from “Planet Popstar” EP [Winspear]
• Boston, MA-based dream pop /psychedelic rock /shoegaze band Emerald Comets “Soft Diary” single from the upcoming album “DREAMNIGHT”
  
• Poznań, Poland indie /dreampop /shoegaze experimental collaboration between the project founder Wojtek Liebthal and Jędrzej Kołecki (aka Kryowake), Destiny Ports “We Danced One” single
  
• Copenhagen, Denmark synth-pop /dream pop duo Secrecy “July” single off the debut album “Scenes From a Daydream” [Part Time Records]
• Reykjavík-based, Icelandic experimental electronic /dream pop /post-punk trio, Virgin Orchestra “Venus in Scorpio” third single from their upcoming EP “LET IT BURN”
  
• Tokyo, Japanese dream pop/shoegaze five-piece Moon In June “The Sky Crawlers” from the 2nd album 色彩を持たないで [DREAMWAVES RECORDS]
• Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Psychedelic-Rock /Shoegaze band LLOLLYANNA “Lineal Ram [Edit]”
  
• Melbourne-based shoegaze /dreampop project Kite Vendor “Stick in Mud” single
  
• Reading, PA 4-piece lo-fi /alternative /art rock /noise rock /shoegaze band Tlooth “Too Calm” from the upcoming cassette s/t album [Strange Mono]
• Salt Lake City, Utah-based psych /shoegaze /dream pop musician and composer Mark Wheeler, aka A Deeper Heaven “Future Fear (The Julies Reimagined)” from “High” EP [Shore Dive Records]
• French shoegaze /dream-pop band from Montreal, Murmure “Un mauvais présage” single
  
• Madrid-based, Spanish indie rock /dream pop collective DRAMATICS “Wait For Me” first studio track release from the forthcoming studio EP “Slide Waves”
  
• Minneapolis dreamgaze collective She’s Green “Figurines” single [Photo Finish Records]
• Helsinki, Finland shoegaze /dream pop band Thelma’s Dream “1000 Poems” from the debut s/t LP “Thelma’s Dream” [Noon Records]
• Athens, Greece Indie /Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Sugar For The Pill “Luv” single and title track from the forthcoming second LP “LUV” [Shelflife Records / Make Me Happy Records]
• Ottawa, Canada grunge /dreamgaze /shoegaze duo SOFTCULT “Pill To Swallow” (Single)
  
• Sydney-based Shoegaze/Noise band All Sparks Burn Out “Blood On The Floor” single
  
• Portland, OR shoegaze /goth rock duo K. Robinson & J. Endicott, GVTH DVDDY “Mock Heaven” single
  
• Los Angeles-based shoegaze band LUSTER “Close My Eyes” single [Funeral Party]
• Los Angeles-based noise /shoegaze /dream-pop band Supergloom “Kingfisher” single
  
• Massachusetts-based Noise /Emo /Dreampop /Shoegaze band, The Dreamtoday – “Crystal Sky” single
  
• Vancouver, BC alt rock /grungegaze /shoegaze band La Lune – “Expressionless” single
  
• Paris, France post-metal /drone /doom /post-rock four piece band Bank Myna “The Other Faceless Me” from the LP “EIMURIA” [Medication Time / Araki / Stellar Frequencies]
• Psychedelic rock /art pop noise project fronted by Berlin-based/South African-born musician, Lucy Kruger, aka Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys “Reaching” single [Unique Records]
• Norwich, UK East-Coast psychedelic outfit Floral Image “Sun For Hire” from the debut LP “Gone Down Meadowland” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Bay Area indie rock /psych-pop group The Ian Fays – “Our Nature” (Yuppie Flu cover) [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]
• Minneapolis‘ punk /folk /indie rock four piece band fronted by singer-songwriter Caitlin Angelica, aka Makin’ Out “Now I Know” debut LP “Living in a Glass House” [Dead Broke Rekerds]
• Melbourne rhythm & blues/garage punk band The Hot Blood “Expensive Taste” 2-track single
  
• Peterborough, Ontario experimental /jazz /rock /folk /dream-pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer, Michael Cloud Duguay “The Only Angel In Sight” from the LP “Wobbly Yonder” [Watch That Ends The Night Records]
• Wirral-born Nottingham-based UK experimental /ambient /folk artist Ben McElroy “The Howling” from “Elkwort” LP [laaps]
• Amsterdam doom /stoner /space /psychedelic ‘longform’ rock band Temple Fang “Once” from the LP “Lifted From The Wind” [Stickman Records]
• Scotland ambient /drone /psych /drone /folklore musician (Embertides, Meadowsilver, The Black Swan Triad, The Hare And The Moon, Widow’s Weeds), Grey Malkin – “Northumberland: Duddo Five Stones” from “Ceremonial County Series Vol.XV – Leicester | Northumberland” Volume 15 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes [Folklore Tapes]