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

Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips #22

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Russian post-punk/dreamwave/shoegaze band HERLIGHTS “Stockholm syndrome” new single

Relentlessly blurring the lines between dream pop, shoegaze and post-punk, the new atmospheric single from the Russian outfit decisively leans toward the former, to create a hypnotically enticing aura of isolation and longing, bursting into sideral piercing, bittersweet guitar melodies, backed by sprightly rhythms, that reverberate with aching intensity over dreamy lost vocals, drifting in and out of mesmerizing urgency.

  • Barcelona-based indie/shoegaze/dream pop duo SLOW CONNECTION “Mi Primavera” debut single

Fresh from the Catalan capital, the guy from Balacs and the girl from Wild Lilac join forces for an extremely  delicious dreamy and poppin’ first single, exuding a misleading atmosphere of blissful anticipation that blooms from poignant guitar strings and bright melancholic synth melodies, sparkling over thought-provoking introspective female vocals, longing in bittersweet realization, “my spring is you.”

  • Wiltshire, UK bedroom ambient/dream pop/shoegaze solo project of Jack Jazrawy-Brown, lead singer and songwriter for the band Cosmic Lightshow, SUNSPIRE “Snowfall” from the cassette EP “Euphoria” on Crafting Room Recordings

A minimalistic, textured and atmospheric 5-tracker of sheer aural pleasures, marks the first solo venture of Jack Jazrawy-Brown as Sunspire, that winds its way between spacious echoes, spatial reflections and sparkling reverberations, in a continuous mesmeric shifting play of iridescent glistening guitar chords and serene comforting synth swells, whilst ecstatic vocal harmonies float weightlessly in overwhelming breathless ecstasy, amid a converging cornucopia of blissfully layered introspective sonic dreamscapes.

  • Montreal, Québec-based instrumental/experimental/shoegaze project by musician Richard Bunze, aka REPO “Canyon” from the debut EP “The Lines in Between” on Velouria Recordz
  • UK shoegaze/post-rock/dream-pop solo project by Nathan Smith aka The Virgance “Collider” from the new album “Flying V”                                                                                                                                                       
  • Finland dark alt-metal/doom gaze one-woman-band, shedfromthebody “Hum” from the second album “A Dead and Aimless Hum”
           
  • Canadian ambient/shoegaze project Prepare My Glider “Smokesong” new single
  • Los Angeles atmospheric/slowcore/shoegaze/dream pop solo project DAZIE “Kiss” from the debut EP “Charlie”
  • Washington, D.C. dream-pop artist Jules Hale, aka DEN-MATE ”It’ll All Come Back” from upcoming “Hypnagogia” EP on Babe City Records & Substitute Scene Records
  • L.A.-based dream pop/indie pop artist, Lexi Vega, aka MINI TREES “Honestly” from the vinyl album “Slip Away / Steady Me Split”, collection of the two previous EPs
  • Shanghai, China shoegaze/dream pop band ECKE WU “God’s eyes” new single
  • Atlanta, Georgia indie/shoegaze/dream pop band JUNIPER “Sometime Soon” debut single
  • Mexican noise/shoegaze/dream pop band SOMEWHERE “Summer” new single
  • Ukrainian jangle/dream-pop/indie trio, Mandarinaduck “Final Scene” from the new album “Long Life”
  • Atlanta, Georgia dream/psych-pop solo project of multi-instrumentalist and VYB bassist Bailey Crone, BATHE ALONE “In Deep” new single
  • Nashville, TN cinematic dream pop band led by songwriter and producer Joseph Lekkas, Palm Ghosts ‘Holy Crown” new single
  • Brooklyn, NY shoegaze/dream pop 4-piece SOONER “Happy Sometimes” new single from upcoming debut LP
  • Hong Kong dream pop/shoegaze band, Thud “Hotel 65” new single
  • Japanese shoegaze/dream pop 5-piece NOAH – 青豹 from the new single 青豹
  • Seattle dream-pop duo Night Hikes “Raven” new single
  • Sidney, Australia indie rock trio SLEEPY “Flowers” new single
  • San Francisco-based dream pop/indie rock band CINDY “Brighton Beach” from S/T album upcoming on Paisley Shirt Records
  • Australian indie rock band from Sydney, KEY OUT “Stray” from the upcoming album “Anthropomorphia” on Half A Cow Records
  • Dunedin, New Zealand indie/mind-pop 4-piece MILD ORANGE “Grin” from the new S/T album
  • Asbury Park, NJ indie rock/dream-pop solo project of Sara Barry, aka TEEN IDLE “In the Morning” new single
  • Tampa, FL dream pop duo Planet Loser “Inside Your Mind” new single on 6131 Records
  • Paris, France blackgaze/dream pop 5-piece Pam Risourié “Sleep Forever” from the new vinyl 12″ EP “Noctessa” on In Silico label
  • Perth, Australia four-piece lo-fi ‘anti-social pop’ band TEEN ANGST “Let (Pull Through)” from the new single “Let (Pull Through)” / “Cheeseburger”
  • New York dream-pop/shoegaze/psych-rock duo HEAVEN “I’ll Let You In” new single
  • Los Angeles‘ electronic ethereal psych/dream-pop duo Magic Wands “Angel Dust” from the upcoming 4th album “Illuminate” due Fall 2020
  • Greek post-punk/psychedelic/shoegaze band based in Athens, Monochromatic Visions “Farewell Summer” from the debut album “Too Close To The Sea”
  • Reading, UK synthwave/psych/shoegaze one-man project SLEEPY CROW “Help Myself” from the EP “Dizzy On the Way Down”
  • Albany, NY based lo-fi/shoegaze/dream pop duo LAVEDA “Rager” from the debut LP “What Happens After” on Color Station.
  • Vancouver, Canada dream-pop/new wave/post-punk/jangle pop quartet SLEUTH “This Line” from the new mini-album “Gold” on Jigsaw Records and Lost Sound Tapes
  • Russian shoegaze/dream pop 5-piece from Moscow, Life on Venus “It’s Alright” new single
  • Toronto‘s dream-pop/dream punk band Sahara ‘Chimes’ from upcoming debut full-length album ‘Pure Glass’ out June 26th 2020 via Hand Drawn Dracula
  • Danish cinematic darkwave/shoegaze/post-punk/dark psychedelic band from Aarhus, Tales of Murder And Dust – “Entropy” from the new album “Fragile Absolutes”.
  • Massachusetts dream pop/shoegaze / psych-pop band Constant Smiles “You’re On Your Own” from the upcoming new album “Control”
  • Fredericksburg, Northern Virginia‘s psych/post-punk/ noise-rock/shoegaze project of former Skywave John Fedowitz together with his wife Sandra Fedowitz on drums, CEREMONY east coast “Never Ending” new single
  • New Swedish alt-rock/shoegaze quartet fronted by Holograms’ Andreas Lagerström, INITIATES “Minotaure” debut single from the upcoming first LP “Esoteric Pop” out Sep 4, 2020 via PNKSLM Recordings                                
  • Mid-’80s power pop band of Dom Mariani and Gary Chambers (ex Stems), Darryl Mather (ex-Lime Spiders) and Christian Houllemare (ex Bad Brains), THE SOME LOVES “It’s My Time (EMI mix)” from the compilation album “Don’t Talk About Us (disc two) [1985-89]” on Half A Cow Records
  • Swedish krautrock/psychedelic quartet from Stockholm, Les Big Byrd “Roofied Angels” title track from upcoming 3-track EP on PNKSLM Recordings
  • Cheboksary, Russia psychedelic band Cosmic Letdown ‘Новый странный мир’ from the upcoming album “Pustoid” on Opium Eyes Records.
  • Paris, France folk/garage/psychedelic rock solo project of Guillaume Marietta (former guitarist and singer in The Feeling of Love, A.H. Kraken and Plasto Beton), MARIETTA “Aluminium” from the upcoming third album “Prazepam St.” on Born Bad Records
  • Australian-bred Marseille‘s punk/psych/garage rock solo project of Le Villejuif Underground frontman and half of CIA Débutante, Nathan Roche “Public Piano” from the upcoming EP “Piano, Woman and Bicycle” on Gone With The Weed
  • Lyon, French indie/garage rock band Fontanarosa “Dawn” from S/T EP on Howlin Banana Records.
  • Chinese shoegaze/emo/punk band 秋日疾走 Autumn Rush – 啊,高的楼 Ah,Tall Buildings from 秋日疾走 Autumn Rush EP on Wuhan/Kyoto‘s Sango Records
  • Glasgow, UK indie/psych-pop/shoegaze DIY outfit THE AFFECTIONATE PUNCH “Ephemeral” new 2-track single
  • Sheffield, UK indie/synthwave/dream pop trio, Rehearsed Living “In The Light” new single                                 
  • Helsinki, Finland Space Rock/Psych trio Joensuu 1685 “Light in the Heart of Our Town” from forthcoming sophomore LP “ÖB” on Gems Records                                                                                                                   
  • Leeds, UK experimental pop six-piece Team Picture “This is the” from the new album “The Menace Of Mechanical Music”                                                                                                                                                                      
  • London, UK indie/noise pop duo HAPPY ACCIDENTS “Secrets” from the new album “Sprawling” on Alcopop!
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam psych/power jangle band OPNAIRDRGMKT ‘AFAIK’ from the new album “Non-Essentials”
  • Alameda, California fuzzy/jangle/indie/bedroom pop side project of Jason Dezember (Nar, Ski Instructors, Plastic Shoelace, The Bagpipe Operations), The Ashenden Papers “Fields of Fading Green” off of the album “Asphodel Meadows” on Secret Center Records
  • Dublin-based electronic alternative pop 6-piece, The Crayon Set “Summer Song” from the forthcoming The Crayon Set album ‘Downer Disco’
  • Italian lo-fi/jangle pop/dream pop solo project WAKE IN JUNE “Saturn” off the upcoming cassette album “From doing all the things in life you’d like to”
  • Nottingham, UK indie rock singer/musician Peter Hall “She’s Got A Shadow” new single
  • Dorset, UK psych fuzzy alt-rock trio LEECHES – “All Of The People” from the upcoming compilation album “Easy” on Leisure Records
  • Laredo, TX indie/emo/guitar pop trio Thisistoodifficult “Ruminations” new 7″ flexi single on Sunday Drive Records
  • Boston, Massachusetts psych-folk/dream pop/jangle pop project of Michael Telles, aka NIGHT HERON “Witch City” from the compilation album “I Heard You Dreaming” on Subjangle
  • Melbourne, Australia guitar rock band POP FILTER “Laughing Falling” from the forthcoming album “Banksia” on Bobo Integral
  • Cassadaga, FL dream pop/shoegaze project of Matthew Messore, Cathedral Bells “Undertow” new single on Birthdiy
  • Raleigh, NC lo-fi/bedroom/dreampop/indie pop guitarist/singer/songwriter MAX GOWAN “My Kind” from the upcoming album “Last Companion” on Z Tapes
  • San Francisco shoegaze/dream pop trio The Bilinda Butchers “Low” new single from the new album “Night and Blur” on ZOOM LENS
  • Melbourne, Australia indie dream pop collective COOL SOUNDS ‘Vice’ new single on Hotel Motel
  • Cuernavaca, Mexico bedroom/indie pop/dream pop solo project, Anuncio en Blanco “Si me ves, dime por favor como volver” new single
  • Rennes, France indie/dream pop/synthpop solo project of Lucas Benmahammed, aka DUDE LOW “Purezza” from the new vinyl 12″ EP “My Days In Cosmos” on In Silico label
  • LA/NYC electronic/psych-pop bicoastal recording project of singer/songwriter Aaron Mendelsohn and producer/composer Ariel Loh, aka DRINKER “Stay” from the upcoming EP “They Don’t Want To Know” on B3Sci Records
  • Canaan, New York new indie/synth/dream-pop duo of Zac Pennington (née Parenthetical Girls) & Prudence Rees-Lee (aka Prudence), Popular Music “Holding Out For a Hero” (originally written by Jim Steinman and recorded by Welsh banshee Bonnie Tyler for the ‘Footloose’ soundtrack) from forthcoming full-length “Popular Music Plays In Darkness” — a 12-track LP reimagining of songs from 20th Century cinema
  • Hull, UK dream pop/shoegaze band BDRMM “A Reason To Celebrate (GLOK Remix)” new single via Sonic Cathedral
  • Los Angeles based dream-pop/post-rock band, Young Lovers “Omnia” new single
  • Dream pop/shoegaze band from Belgium, Slow Crush – ‘Drift (Such Beautiful Flowers remix)’                         
  • Lucerne, Switzerland ethereal/shoegaze/dream pop project of Andy Jossi, THE CHURCHHILL GARDEN “We Can Dream (feat. Krissy Vanderwoude)” Originally released as a part of the “Songs from Quarantine” compilation