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• Rennes, France indie rock /psych pop quartet BOPS “Seagulls” single [Howlin’ Banana Records]

Fresh from signing with the dynamic quality indie label Howlin’ Banana Records, the Breton quartet’s surreal new single uses, lyric-wise, a flying squadron of noisy seagulls as a metaphor to explore the societal rift between gray delusional and narrow black and white thinking, while fanciful Beatles-style Baroque, Psychedelic flickers, flutters through the lush melancholic chimes of tinkling piano keys and resonant and high-pitched guitar tones, to swirl around moody atmospheric vocals, shifting between sad dreamy introspection and angry aggressive desire, to mesmerize with equally nostalgic and fresh melodic flair.

• Clare, Australia jangle /indie rock-pop solo project Treechangers “St. Cecilia” 2nd single from the upcoming “Symphonie Fantastique” EP
  

Amidst a fidgety spin of new monikers, the latest and successor of Bedroom Holiday, Treechangers, seems to embrace Joel Carr‘s more introspective singer-songwriter-like side. His latest dispatch is a daydreaming song about an old derelict church 15 to 20 minutes north of a town of only 300 people, haunted by a man who struggled from monomania. A free-flowing, emotionally-led stream of sweetly rippling, shimmery guitar chords stirs nostalgia and matts the imagination of vibrantly wistful, airy male vocals, gently and thoughtfully radiating through soft, surreal waves of sad sunlight.

• Mechelen-based Italo–Belgian 5-piece dream pop /indie-rock /shoegaze band Maquillage “Moon” single
  

The Belgian shoegaze quintet back to explore atmospheric and melancholic, lush electronic-laden dream-pop soundscapes, as in last year’s “Cosmic Circles”, with a late night confession about the quiet, haunting realization of a love that never truly took off, builds an anxious, sad ethereal realm woven with stumbling percussions, warm pulsing bass lines, muted guitars and lavish, glittering icy synth chords, shivering over both wistful and restless, dreamy female vocals, drifting between desire and illusion, whilst repeating “we never really went to the moon” into an eerie transformation finale of ghostly echoes and weeping celestial cries.

• LA-based, South Carolina-native indie folk singer-songwriter Trevor Hall “seek and find” single
  
• Ontario-based lo-fi /cosmic country /dreamy indie /folk pop singer-songwriter Zoë S-Bouffard, aka Daphne’s Demise “Canyon of Love” from the EP “The Heart is a Garden” [Perpetual Doom]
• Manchester, UK electronic /rock’n’roll /orchestral pop singer /songwriter /multi-instrumentalist Veronica Dajani “Stone Heart” (Single)
  
• Melbourne-based, Australian Bedroom Pop project of songwriter & musician, Candy Moore “Ordinary” from the upcoming LP “Humiliation Ritual”
  
• Nottingham, UK soul pop /indie folk singer-songwriter Peter Hall “Move On Sunshine” single
  
• London-based guitar pop project of former members of Brighton, UK band The Chefs, James McCallum (guitar) and Helen McCookerybook (bass and vocals), aka The Pop-Up Chefs “24 Hours” from “The Pop-Up Chefs” EP
  
• Spain-based indie pop /dream pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Maddie Moon “Spend My Days” [7 Tapes]                                                                                               
• Indonesian twee indie pop band Twee Patootie – “An Intro For A Cartoon Show” single [chaoticpoprecs]
• Athens, Greece-based US nomadic art-pop /indie rock duo Beloved Binge “Like Me” single
  
• New York-based lo-fi /indie rock solo project of artist & producer Brian DeSousa, Notbrian “Back Then” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Melbourne, Australia lo-fi /jangle /indie pop band Soft Covers “Good Bloke” originally released on “Pomegranate Seeds: An International Benefit for the Mutual Aid in Gaza” cassette [Little Lunch Records]
• Lille, France folk /indie pop duo of Olivia Asseman and Ivan Breton, Maybe Margate “Time and Again” from the second album “Hello Rush” [Too Good To Be True]
• Leicester, UK-based lo-fi indie /jangle pop solo DIY project of Neil Hill, Shopfires “1982” from the third album “We Are Not There But We Are Here” CD [Subjangle]
• French shoegaze /dream-pop /indie pop collaborative project of Olivier Boutry (Few Border, Shoreline Stories), Thierry Haliniak (My Raining Stars, Meyverlin), & Maud Platiau-Bourret (Maud Anyways), aka Tales Of Moon “Bounded Hearts” from the debut 6-track EP “The Meaning”, 5th of the label’s 2025 EP series [Too Good To Be True]
• Los Angeles minimal electronic /dream pop duo of Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs and Max Foreman, BOUQUET “Spellbreaker” title track of the new LP “Spellbreaker”
  
• Sheffield, UK jangle /dream wave /cream pop 3-piece Pale Blue Eyes “Shifting” from the 2-track 7″ single “Shifting / I Sit On A Shell” (two additional tracks recorded during the ‘New Place’ album sessions in 2024)
  
• Grøa, Norway-based fuzz /indie pop transatlantic indie rock band founded in 2003 by Hilarie Sidney (co-founder of Elephant 6 and The Apples In Stereo drummer) and Per Ole Bratset, The High Water Marks “Strange Things” from the new album “Consult the Oracle” [Meritorio Records]
• West Coast jangle indie pop outfit of Yea-Ming Chen (Yea-Ming and The Rumours), Rob Good (The Goods), Luke Robbins (ex-Latitude, RE Seraphin), and Ian McBrayer (ex-Sonny and The Sunsets, ex-Healing Potpourri), Ryli “Medicine Speed” first single from upcoming LP “Come and Get Me” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Copenhagen’s cosmopolitan 4-piece C86 /noise indie pop group formed in 2023, Josie “Shirley (Not)” from the 2-track “Still Time” debut 7″ single [Precious Recordings of London]
• SF Bay Area 60s /psych /indie pop group NOW “1 Way 2 Go” from the new LP “Now Does The Trick” [perennialdeath]
• Turin, Italy indie rock /jangle-pop act (FKA Smile), THE WENDS “Passenger Side” single [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]
• Columbus, Ohio indie /noise rock power trio Golomb “Real Power” from the upcoming second LP “The Beat Goes On” LP [No Quarter]
• Singapore‘s noise /dream /jangle /indie pop band SUBSONIC EYE “My iPhone Screen” from the fifth album “Singapore Dreaming” [Topshelf Records]
• Victoria, British Columbia-based 4-piece power-pop /indie rock band Teenage Art Scene “CD” single
  
• New York rock’n’roll /baroque pop girl group trio TCHOTCHKE “Did You Hear?” single
  
• Texas rock’n’roll /twee /jangle pop act Paper Jam “Polka Dot Girl” single
  
• Cincinnati, OH chamber pop /wave /post-punk DIY band Artificial Go “Tight Rope Walker” from the second LP “Musical Chairs” [Feel It Records]
• Indianapolis lo-fi /twee /jangle /indie pop band Good Flying Birds “…” from upcoming album “good flying birds: talulah’s tape” (recorded at home between 2021-2024) [Rotten Apple]
• Santa Cruz, CA indie /guitar pop /punk /power pop band AUTOS “Drive” from the upcoming s/t album [Dandy Boy Records]
• South Carolina indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop trio Hundredth “Dive” from the LP “Faded Splendor”
  
• London-based drone ambient /dreamy /electronic solo project by bassist of Oxford‘s shoegaze legends Ride featuring Electrelane multi-instrumentalist and composer on vocals, Steve Queralt feat. Verity Susman – “Messenger” from upcoming Steve Queralt’s debut album “Swallow” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Dijon, France shoegaze /dream pop trio dirishu6 “Requiem” from the upcoming debut LP “Gasp” [Hidden Bay Records]
• Tennessee dream pop /shoegaze solo project, Movie Brain “Static Glow” new single
  
• Brisbane, Australia dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze band Western Freeway “We Can Dance” 2-track single
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden emo /post-rock /shoegaze /slowcore band Citrine “2” from the 3-track “Demo 2025” EP
  
• Madrid, Spain electronic /shoegaze composer and producer Gabriel Pulcinelli, aka Ponpoko in the Distance “Share a Star With a Love Afar” from the LP “AMORE-De-Lic”
  
• Corpus Christi, TX 5-piece Alt-Shoegaze band WENGE “Slipping away” from the split cassette EP “Wenge/Jean Jacket” [Star City]
• Perth, Western Australia Shoegaze solo project of Steve Matzkov, aka Seven Hour Days “Set Free” single
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden 5-piece indie rock /shoegaze band Poloklubben “Flyga iväg” from the debut single “Flyga iväg & Stanna kvar”
  
• Verona, Italy dream pop /moviegaze /shoegaze band led by Giulia Cinquetti (former bassist of You, Nothing and May Eyes Love), feat. Francesca Carluccio (So Vixen), Swayglow “Jasmine” debut single
  
• San José, Costa Rica five-piece shoegaze band Tearbound “Eternal Transience” from “An Unreachable Memory Of You (Redux)” re-recorded and remastered CD version of Tearbound’s debut album [Shore Dive Records]
• Seattle-based noise-pop /shoegaze /indie rock trio Coral Grief “Rockhounds” from the debut LP “Air Between Us” [Suicide Squeeze (digital) / Anxiety Blanket (vinyl) / Den Tapes (cassette)]
• US indie rock /noise pop /shoegaze band Host Family “I See Grey Through The Walls” from the EP “Extended Play”
  
• Dream-pop /shoegaze band from Taiwan, Chirrp. “loveyouso” single
  
• Philadelphia emo /indie rock /shoegaze band Bleary Eyed “Susan” from the upcoming LP “Easy” [Born Losers Records]
• Oakland, CA-based Shoegaze /Psych Rock /Dream Pop band led by Cyrus VandenBerghe, aka Welcome Strawberry “Memory Cube” from upcoming LP “Desperate Flower” [à La Carte Records / Cherub Dream Records]
• Long Beach/Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock /dream pop /shoegaze /slowcore band formed in 2008, Space Waves “Creepy Creeps” from the 8th album “On & On”
  
• Florence, Italy krautrock /indie /psychedelic rock band VOV VOV! “Pot Surfing” from the debut EP “Sunbathing In A Magnetic Field” [Factory Flaws]
• Montreal, Quebec electronic /psychedelic /indie rock /shoegaze band led by Jasamine White-Gluz in co-production with Fire-Toolz, No Joy “Bugland” title track of the upcoming LP “Bugland” [Sonic Cathedral / Hand Drawn Dracula]
• Tulsa, OK-based instrumental /ambient /shoegaze /post rock /dream pop band led by Johnathon Ford (Pedro the Lion, Roadside Monument), aka Unwed Sailor “Monster Collecting” from the tenth LP “Cruel Entertainment”
  
• Italian shoegaze four-piece from Genova, Swear “After The Sun” title track of the new EP “After The Sun” [Flamingo records]
• Alt rock /dream pop /shoegaze band from Belgium, SLOW CRUSH “Thirst” title track from the upcoming LP “Thirst” [Pure Noise Records]
• Dover, UK-based 60s pop /electronic /neo-psychedelic group led by Stanley Belton, aka Black Market Karma “The Sound Of Repetition” from the 12th studio album “Mellowmaker” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Lisbon psychedelic rock power trio El Saguaro “Ticket to Fly” from “Enthusiecstasy” EP
  
• Boston-based power pop /indie rock band fronted by  Evan Dando, The Lemonheads “Deep End” (co-written with Smudge‘s Tom Morgan and featuring Juliana Hatfield) from the 2-track single “Deep End / Sad Cinderella” [Fire Archive]
• Melbourne-based indie /rocking guitar pop band Assteroid “Montague St Bridge” from debut s/t EP “Assteroid”
  
• Italian garage punk rock band of three 11-year-old girls hailing from the Pigneto neighborhood in Rome, The Ice Cream “Zombizarre” from the debut 7″ EP “The Ice Creams” [3 O’Clock Rock Records]
• San Antonio, Texas tex-mex /power-pop /garage rockers The Krayolas “Mr. Lonely” single [Saustex Records]
• Italian 4-piece garage rock/beat band (fka The Rookies),  The Backdoor Society “Backdoor City Blues” from “BACKDOOR CITY BLUES / I WON’T LOVE YOU” 7″ single [Area Pirata Recs]
• Pittsburgh, PA rock and roll /indie rock band The Gotobeds “Goes Away” from the LP “Masterclass” [12XU]
• Sterling, Virginia punk /noise rock /psychedelic folk band Pygmy Lush “February Song” from the upcoming LP “Totem” [Persistent Vision]
• Kaurna, Australia-based post-punk /noise rock band The Empty Threats “The One” single
  
• Boston, MA post hardcore/ progressive indie rock band led by Rick Maguire, Pile “Born at Night” off the upcoming 9th studio album “Sunshine and Balance Beams” [Sooper Records]
• Kansas City, Missouri post-hardcore /noise /grunge /rock and roll band Saps “Counterfeit” from the LP “Don’t”
  
• UK Balearic /dream-pop /electronic artist (formerly of Sink Ya Teeth and KaitO), Gemma Cullingford “The Island” first single from the upcoming EP, “Illuminate” [Shake! Shake! Records]
• Hamburg, Germany ‘dream punk’ / shoegaze /post-punk /synth-pop project of Dirk Knight feat. Jana Marie, SEASURFER “I love you, you hate me (Ethereal Ghost Mix)” from the upcoming album “Electronic Monsters”
  
• New York darkwave/electronic /dream pop /synthpop solo project R. Missing “Cloud Without Tear” single
  
• Paris/Moscow/Costa Rica bedroom indie pop band Soap “Comment te dire Adieu” (Françoise Hardy cover)
  
• Los Angeles-based ambient /electronic /experimental pop singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Kaela “Superluminal” title track of the debut album “Superluminal” [Other Suns]