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• Indonesian indie /noise pop band New Capital “Highschool” from the single “Highschool/Girls” [sundaysnacks] Indonesian C86 /fuzz /noise pop band D O R M I C E “Big Joke” from “Big Joke” EP [sundaysnacks]

First two cassette releases for a new Indonesian DIY label, sundaysnacks. Concise, rough feedback-drenched C86-tinged mid-tempo anorak-pop from D O R M I C E, shaking at times with fuzz garage inflexions and vaguely 60s harmony vibes. Gloomy, nostalgic baritone male vocals aloofly sulk and caustically long under noisy guitar drones, swathed in a sense of alienation. A couple of infectious chunks of driving late 80s/early 90s melodic Noise Pop a la Husker Du or Superchunk from New Capital.

• Saguenay, Quebec-based new wave /shoegaze /jangle /dream-pop band Minuit Phosphène “Triangle de feu” single
  

Quebecois pop unit returns with their buoyant and brightest release to date, a fate-filled song about relighting the fire triangle. Lively, hopeful, female vocals glide up and down, amidst falling cries, over a dizzying hazy trail of brisk rhythms, sinuous pulsing bass lines, glistening guitars and swirling wistful spirals of glowing synths, with boundless urgency and no fear.

• Düsseldorf, Germany dream pop /shoegaze quintet Attic Ocean “Aurora” second single from the upcoming EP “I promise I’ll try everyday”
  

Praised by the Shoegaze/Dream Pop aficionados lately for their songwriting qualities and captivating live performances, the German five-piece’s new single, written in the wake of a profound personal tragedy, deals with continuing to live through grief and loss. Effortlessly combining airy sparkling ambience, sheets of buzzy distortion and ethereal vocals, the song fully breathes, weaving light and heavy, as glistening and fuzzy guitar textures over steady bass pulses and shuffling drum beats, to surge, with high-pitched, billowing emotions, around wistful layers of fragile and frantic female vocals, longing to hear “Aurora.”

• Oslo-born, London-based ambient /electronic art pop artist Tuva Luna “Planets awaken” single [TLBG Records]
• Berlin-based ambient /dubstep /avant-garde /downtempo /electro /dreampop /synth /avant-pop experimental producer and performance artist Jess Tucker aka Fetter “Spathiphyllums (DALO Remix)” from V/A “Body of Noise (Reconstructed)” LP [Osàre! Editions]
• Melbourne, Australia goth /dream pop /folk /spoken word duo Isabella Martin and Mathilda Cameron, aka Synergy Trilogy “Something’s Snapped” from upcoming self-titled debut album [Infinite Expanse / DERO Arcade]
• Melbourne dream pop /indie rock /psychedelic /folk singer-songwriter (the frontwoman of alt-rock band Arbes), Jess Zanoni, aka Za Noon “One Thing” from the album “Heartdrag” LP
  
• French veteran synth /indie pop duo Valérie Leulliot & Sébastien Lafargue, Autour de Lucie “450 années” from the 6th album “Hors monde” [Microcultures]
• Los Angeles-based songwriter and bedroom pop auteur, Dent May “The Big One” title track of the upcoming seventh LP “The Big One” [Carpark Records]    
• Bay Area jazzy /indie /surf pop band led by guitarist Alexi Glickman, aka Sandy’s “Sound of the Bay” single [Nice Guys]
• Danish leftfield pop collaborative project of producer and former Liss drummer Tobias Laust Hansen and filmmaker-turned-musician Albert Hildbrand, aka A Good Year ” Errr (ft. Suisse air)” from the debut LP “Play” [Escho]
• Gothenburg, Sweden experimental /jungle /big beat /electro /synth-pop /world /house /electronic project of Alexander Palmestal (ex Pistol Disco and Iberia), Mythologen “13” single [YEAR0001]
• Chicago-based bedroom /lo-fi /dream pop /indie rock project of Kenneth Foss, aka TEEN BLUSH “Tennis Court” from the album “2019” [Spirit Goth Records]
• California indie rock /dream jangle pop /garage-pop singer-songwriter and musician Josh Hwang, CASTLEBEAT ”Stay With Me” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Ciawi, Tasikmalaya, Indonesia shoegaze /jangly /indie pop band Bambootown “Wooden House ” from the self-titled debut EP [Subjangle]
• Southern California indie rock /twee pop band Hopscotch “Daydreams” from the second 2-track single “Daydreams b/w The Right Scene”
  
• West Java, Indonesia synth-indie pop trio DEPORTIVO “Limits from above” (demo)
  
• Belgian–French Yéyé-flavoured indie pop trio of Avril De Broucker (Lavomatic), Clémence D’Hulst (Fake Empire) and César Laloux (Ada Oda), Coup Dur “Tu Dis Des Choses” from “The English Want … Coup Dur” EP 10″ [Precious Recordings of London]
• Norwegian–German eclectic indie pop partnership Jørn O. Åleskjær and Sebastian Voss, aka Herr Wade “Tatsächlich nur ein Lied” from “Tatsächlich nur drei Lieder – A Celebration of the SuperSound Maxi-Single” [Bureau Platiruma]
• Hamburg, Germany DIY ever-changing indie pop band project led by singer-songwriter Heiko Schneider, aka theCatherines “Not To Be Confused With Me” from “Not To Be Confused With…” album
  
• Swedish electronic /jangly indie /dream pop duo founded in 1995, CLUB 8 “Honestly” single
  
• Germany power-pop /indie-noise pop DIY band Crabber “I am a Nervous Wreck” from “Back in the Shack” EP
  
• Toronto indie rock band Kiwi Jr. “Blowin’ Up” 1st single and title track of the upcoming third LP “Blowin’ Up“ [perennialdeath]
• Sydney emo /indie rock trio Our Mutual Friend “Dry my tears” from debut “Tomorrow” EP
  
• Berlin-based New Zealand-bred psych /post-punk /shoegaze /indie digital rock outfit Data Animal “Here Comes My Mirage” from “Future of Ghosts” LP, a collection of Data Animal oddities and rarities recorded between 2022–2025 [Dedstrange Records]
• Toulouse, France-based new post-hardcore /indie rock duo Scories “Dans le silence des vagues” from the debut cassette EP “Défaire le brouillard” [Hidden Bay Records]
• Portland, OR post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock duo Kevin Robinson & Jake Endicott, GVTH DVDDY “Who Knows How It Ends ?” 2nd single from the upcoming LP “GVDV” [Velvet Blue Music]
• Gothenburg, Sweden veteran alternative /indie rock quartet formed in 2010, Great Hare “The Overview Effect” single
  
• Winnipeg, Canada shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop duo Sundayclub “Blue Wave” from upcoming s/t “SUNDAYCLUB” LP [Paper Bag Records]
• Copenhagen-based shoegaze /dream /indie pop four-piece Kindsight “The Head (This Body Deserves)” single [Rama Lama Records]
• Los Angeles-based dream pop band led by songwriter Greg Gonzalez, Cigarettes After Sex “Twizzler” single [Partisan Records]
• Saint Petersburg-based indie /shoegaze /dream pop trio акульи слёзы (shark’s tears) “бардак | mess” from “принцесса беспорядка (disorder princess)” EP
  
• Glasgow, UK indie rock /psych pop /dreampop band Pedalo “You Might Be Right” last single from the upcoming EP
  
• Long Beach, CA-based shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop married couple Becca and Billy Mohler, aka Brightmoon “Almost Tragic” off the debut 5-track EP “First Light” [Noon Records]
• Adelaide, Australia alternative /shoegaze /indie rock 4-piece band (Fka SourSob), Swapmeet “2 C U” from upcoming debut LP “Mount Zero” [Winspear]
• Örebro-based, Swedish indie rock /post-punk /shoegaze six-piece Kallsup “Kino” single [VÅRØ]
• South Pasadena, CA 3-piece alternative rock /shoegaze band SEKO “Auto Saucer” from the debut LP “Seko 1000”
  
• Cincinnati, OH dreamgaze /dream rock /shoegaze band SUNGAZE “180″ from the new LP “I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights” [Softseed Music / Candlepin Records]
• New Orleans, Louisiana alternative /dream pop /shoegaze quartet Glish “Sink” single
  
• Philadelphia/Boston shoegaze /indie rock band collaboration between Doug Dulgarian and Dimitri Giannopoulos, They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Horse Jumper of Love “Charter Spec” single [Julia’s War / Smoking Room / ATO Records]
• Sorocaba, Brazil grunge /noise rock /shoegaze trio Cortisol “Anfiguri” single
  
• Tokyo, Japan-based 4-piece alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze band The Floatings “Everlasting Gaze” 4th single
  
• Lorient/Nantes, France, alternative rock /grunge /emo /shoegaze band Trainfantome “Desire Path” from the album “Constant Farewells” [Howlin Banana Records / Flippin’ Freaks]
• Irish heavy shoegaze project by former Virgins frontman Michael Smyth, SILK “Pleasures” from debut mini-LP “Auralux” [Shore Dive Records (CD) / Blowtorch Records (LP)]
• Olympia, WA-based Cascadian post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze trio Waves Crashing “Coming Up For Air” from the new album “In The Blur”
  
• St. Catharines, Ontario grunge /shoegaze /alternative rock band Der Fang “Howl” single
  
• Warsaw, Poland experimental /alternative /noise rock /electronic /shoegaze /trip-hop 4-piece band Angel Egg “Blue Light” first single off the upcoming debut EP
  
• Bradford, UK based Lynch inspired Shoegaze /Dreampop /Alt-Rock quintet Abandoned Buildings “Waving From the Edge (feat. Lauren Moreau)” single from the forthcoming EP “Objects Move Apart”
  
• Leeds, UK-based experimental post-punk /art rock band Static Caravan “Empty Ginnels” from “Absorb Everything!” EP [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Bologna, Italian surf /kraut /post-punk /blues /garage rock band Komarov Magnificent Backflip “Blender” from the second LP “Cop Days” [Bronson Recordings]
• Toluca, Mexico 3-piece minimal /motorik /kraut /psychedelic rock band Mirror Revelations “Resistir” from the second album “Ígnea” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Schenectady, New York psychedelic rock band The Abyssmals “Out of Time/Out of Mind” from the LP “No Pretty Face”
  
• UK-based soul /funk /garage /psychedelic rock power trio led by Barrie Cadogan, Little Barrie “Gravity Freeze” title track of the album “Gravity Freeze” [Easy Eye Sound]
• West Australian Garage Rock legends featuring original members Dom Mariani, Julian Matthews and Dave Shaw, plus Davey Lane (You Am I), The Stems “Your Kind of Love” 7″ single [Cheersquad Records & Tapes]
• Connecticut indie rock band led by Nick Vicario, aka Smirk “Dog Years” from “Speculative Fiction” LP [Smoking Room]
• Brussels/Marseille power pop /indie pop trio CŒUR À L’INDEX “Fatiguée” off the band’s final 2-track 7” “Fatigueé / Mes Heros” [La Vida Es un Mus]
• Dunedin, New Zealand alt /psych /indie rock group formed in 1989, led by Andrew Spittle (Charcoal Burners), Das Phaedrus “Bound” from the album “Denver”
  
• Montreal, Quebec Americana /indie folk singer-songwriter Lauren Spear, aka Le Ren “Free Wheeling” from “Don’t Be Funny Without Me” LP [Royal Mountain Records]
• Morgantown, VA cosmic americana /drone rock /psychedelic folk rock solo project Sea of Night “So it Goes” from the second s/t album “Sea of Night”
  
• Melbourne ambient /dream pop /experimental pop /folk singer-songwriter Sandy Hsu – “Loving You Is So Hard” single
  
• Bristol, UK indie folk singer-songwriter Eva May “Another Day” single [Full Time Hobby]
• Ontario folk /indie rock singer-songwriter Lennie Rayen “What Now” single