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

• Canadian ambient /dream pop /shoegaze project of James Callan, aka Prepare My Glider “Embrace the Tragedy feat. gouachepaint” single
  

The Canadian atmospheric shoegazer teams again with the ethereal vocalizations and introspective lyrics by gouachepaint, to take the listener on a dive into the atemporal cocooning washes of beautiful sound, inspired by 1992’s Drop Nineteens, “Embrace the Tragedy” fluidly flows with enlivened, stirring, foamy sheets of guitar reverbs, rippled with shimmering refractions, on which feather light celestial vocals waver before and after thoughtful spoken words confess intimate hopes and fears.

• Nashville 3-piece indie rock /dream pop band led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jill Townsend, aka Fetching Pails “Ruiner” single [yk Records]

A surreal and moody organic/synthetic instrumental concoction about a foolish, messy, melancholic spirit who wrecks love, laces shifting percussions and bouncy, sonorous bass chugs, with echoing sparkling guitar melodies and glossy synth stabs, to slowly build-up and erupt into a full-body, loud expressive cascade together into a whole, with vibrant and whimsical soaring emotional vocals, transcending through to a warm and hopeful finale.

• Lodi, Italy slowcore /shoegaze /dream-pop duo Six Impossible Things “Eight and a Half” single [Dear Gear Records]
  

Same label as Swayglow, we featured last week, less dark and nocturnal, equally stirring yet hazier and ethereal, the new track from North of Italy dreamy shoegaze duo evokes perpetually sad feelings about how fast life moves, through insistent stabbing gasps drenched in somber melancholic reverb, to shapeshift with a steady heart pulse of heavy shuffling percussions, pain-filled emotive piano keys and swollen fuzzed-out guitar distortion, whilst wistful whispery female vocals, haloed by baritone breaths, fade away into a climatic blast of shimmery tumultuous tension.

• UK ambient /experimental /field recordings /spoken word /electronics /folklore /folktronica collaboration between Rebecca Denniff (Subphotic, Band of Cloud) and David Owen (Band of Cloud, The FLK), aka Bonfire Hill “Rowan Red (She’s a friend of mine)” from “Songs the Lore Taught Us: Rowan Red (She’s a friend of mine)” single series 
  
• Devon, UK prog /woodland folkadelica group led by Stephen Stannard, The Rowan Amber Mill – “Summer Solstice” 2-track 7″ single [Vent Records]
• UK lo-fi /ambient /field recordings /experimental /tape music /traditional folk /folk-hop duo Milkweed “Exile of the Sons of Uisliu” from the third album “Remscéla” [Broadside Hacks Recordings]
• Malmö, Sweden 3-piece experimental ambient /psych /kraut /electronic pop group Death And Vanilla “The Apparition” first excerpt from the soundtrack for the late 60s British cult horror-folk drama “Whistle And I’ll Come To You” [Fire Records]
• Paris-based bedroom pop /leftfield /electronic /hypnagogic pop solo project (ex-Violent Quand On Aime), Helen Island – “A,M,Y” from 2-track single “premonition / A,M,Y”
  
• Roma Est, Italian ambient /canzone italiana /experimental /chamber pop /noise /electronica /post-punk /psych project of China and Leo Non, aka WOW “Le Montagne e Noi” from the 7th LP “Rosa di Luce” LP [Maple Death Records]
• Berlin-based indie pop trio Matching Outfits “Cold Sea” from upcoming sophomore album “Ditch Me” [Bar/None Records / Dreams of Field Recordings]
• Nagoya, Japan Slowcore /Acid Folk duo formed in 2020, Menow “Mean” from – 白 ~haku ~ 2-track 7″ single [Galaxy Train]
• New York-based folk rock singer-songwriter-producer Shane Perry, aka Frown Town “Stranger To Everyone” from the 3rd LP “Dark Green Curtains” [Earth Libraries]
• Experimental /environmental /library music /soundtrack /psychedelic /electronic /pop collaborative project of Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist, Retep Folo (a.k.a. Peter Olof Fransson) and L.A.-based 60s singer & composer Dorothy Moskowitz (The United States Of America) feat. Svante Sjostedt (of The Owl Report), Retep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz & Svante Sjostedt – “Foxes & Magpies” from “THE AFTERLIFE” LP [Buried Treasure]
• San Francisco lo-fi indie /dream-fog pop artist Michael Ramos (former drummer of April Magazine and current member of Flowertown and Sad Eyed Beatniks), aka Tony Jay “Faithless (feat. Kati Mashikian)” from the upcoming ltd. cassette album “Faithless” (originally released as a tour-only cassette for Japan 2025)
  
• UK lo-fi /dream-pop /shoegaze home recording project of Perry McDonagh (formerly half of the late 90s West Midlands duo Avrocar), Geneva Drive “Mirror Kiss” from “Barred Spiral” EP
  
• US ambient /drone /shoegaze /experimental pop collaboration between Madeline Johnston (aka Midwife) and Matt Jencik (of Implodes, Don Caballero, and Slint’s live band), Matt Jencik & Midwife “Deleted key” from the upcoming LP Never Die“ [Relapse Records]
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /ethereal /indie rock /post-rock /cinematic /dream pop project of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cassie Wieland, a.k.a. Vines “Evicted” lead single from debut LP, “I’ll be here”
  
• London, UK ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop duo DEARY “I Still Think About You” from the 2-track single “I Still Think About You / No Ordinary Love” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Christchurch, NZ lo-fi fuzz /dream pop singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Amelia Murray, aka Fazerdaze “Motorway” single [section 1]
• Naples, Italy-based alternative rock /shoegaze solo project of singer and guitarist of Mary’s Restless Dream, Joseph Gambardella “To Hide in Your World” from the debut “Night Afterglow” EP
  
• South Korea-based dreamy surf-indie pop musician and composer David Skimming, Lunar Isles “Evergreen” from “Reminiscent” LP [Star-Track]
• Stockholm-based shoegaze /dream pop /indie band Dag och Natt “Iron Man” first single off debut album “Years And Years”[Labrador Records]
• Newport, UK new wave /indie pop solo project of veteran musician and composer Rob Morgan, aka Honeybourne “Embarrassing situation” (Written Autumn 1984)
  
• Wiesbaden, Germany indie jangle pop band formed in the early 1990s, Brideshead “Hopeless Me” from fourth full-length album “You Are The Light” [shelflife records]
• California indie rock /dream jangle pop /garage-pop singer-songwriter and musician Josh Hwang, CASTLEBEAT ”Lies” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Athens, OH 4-piece jangly indie pop /post-punk band The Laughing Chimes – “High Beams (Dead End Mix)” [Slumberland Records]
• Manchester, UK indie rock singer-songwriter Thomas Crang, aka Gorgeous Bully “Waiting” first single from the album “One day you’ll realise this has all been for nothing”
  
• Bedford, UK indie rock solo project of Jon Behrendt, aka Last Days of Rome “Blink Of An Eye” single from the upcoming album “How Will I Know”
  
• Swedish 4-piece indie rock band formed around 2010, Great Hare “Places & Traces” single
  
• London-based Post-Punk /Shoegaze band The Youth Play – “A Fair Life” single
  
• London, UK electronic /dream pop trio Night Tapes “Pacifico” from upcoming LP “portals//polarities” [Nettwerk]
• Los Angeles‘ dream pop /r&b /neo-soul /downtempo electronica duo of multi-instrumentalist and producer Ryan Lum (founder of late 80s-90s act Love Spirals Downwards) and singer Anji Bee, aka  Lovespirals “Boss Mode” single
  
• Chicago r&b /folk /indie pop singer-songwriter Natalie Bergman “Dance” from the LP “My Home Is Not In This World” [Third Man Records]
• London/Munich-based psych-pop /dreampop project of Austrian vocalist and songwriter Manuela Gernedel and British multi-instrumentalist and producer Nick McCarthy (formerly of Franz Ferdinand and FFS), Manuela “Coniine (ft Lætitia Sadier)” single as part of Lost Map Records’ PostMap Club subscription
  
• Louisville, Kentucky post-punk /psych pop /indie rock trio Wombo “Danger in Fives” title track of the upcoming LP “Danger in Fives” [Fire Talk]
• Queens, NY jangle /indie retro pop singer and songwriter, Danielle Salomon, aka Majorette “Inner World” single
  
• Basel, Swiss five-piece shoegaze /indie rock band Moonpools “Pure Shores” (All Saints cover)
  
• Pittsburgh based indie rock /dream-gaze duo Colatura – “I Can Talk To Your Voicemail” from the 7″ EP “If I’m Being Honest” [Easy Does It Records]
• Detroit, Michigan Indie /Dream Pop duo Bluhm “Low Light” single
  
• Bristol, UK 5-piece trip-hop /post-rock /slowcore /alternative rock band Broadsheets “Chapel Bells” from “Archipelago” EP
  
• San Francisco shoegaze /dream pop band formed in the late 90s, Halou “Assasination” single
  
• Bath, UK dream rock /shoegaze project of Jenn Zed, aka ZED POINT “Echo Echo” single
  
• South Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band of songwriter, guitarist, and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Miles From Home”
  
• Washington, D.C. based dream pop /shoegaze collaborative project of NYC‘s post-punker postlooperish and Virginia‘s singer & songwriter Melanie Ann, aka Shades of Violette “Invisible Sun” (The Police cover)
  
• Queens, NY shoegaze /noise-pop /dream pop solo project Crystal Corridors “Turnaround” single
  
• Cincinnati, OH dreamgaze /dream rock /shoegaze band SUNGAZE “Shadows” single
  
• Elgin, IL dream pop /shoegaze five-piece band Ceruleum “Pyrite” single
  
• Athens, Greece Indie / Shoegaze /Dream pop band Sugar For The Pill “Gold” from the sophomore LP “LUV” [Make Me Happy Records / Shelflife]
• German Dream Pop /Shoegaze duo from Heidelberg, The Virginia Planes “Brighter Shades Of Gold” single
  
• Brisbane-based alternative /indie rock /shoegaze band Fragile Animals “Worldview” single
  
• Harrisonburg, Virginia-based Iraqi grunge /shoegaze solo project nabeel (نبيل) – yalma – يلمع (single)
  
• Taiwan noise-pop /dream-pop /shoegaze band The Giraffe Told Me In My Dream “Glimpse” from “Velvet Distortion” EP
  
• Northampton, UK punk /dreamo /nu-gaze /shoegaze trio thistle. “Wishing Coin” 2nd single from the upcoming “It’s nice to see you, stranger” EP [Venn Records]
• Pittsburgh’s 3-piece fuzz rock /noise pop /shoegaze band Forty Winks – “liadfh” off debut cassette EP “Love Is a Dog from Hell” [Crafted Sounds]
• Laramie, Wyoming dream pop /shoegaze /peaveygaze band Ampule “Special treasure” from the cassette album “Heaven on Empty”
  
• Barcelona based alternative rock /grunge /noise rock power trio Murina “Girls Are Heavy” from the LP “Nueva Forma de Vida” [Araki Records]
• France alternative /doomgaze /grungegaze /shoegaze band DEAD HORSE ONE “M.H.I.F.O.S” single
  
• Brooklyn, New York indie rock /shoegaze band led by Zachary Cole Smith, DIIV “Return Of Youth” single [Fantasy Records]
• Montclair, New Jersey indie rock band Forth Wanderers “To Know Me/To Love Me” single [Sub Pop]
• North East of England indie-rock /power-pop band Fortitude Valley “Sunshine State” first single from the upcoming LP “Part Of The Problem, Baby” [Specialist Subject Records]
• Danish dream pop /noise pop /shoegaze duo Donna Martin Graduates “Copenhagen Grey” single
  
• Brooklyn, NYC Jangle-garage /powerpop band, Safe Houses “I’ll Be Bad to You” single [University of Space Recording Co.]
• Melbourne, Australia psychedelic indie-rock outfit The Foams “Daydreams” third single
  
• Auckland, New Zealand fuzzed out psychedelic rock n roll project of A. Evans, aka The Black Sand “Bathe In Light” from “The Sound Inside” LP
  
• Memphis, TN garage rock couple Jay Reatard & Lindsay Shutt – “In Heaven” (2008 cover of Lady in the Radiator song from David Lynch‘s ‘Eraserhead’) b/w Cody Blanchard (Shannon and the Clams) – “I Don’t Want to Go Down to the Basement” (Ramones cover) ltd. 2-track 7″ single [Volar Records]
• Manchester, UK-based psych punk marital Anglo-Japanese duo, The Dirt “Demon Seed” second single from upcoming “Monkey Punch” LP [Sister 9 Recordings]
• Scottish acid house /electro-pop /indie rock duo Duncan Grant and Keshav Kanabar, aka KuleeAngee “Push It” from “Push It” EP [LAB Records]
• Gothenburg, Sweden experimental /jungle /big beat /electro /synth-pop /world /house /electronic project of Alexander Palmestal (ex Pistol Disco and Iberia), Mythologen “Radicalised ft. Johan Duncanson (The Radio Dept.)” with additional piano and arrangement by Jens Lekman, from the forthcoming LP “Eurovision” [YEAR0001]
• London-based Anglo-French krauty avant-pop band formed in 1990, led by the songwriting duo of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, aka Stereolab “Electrified Teenybop!” from the album “Instant Holograms On Metal Film” [Warp Records]
• Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, and creative director (of supergroup Bala Desejo), Julia Mestre “Veneno da Serpente” from the 3rd LP “Maravilhosamente Bem” [Mr. Bongo]
• Parisian alt-R&B newcomer ULTRA MIA “Unwise Mirage” from the 2-track single “Unwise Mirage / Britney” third in an ongoing series of seld-released AA singles
  
• NYC bedroom acoustic indie pop singer-songwriter Clara Joy “Find Things Beautiful” from the album “What We Have Now” [Shimmy-Disc]