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

• Stockholm, Sweden 4-piece jangly /indie-pop band Salt Lake Alley “What They “Forgot” To Tell You” 2nd single from the upcoming album [shelflife records]   

Stockholm‘s ‘orthodox’ indie pop torchbearers drop a lowkey second single from their forthcoming album. A bright, bittersweet song about being lured into being a commodity with a presentation of money, benefits, and grand views, buzzes urgently through skittering drums and lithe warm bass pulses, spangled with edgy and vibrant razzle-dazzle swirls of sparkling wistful guitar melodies atop sarcastic anxious vocals, aching in a sea of regret.

• Berlin-based indie rock /shoegaze band, Dusk Saffron “Orphic” from the single “A Little Death”
  

Berlin-based 3-piece drops the definitive versions of the two lead tracks from their first demo, defined by an atmospheric, dreamy sound that blends the early 90s shoegaze lineage with the effects-filled, emotive crystalline 6-string inlays à la DIIV or Wild Nothing. “Orphic” glides through an enveloping introspective distillation of wandering clean, glistening guitar patterns, intricately intertwined with a warm, snaking bassline and skittering drums, nervously wavering with bittersweet obsession, to echo airy, anxious, wistful vocals, stuck in a confused haze, urgently releasing pain and frustration.

• Indonesian noise /indie pop duo Bourgeois – “Do I Really Have To Understand You?” from “Mattias” single [disanorak]

Another highly addictive dose of IndiePop from the dynamic Jakarta-based DIY imprint Disanorak, this time with an archival 2-tracker from around 9/10 years ago by the enigmatic duo Bourgeois with a crystalline crossbreed of British/Swedish retro indie pop sounds, such as irresistibly fresh, refined and timeless, which may have been written the other day. An anxious yet upbeat swaying wash of sparkly guitar riffs, elastic bass grooves and bouncy off-tempo drum beats, is enriched by delicious, playful and straightforward vocal interweavings, ceaselessly airy and elusive, to create infectious bright and melancholic melodies that seamlessly jump in and stick in your head.

• Montreal, Quebec ambient /cinematic /folk /neo-classical /experimental pop composer and singer Ambre Ciel “The sun, the sky” off the LP “Still, there is the sea” [Gondwana Records]
• German ambient /cinematic /chillout /acoustic /lounge /electronic artist Daniel Voss (aka Five Seasons) aka Slow World “Her Soul Seeks The Sea” from the LP “Ocean Blue” [Lemongrassmusic]
• Copenhagen, Denmark experimental pop trio haloplus+ “Musicality” single [Escho]
• Oslo, Norway ambient /ethereal /electronic /experimental pop artist Thea Grant “Until Sunset” new 2-track single [Shadow World]
• Brighton, UK drone /punk /art-pop /folk quartet New Eves “Cow Song” from the upcoming debut LP “The New Eve Is Rising” [Transgressive Records]
• Irish five-piece shoegaze /alt-rock band from Cork, Pebbledash “Asha’s Waltz” single
  
• San Francisco lo-fi dream-pop /haze pop singer-songwriter Michael Ramos (Cindy, Flowertown, Al Harper, Sad Eyed Beatniks, and former member of April Magazine), aka Tony Jay – “Jujyfruits” from V/A “San Francisco to Tokyo Tour 2025 a Clover Records compilation” cassette album in celebration of the 2025 Japan tour of Tony Jay and Mister Baby) [Clover Records / KiliKiliVilla]
• Clare, Australia jangle /indie rock-pop solo project Treechangers “Centuries” from “Symphonie Fantastique” EP
  
• New York-based Lo-Fi, Dream Pop collaborative music project between Federica Tassano & Matt Sklar, aka Phantom Handshakes “Come By (feat. Melting Resonance)” single
  
• Japanese shoegaze-acid-psychedelic singer-songwriter and Clover Records head (Pervenche, The Moment of Nightfall), Masato Saito feat. Y.Sugiura – “Blue Moon” single [Clover Records]
• Philadelphia lo-fi indie rock /psychedelic collaboration between Damien C. Taylor (The Sounds of Kaleidoscope, Asteroid #4) and Mike Hammel (Lilys, False Tracks), Flash Hits “Joy Hunters” from the cassette LP “Witch Kids Seek Magic World” [Strange Mono]
• LA pop scene veteran singer-songwriter NELSON BRAGG “Forever Days” single from forthcoming album “MÉLODIE DE NELSON: A POP ANTHOLOGY” [Big Stir Records]
• South Carolina dream /indie pop musician and composer Mathew Lee Cothran, aka Coma Cinema “Olivia Lua’s Grand Delusion” from the 6th LP “Grand Delusion”
  
• Devon, England ambient /electronic endeavour from former member of ’80s indie-pop group The June Brides, Phil Wilson “Traum (remix)” (S/T cover) from “Traum Soundtracks” EP sixth of the label’s 2025 EP series [Too Good To Be True]
• Bottrop, Germany lo-fi /kraut /shoegaze /trip-hop /indietronic solo project The Interlaken Tapes “Roter Mond” from “2” album [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• California dream pop /indie rock solo project of Anthony Ferraro, aka Astronauts, etc. “St. Terese” single from the upcoming LP “Professional Void”
  
• South of France new wave /indie rock /dream pop solo project of songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Peter Michel, aka Hibou “Cityscape” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Market Harborough, UK indie-rock /shoegaze /jangle /noise pop band Hidden Eyes “Piranha” from the album “Seeking Certainty”
  
• Malmö-based, Swedish indie /dream pop group YAST “Someone Else” first single from the third studio album, “Premium” [Adrian Recordings]
• Portland, OR 4-piece jangly indie /surf rock group Spooky Boys “Ghosting” from “Ghosting / Sleep Scaries” single [BIRTHDIY]
• Amsterdam-based synth-pop /indie trio Pip Blom “Upside Down” from “Grip” EP [Toaster Recordings]
• UK dream-pop /indie rock /grunge-pop duo CIEL “Will I Ever Feel Again” from upcoming debut LP “Call Me Silent”
  
• Singapore‘s 5-piece noise /dream /jangle /indie pop band SUBSONIC EYE “Sweet” from the fifth album, “Singapore Dreaming” [Topshelf Records]
• Glasgow-based C86 /jangly indie /twee-pop duo, I Wanna Be A Truck Driver “Truck of Trouble” from the CD edition of last March’s second album “While No One’s Looking by I Wanna Be A Truck Driver” [Subjangle]
• Bandung, Indonesian twee /indie rock /indie pop band fronted by Muhammad Febri Hendarsyah, Clubwater “Harmony of The Seas” from the second S/T “Clubwater” album [Untune Records]
• French jangle /indie pop solo project of musician and composer Olivier Boutry (Tales of Moon, Shoreline Stories), Few Border “Flavors & Feelings” title track of the new EP “Flavors & Feelings”
  
• Norwegian–German indie pop duo of Jørn O. Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse and Monobird, Swart Vredag) and Sebastian Voss (The Fisherman and his Soul, Nah…, Lancaster), Herr Wade “Jules Croiset” single [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• San Francisco pop /shoegaze /indie rock four-piece collective Galore “Field Trip” off the second “Dirt” LP [Speakeasy Studios SF]
• California experimental electronic /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop musical project of Kate Ramsey, The Rose Haze “LOVE FROM DEATH” single
  
• Brisbane, Australia shoegaze /indie rock duo Western Freeway  “Ex Mountain Climber” 2-track single
  
• Bradford, UK Shoegaze /Psychedelic /Indie Rock quintet, Abandoned Buildings “A Darkness Looms” from the upcoming EP “Fragments”
  
• Brazilian emo /slowcore outfit Guandu “mais um dia” from “NO-FI” LP [Candlepin Records]
• Poznań, Poland indie /dreampop /shoegaze collaboration between the project founder, Wojtek Liebthal and Jędrzej Kołecki (aka Kryowake), Destiny Ports “Where the Hours Go” single
  
• South Texas shoegaze /dream pop solo project FUN WITH ETHER “thought (loop)” from the third LP “simply duality”
  
• Los Angeles-based post-rock shoegaze trio Osnova “Blame the Fates” from “Rise the Sun” EP [Dune Altar]
• South Coast of England Indie /Alt rock /Shoegaze band, Coder “Nowhere” single [Papercrane Recordings]
• Brisbane-based dream-pop /shoegaze band Fragile Animals “Into It” single off the upcoming EP “Tourist”
  
• Adelaide, Australia Shoegaze /Dream-Pop group Chancery Lane “Trading With A Stranger”
  
• Oakland, CA dream pop /post-rock /shoegaze band Linoleum Dream “silver lining” (outtake from our unfinished album, “The Rivendell Sessions”)
  
• Ravenna, Italian dream-pop /shoegaze band TV FUZZ “Smile” single                               
• Peruvian dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze band Reverb Chamber “Ritmia” single [Catenaria Discos]
• Brooklyn, NY shoegaze quintet Field Test “survival instinct” single from upcoming cassette debut EP “findings” [Candlepin Records]
• São Paulo, Brazil alternative dream pop /noise /shoegaze band Echo Upstairs “Correspondência” from “Estranhos Lugares Para os Olhos” LP [midsummer madness / Gezellig Records]
• New York alt rock /grunge /slowcore /shoegaze four-piece Plight “Lying Dogs” from s/t album [à La Carte Records / Pleasure Tapes]
• Los Angeles-based 3-piece shoegaze /dream-pop band Supergloom “Shimmer” single
  
• Villahermosa, Mexico post-rock /shoegaze /dream pop band Lasitud “Luz en la Niebla” from the debut LP “Naufragios y Rescates”
  
• Nagoya, Japan 5-piece shoegaze /dream pop band Softsurf “Hazy Dusk” single [DREAMWAVES RECORDS]
• Canada‘s spacey psych-rock band from Saskatoon, The Radiation Flowers “White Rabbit” (Jefferson Airplane cover)
  
• Oslo, Norway indie /kraut /psychedelic rock duo of twin-guitarists and songwriters Joar and Bendik, aka Porto Geese “Train Song” from the LP “Pop Songs” [FysiskFormat]
• Glasgow‘s post-punk /new wave /indie rock band DANCER “Just Say Yes” from the upcoming second full-length album, “More or Less” [Meritorio Records]
• Glasgow 4-piece garage psych /proto-grunge /indie rock band Dragged Up “Clachan Dubh” single [Rare Vitamin Records]
• Westchester County, NY post-hardcore-rock quartet Moving Mountains “Ghost” off upcoming LP “Pruning Of The Lower Limbs” first album in 12 years [Wax Bodega]
• California veteran indie rock guitarist, singer-songwriter (28th Day, World of Pooh, S.F. Seals, The Go-Luckys!), Barbara Manning “Cantor’s Mind Was Rockin” from “Cantor’s Mind Was Rockin’ b/w Better By Bounds” 7″ single [Igor Records]
• Melbourne, Australia’s DIY Garage Punk /Power pop /Rock’n’Roll trio Loose Lips “Don’t Mess Me ‘Round” from the upcoming debut LP “LAST LAUGH” [DIG! Records]
• South Carolina punk /rock’n’roll band founded by Gino Bambino in 2007, GINO AND THE GOONS “dance of the Goons” from “Gino and the Goons” LP [Slovenly Records]
• Minneapolis, Minnesota noisy post-whatever quintet Unstable Shapes “Unstable Shapes x Lazerbeak – The Local Sphinx (Lazerbeak Mix)” off “Machined Delicately” EP [Learning Curve Records]
• Montreal, Quebec psychedelic rock trio Hippie Hourrah “Cycle cinq” from “Il y eut un rythme” LP [Simone Records]
• Twentynine Palms, CA 4-piece post-punk /rock’n’roll /garage punk band Ideal Body “Log Ride” single
  
• Taipei, Chinese space psychedelic rock band Dope Purple “Night Flying 夜間飛行” from the album “Children in the Darkness” [WV Sorcerer Productions 巫唱片 / Riot Season Records]
• Brighton, UK ambient /gothic Americana /folk guitarist Gwenifer Raymond “Jack Parsons Blues” from the third LP “Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark” [We Are Busy Bodies]