Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – JULY 2024 – #29-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Melbourne, Australia dream-pop /shoegaze quartet Sorry, Dave “Simply Disappear” single from the upcoming album “Sink”
According to the Aussie band ”Simply Disappear” is their heaviest song yet, where massive self-doubt stirs urgent driving rhythms with immersive fluid swells and flourishes of emotional, shimmery distorted blankets woven by invigorating fuzzed-out guitar turmoil, to reverberate over and conceal sad, angsty vocals and high fragile halos with endless surges of alienation and angst.
- Helsinki-based psychedelic rock /shoegaze /dreampop band Indigo Dream “Waterfall” from debut self-titled EP
Dreamy & shimmering sounds from the international group based in Helsinki fronted by our old acquaintance, the former Juliper Sky singer Jamie Sarja-Lambert. The band depicts evocative and arcane, vaguely psychedelic, soundscapes, built on intricate sheets of shimmering guitars that hover lightly over captivating vocal harmonies; 5 songs that reserve the best part at the start with the Britpopian ballad “Avalon” and the sparkling arpeggios of “Electric Dreams”, on which a groovy Stone Roses-style rhythmic pattern would not have disfigured, and above all the splendid initial uplifting, all about a beautiful intimate relationship, through a bright shimmery aura of soaring sparkling guitars spinning around emotional vocals brimming with a waterfall of love and hope.
- Seville, Spain dream-pop /noise pop /shoegaze band led by fran lora, flu flu “Volverás” single from the upcoming 4th album.
Another return for a familiar band, Valencian band fuses fuzzed noise and brittle bittersweet melody, through its typical electrifying swirling flows of distorted loud guitar energy, soaring like a sunrise laced with warm radiant swathes and misty glows, around soft dreamy vocal longing, to evoke a light airy feeling of vibrant hope.
- UK ambient /post-rock /broken beats /slowcore /electronica producer Peter Cooper, aka Stumbleine “Fake Plastic Trees” from the collection album “& Friends”
- Stockholm indie jangle pop five-piece band Stephen’s Shore “Under The Pine (Yourhighness Adriatic Dub Remix)”
- Beirut, Lebanese industrial /dark folk-tronic /shoegaze /dream pop duo of singer-songwriter and musician Julia Sabra (of Postcards) and musician-producer Fadi Tabbal, aka Snakeskin “Sunburst” from upcoming LP “They Kept Our Photographs” [Mais Um]
- Chicago, IL ambient /psych /post-rock band of singer-guitarist Matt Christensen, multi-instrumentalist Brian Harding, and drummer Mike Weis, aka Zelienople “Everything Is Simple” title track of new album “Everything Is Simple” album [Shelter Press]
- North Carolina experimental /ambient pop long running moniker of musician and Hot Releases label head Ryan Martin, aka Secret Boyfriend “Empty as the Flame” from “Listener’s Guide” LP 12″ [enmossed]
- Canadian shoegaze /psychedelic folk /dream pop project of Crystal Dorval from Vancouver, White Poppy “Mind Garden” from the instrumental album “Ataraxia” final volume of the ‘Paradise Gardens’ trilogy via Not Not Fun Records
- Saint-Alphonse, Quebec acoustic folk musician and songwriter (Menace Ruine, and Preterite), Geneviève Beaulieu “Ephemerals” from the upcoming debut album “Augury”
- UK indie folk singer-songwriter Ellis Jones, TRUST FUND “Has It Been A While” single via Tapete Records
- Bern, Switzerland/Stockholm, Sweden dream pop /indie folk collaboration Silver Firs // Stainwasher “Lost” single via Oh, Sister Records
- Brooklyn, NY Grunge Rock /Dream Pop artist, Sara Devoe – “The Worst Person in the World” from “Scared of the Dark” EP via Spirit Goth Records
- Stockholm‘s veteran indie-pop /electropop trio, Red Sleeping Beauty “Canciones De Verano (feat. Cristina Quesada and Andreas Jonsson)” single
- Marietta, Georgia atmospheric /jangle pop /shoegaze /dreampop singer-songwriter Copperplate “Hello Florence” from the upcoming third album “A Pleasant Journey”
- Portland, OR lo-fi /electronic /synthpop solo project Kensoniq “Fireworks (Kanda x Kensoniq)” single
- London based Greek indie /dream pop /synth-pop /electronic duo, MeLLLo + Nikonn “LoVe” single
- Montreal, Quebec dream pop /new wave /synth pop experimental trio Dawn To Dawn “Yours To Know” single via SSURROUNDSS
- London, UK bedroom sad pop composer, singer and producer, Kitty Fitz “Laughing Stock” single
- Melbourne, Australia jangle /indie folk quartet led by Liam ‘Snowy’ Halliwell, aka Snowy Band “If You Ever Need Me” from the third LP “Age Difference” via Blossom Rot Records
- Jersey City, NJ vintage pop /indie-pop duo Fascinations Grand Chorus ”Summer Love” from the upcoming EP “Summer Love”
- Ottawa, Canada dream /jangle /psych-pop /synth-pop duo SKYTONE “Stepping Out” single
- UK jangle indie twee pop trio The Happy Somethings “Is This Thing Broken?” from “Caught In The Web” EP
- Blumenau, Brazil 4-piece shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock band Adorável Clichê “Aonde mais” from “Sonhos que nunca morrem” LP via Balaclava Records
- California alt-rock /shoegaze /indie rock band, founded in 1993, led by guitarist-singer-songwriter Jason Martin, aka Starflyer 59 “909” first single from the upcoming full-length “Lust For Gold” via Velvet Blue Music
- San Francisco DIY folk /dream pop /indie pop band led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “My Toxic Friend” single
- Italian bedroom pop /indie rock musician, singer and composer from Rome, Wallace Welsh “Another Time” from the single “Another Time / Take”
- Los Angeles-based 4-piece indie pop band The Treedome “Why Do I Try?” single
- Indonesian shoegaze /indie /dream-pop band The Lemon Lusts “Our Na Na Goes Sha La La” off the debut cassette EP “The Lemon Lusts” via Dead Set Eyes Records
- San Francisco, CA indie pop band The Kitchenettes “Shadow Play” from cassette “Demos” E.P. via Discontinuous Innovation Inc.
- Australian Emo Indie Rock band from Melbourne, Garage Sale “Movie” from the cassette “Stars Fall 2” EP via Sore Horse (Aus) and BSDJ (Jap)
- San Francisco lo-fi /shoegaze /slacker /indie rock trio Pocket Full of Crumbs – “Right Illusion” from the album “In My Hands I Hold a Lucky Cricket” album via Cherub Dream Records
- Glasgow DIY veteran 4-piece emo punk band Slowlight “That’s Pretty Good (for a girl)” single via GoldMold Records
- Sapporo, Japan indie rock /shoegaze /dreampop quartet MEL “Again” from the EP “Blurred Windows”
- Wiltshire based, UK dreamy indie Anglo/New Zealandish husband-wife duo Karl and Kat Mann, aka Shapes Like People “Fireworks” debut single
- Detroit, MI ambient /ethereal /dream-pop /shoegaze duo of Giovanna Lenski and Christian Molik, Clinic Stars “I Am The Dancer” off the upcoming debut LP “Only Hinting” [kranky]
- London-based alternative rock /shoegaze band PURS “Tear” from the album “Surr”
- Birmingham, UK atmospheric /indie rock /shoegaze solo project Winter Harbour “Circling Around Misery” from “A Momentary Darkness” EP
- Moscow-based shoegaze /dreampop band murmur ukiyobanare! “сирень” from “бесконечный туман волнения” EP
- Montreal, Québec bedroom pop /psychedelic /indie rock 4-piece Knitting “Sleeper” 2nd single from “Some Kind of Heaven” via Mint Records
- Cincinnati, OH psych rock/dream pop /shoegaze band Sungaze “Freer Than I Could Be” single
- New York-based Lo-Fi /Shoegaze /Dream Pop duo of Federica Tassano and Matt Sklar, Phantom Handshakes “Dusk Enchanted” second single from the album “Sirens at Golden Hour” via Start-track.com
- Detroit, Michigan Indie /Dream Pop duo Bluhm “Is It True Love?” from the upcoming LP “Midnight Hill”
- Scotland‘s Britpop / indie rock band Saint Sappho – “Blue Jeans” (Lana Del Rey Cover)
- New wave /Shoegaze /Dream-Pop duo of Swiss multi-instrumentalist and composer Andy Jossi and North American lyricist and singer Krissy Vanderwoude, a.k.a. The Churchhill Garden “Sleep” (the Naked Souls cover version, 1993)
- Enigmatic lo-fi noise /shoegaze /dream-pop solo project Sterile Cuckoo “BLESSED (feat. Moon Void)” from the album “ESKAPISMUS”
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi alt-rock /shoegaze band Jewelry “suzybannion” from “Demo” EP via Planet Wave
- Houston, TX 4-piece shoegaze /dreamy rockers DAZE “She Said” single
- Japanese indie /shoegaze band STOMP TALK MODSTONE “Purple From Love” from the album “Pure Purple Pool”
- Vienna, Virginia 4-piece emo /alt rock /shoegaze band Bellweather “Anymore” single
- Sea Bright, New Jersey shoegaze /indie rock solo project Prettier Now “Swan Locket” single
- Sweden alternative rock /dreampop /shoegaze instrumental solo project Kitten Paws “Wythenshaw” from “The Scythes” Original Soundtrack
- Moscow, Russia noise rock /psych /shoegaze band Dog Silent “Тени” single
- Chicago, IL shoegaze /Dream-Pop 4-piece LIGHTFOILS “Entropic” single
- Seattle, WA 4-piece psych /dreampop /shoegaze band bloococoon “Blossom Like a Rose” off upcoming debut LP via Little Cloud Records
- US emo /alternative rock /post-hardcore /shoegaze solo project of Noah Long, aka April Winters “Rain Dance” debut single
- Richmond, Virginia blackgaze /post-rock /doomgaze /shoegaze solo project BREATHS “dream walking” from the cassette S/T album
- Boston, MA alt-rock /shoegaze band Dropbear “Magic City” title track of the upcoming debut LP
- Durant, Oklahoma post-hardcore /alternative rock /heavy shoegaze band Heavytrip “Servant” single
- Grenoble, France doom /post-rock /shoegaze trio QOYA “Timeless” from the upcoming second album “KARMA”
- Italian shoegaze /cosmic rock /krautrock /psychedelic solo project of Milanese multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Parisini, aka Bear of Bombay “Close Your Eyes” second single of the upcoming album “PsychoDreamElectroGaze” via Shore Dive Records / No Me Escucho Records / Waddafuzz! Records
- Nizhny Novgorod, Russia neo-psychedelic band (FKA “Green Uncle and the Black Hole Surfers”), Black Hole Surfers “Abyss / Бездна” first single from the upcoming debut album.
- German kraut /space /heavy psychedelic rock band Sarkh – “Cape Wrath” from the 2xLP split album “International Space Station | vol. 2” with Verstärker /Kombynat Robotron /Speck via Worst Bassist (DE+World), Echodelick (USA) and Weird Beird (UK)
- Italian fuzz /cosmic /psychedelic rock band from Treviso, Cosmic Room 99 “Plastic Venus” from upcoming S/T debut LP via Sister 9 Recordings, Little Cloud Records and Shyrec Label
- London-based shoegaze /alternative rock /indie rock band led by Dutch singer-songwriter Sarah-Jayne Riedel, aka Dutch Mustard “Loser” single (co-written and co-produced with indie icon Bill Ryder-Jones)
- Melbourne-based space folk /indie rock project of musician, singer-songwriter Tanya Batt, aka Batts “Crisis” single from upcoming LP “Just My Luck”
- California post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock band Sunder “Starve” single
- German indie rock band by brothers Tom and Mike Zitzelsberger, aka Deathsport “End of the World” from “Problem” EP via Duchess Box Records
- Chinese three-piece post-punk /psych /indie/noise rock band from Beijing, Carsick Cars “Farewell” from the upcoming new album via Maybe Mars
- Valencia, Spain post-punk /emo /indie rock band La Culpa “Puñales” single via Humo Internacional
- London-based experimental five-piece leather.head with acclaimed poet and playwright Zia Ahmed, leather.head + zia ahmed “From the River, to the Sea” fundraiser for Palestine single
- Dusseldorf, Germany psych /garage /indie-rock band Neumatic Parlo “Carnage” single via UNIQUE Records
- Macclesfield, UK indie rock trio Queen Cult “To Be A Boy” single
- New York indie rock project of singer-songwriter John Ross, aka Wild Pink ‘The Fences of Stonehenge’ off upcoming LP ‘Dulling The Horns’ via Fire Talk Records
- Brighton, UK-based indie rock /new wave /art rock artist Ellis Dickson, aka ELLiS·D “Carousel” single [Crafting Room Recordings]
- London-based electro-clash /alternative trash pop duo Shelf Lives “Where Did I Go?” single
- Los Angeles indie pop-rock trio Sunday (1994) “TV Car Chase” single
- Gold Coast, Australia indie rock trio Eliza & The Delusionals “Will She Know Today” from the LP “Make It Feel Like The Garden” via Cooking Vinyl Australia
- Glasgow, UK alternative pop /indie singer-songwriter Zoe Graham “Even Though I’m Scared” single
- Berlin-based, Melbourne‘s experimental folk musician, singer and songwriter Ned Collette “Our Other History” title track of the upcoming LP “Our Other History” via Sophomore Lounge
- Brooklyn, NY indie folk singer-songwriter Jacqueline Hackett “Snaggletooth” single
- Nashville, TN alt country /acoustic folk duo Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Empty Trainload Of Sky” from “Woodland” via Acony Records