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

• TREMOLO: 2025 Playlist
  

Once again, WL//WH is thrilled to support Seattle‘s  Tremolo Fest 2025, three nights of electrifying music with incredible bands on September 25-27. Tickets are already on pre-sale, just follow this link.

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3-piece alternative /shoegaze /dream pop band Stellamaris “Wave” from the 2-track single “Sunset Overdrive”
  

The Carioca trio returns after a long break, with a two tracker of evocative classic early 90s Shoegaze aesthetics in its most textured and oneiric tones. The gloomier “Wave” unfurls a vibrant, hypnotic haze of noisy, distorted guitars, stirred by shuffling, loose drum beats and moody, lithe humming bass pulses, to cast a flowing, melancholic droning hiss over dreamy female vocals, lost in sadness and longing.

• Hungarian indie rock /post-punk /shoegaze solo project of Misli Martin, aka Matrica “INSZOMNIA” single
  

The young songwriter from Hungary unleashes an electrifying slice of crunchy alternative rock with a moody post-punk edge, through a revving drum programming and thrumming bassline that propels a breakneck rush of serrated, blaring, distorted guitar riffs, amid a quirky, quivering synth-laced respite, frenzily churning and screeching with ominous, droning intensity around urgent, restless vocals, soaring into agonizing fear, to express the loneliness and alienation of modern urban savagery.

• Mexico City 4-piece dream pop /shoegaze band Melts “Yellow” single
  

On a similar wavelength as Monterrey‘s Dawn Haze, out this week with yet another captivating single, the Mexico City four-piece Melts deliver an atmospheric and immersive, both caressing and penetrating, Shoegaze sound. “Yellow”, one of two songs recently dropped at the same time, stirs heart-warming poetry, that uses lights and shadows to explore the human condition, creating a dream-like textural setting of blurry, nostalgic, effect-laden waves, penetrated by pain-filled sparkling guitar melodies, to hover and swell with subtle spacious distortion above a mid-tempo pulsing of light trotting drum beats and gloomy, humming bass vibrations, while soft, airy characters of multi-tonal vocals bring forth feelings of melancholy, disconnection, and longing.

• French pop icon Brigitte Fontaine “Une Fois Mais Pas Deux – instrumental” from the 1968 landmark album “Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle – Special Edition” arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier (special 2-LP remastered edition with a second LP of demos, instrumentals, and live renditions) [WEWANTSOUNDS]
• UK dreampop /indie folk collaboration between former All About Eve‘s Julianne Regan and Tim Bricheno, aka Regan & Bricheno “Ophelia” (remastered rarity, previously only available on a charity CD album)
  
• Poughkeepsie, New York-based dream folk duo out of Vassar College, composed of Naomi Sullins and Brynne Mershon, aka Dovetail “Raining Here, Too” debut single
  
• East London-based indie folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lila Tristram “Overtake” from upcoming LP “America” [wiaiwya]
• California ethereal dream pop project Crimson Whisper “Softly He Calls” from “Beautify” EP
  
•  Oslo, Norway indie /dream pop solo project Yndling “Fences” single [Spirit Goth Records]         
• Glasgow, Scotland DIY jangle /dream pop band led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Kay Terence, aka Swiss Portrait “Park Safety” single
  
• Shaftesbury, UK organist, guitarist and songwriter (member of ’80s Cardiff post-punk band Young Marble Giants, and The Gist), Stuart Moxham “The Quiet One” from the upcoming LP “Winter Sun” [Tiny Global Productions]
• Wivenhoe, UK DIY lo-fi jangle /indie rock /guitar pop project founded in 1980 by singer–songwriter and poet Martin Newell, The Cleaners From Venus “Only A Shadow” from upcoming album “Midnight Cleaners” [The Cat Collects]
• Chippenham, UK 60s pop indie /psych-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist BLAKE “Sleep Talk” single from forthcoming studio album, “Flamingo Road”
  
• Derbyshire, UK DIY twee /jangle /indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “Self Help Song” from “A Kind Of Longing” EP
  
• Melbourne indie rock /jumble pop four-piece Piggietails “Cycling Song” first single from the s/t album [Spoilsport Records]
• Michigan-based, London-native DIY lo-fi /twee /jangle /indie-pop solo project of songwriter Sean Turner, aka The Photocopies “Average Schmuck” from “Treacherous” EP
  
• Düsseldorf-based jangle /indie pop band led by Lars from Subterfuge, The Radio Field “A Mess” 2nd single from the forthcoming album “Air and Sunlight”
  
• Belfast-based, Northern Irish lo-fi /jangle-indie-rock singer and songwriter AM Shanley “Let’s Get Invisible” from the debut album “American Vanilla” [Subjangle]
• Tokyo, Japan indie-pop unit led by Swinging Popsicle member Osamu Shimada, aka THE CARAWAY “Birthday Girl” from the 7″ vinyl single “Birthday Girl / I Love Your Tears” (re-recorded versions) [Blue-Very Label]
• UK indie pop band formed in 1989 from the ashes of legendary Oxford band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly “Someone Who Cares” from the 2-track “Portland Town” 7″ vinyl single [Skep Wax]
• London, UK-based psych /kraut /melodic indie pop band led by wife-and-husband team Vanessa Vass (The Melons) and Tim Vass (Razorcuts), Silver Biplanes “Miss California Toothpaste 1972” ( Biff Bang Pow! cover, 1988) from the EP “Coming Up For Air” [Precious Recordings of London / wiaiwya Records]
• Glasgow-based lo-fi /electro-pop /indie /post-punk husband-and-wife duo Gemma Fleet and Andrew Doig (part of post-punk group Dancer and individually with Nightshift, Current Affairs, The Wharves, The Human Race, Order of the Toad, etc.), THE CHOP “In The Hen House” from the debut LP “It’s The Chop” [Wrong Speed Records]
• Texas 5-piece rock’n’roll /twee /jangle pop band Paper Jam “In Your Town – Demo” from “Texas Tour Demos” EP
  
• Edinburgh-based, 5-piece Scottish pop group born in the late ’80s from the ashes of the Shop Assistants and Meat Whiplash, Motorcycle Boy “I Could Make You Happy (session)” (previously unreleased) from “John Peel session 14.09.87” EP 10″ [Precious Recordings of London]
• New York-based lo-fi jangle indie pop project by Phil Sutton (Pale Lights, Cinema Red and Blue and once of Comet Gain), Love, Burns feat. Rachel Evans “Dear Carol” from “Dear Carol / Drawn Together” 7″ double A-side single [Spinout Nuggets]
• Cardiff, Wales-based ’60s inflected indie pop band THE LOVES “Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang (Peel)” from “PRELP 5: Live at the BBC” LP 12″ [Precious Recordings of London] London-based C86 /punk /psych /indie pop band founded in the early ’90s, led by David Feck, COMET GAIN “Dreams With Sharp Teeth” from “Tickets To The Underneath” 7” EP [Spinout Nuggets]
• Los Angeles indie /jangle pop band Massage “Daffy Duck” first single from the upcoming album “Coaster” [Prefect Records / Mt.St.Mtn. /Bobo Integral]
• Liverpool, UK 4-piece DIY indie rock band a Lesser Version “Is There Really Cruelty in Kindness???” single
  
• Glasgow-based power pop /guitar pop five-piece Former Champ “Crooked Little Line” from the upcoming debut LP “I Saw You in Paradise” [Hand of God]
• Pittsburgh, PA dreamgaze /indie rock duo Colatura “Survive” from “If I’m Being Honest” EP [Easy Does It Records]
• Bali, Indonesia alternative rock /indie pop trio Sourmilk “Rocketship” from the debut LP “A Collection of Absurd Ideas” [Kolibri Rekords]
• Brisbane, Australia shoegaze /indie rock band Western Freeway “Nothing Lasts Forever” off “Nothing Lasts Forever” EP
  
• Hartford, Connecticut-based Dreampop /Dreamgaze studio project softlightsymphony “Phoebe’s Arp” single
  
• Umeå, Sweden electronic /dream pop /shoegaze band Haermape “Just for show” (Single Edit)
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina dream pop /shoegaze solo project NAX “Desde lejos” from “Sugar Days” (EP)
  
• Singapore-based alt-rock /dream-pop /shoegaze band BLUSH “Everything Was Made In Spring (ft. Death of Heather)” from the LP “Beauty Fades, Pain Lasts Forever”
  
• Liverpool, UK indie folk /psych pop /shoegaze duo Everything Else “Deep Mind” from the debut album “Another One Making Clouds” [Big Potato Records]
• Guadalajara, Mexico shoegaze /dreampop band Dawn Haze “Videotape” single
  
• Jacksonville, FL ethereal dream pop /shoegaze four piece Echo Foxtrot “Haleine” from the debut “EP1”
  
• Perth, Western Australia Shoegaze solo project of Steve Matzkov, aka Seven Hour Days “The Game” lead single from the “The Game” EP
  
• South Australia Country /Indie Rock /Dream Pop /Shoegaze Guitarist, Songwriter and Producer Dave Thomas, AKA Hey Calamity “Lovers & Sinners” title track of the new EP “Lovers & Sinners”
  
• Landskrona, Sweden dream-pop /shoegaze /indie rock artist Pierre Andersson Ek “älgbacken” single
  
• Columbus, Missouri grunge /slowcore /shoegaze band Telepathy Club “Calling The Dealer” from the s/t album “Telepathy Club”
  
• California dream-pop /indie pop /shoegaze band Sunder “Wallflower” from upcoming “Love, Always” EP [à La Carte Records]
• Denton, TX alternative-rock /dream-pop /indie-rock /shoegaze four piece band Honey Saxon “Ecstasy” from “HEAVEN’S GATE”
  
• Buffalo, NY post-rock /indie /grunge /shoegaze project of Jeff Kandefer (The Daysleepers), Sinking_Gardens “Safeheaven” single
  
• Los Angeles-based noise rock /shoegaze /dream-pop band Supergloom “Misfortune 500” single from the  upcoming “Black Violet” EP
  
• Milan, Italy post-punk/dream pop /shoegaze foursome Grace Cale “off the rails” single
  
• Indonesia blackgaze /post rock /shoegaze solo project The Trust Souvenir “I didn’t know how to celebrate your birthday, so I wrote this title” single
  
• Toronto, ON dream pop /psychedelic /shoegaze band One Hundred Moons “Black Avalanche” title track of the upcoming LP “Black Avalanche”
  
• New York grungegaze four-piece Glimmer “Dissolve” 2nd single from the debut album “Get Weak”
  
• Yonkers, NY post-hardcore /alternative rock /grungegaze /shoegaze five-piece Honey Daze “Paste” from the upcoming debut LP “Another Habit to Break”
  
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based doom pop /shoegaze /post-punk solo project of musician and songwriter Warren Ard, aka DETECTS “Don’t Get Caught” first single from the upcoming album “MINUS” [WAY-OFF RECORDS]
• Austin, TX shoegaze /indie rock /dance band Nuclear Daisies “Doves” from the LP “First Taste of Heaven” [Portrayal of Guilt]
• Prague-based 80s dream pop /shoegaze /synthwave four-piece Iggy Mayerov “Feels Like Yesterday” single
  
• Mataró, Barcelona based electronic /post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock band Slow Connection “Tez” single
  
• Geelong, Australia-based boogie /blues /psychedelic rock power trio O.R.B (the Organic Rock Band) “Mind Over Matter” 2-track 7″ single [Fuzz Club]
• Nashville, Tennessee-based proto-shoegaze /psychedelic rock four-piece band led by dual songwriters Frank Hand (My Wall) and Travis Trevisan (Tape Deck Mountain, Slow Salvation), Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament “Garth” from the upcoming debut self-titled album
  
• Wayne County, Michigan lo-fi /blues /psych /noise pop /indie rock singer-songwriter (Gauze & Ivory Band, Quilt Boy, The Bibs) and ALL Gone Records founder, Christopher Alan Durham “Behind The Curtain” from the cassette album “Basement Debris” collection of solo old homespun studio recordings [ALL Gone Records]    
• Montreal synthpop /garage punk trio GARDEN OF LOVE – “Easy” from V/A “Weird Scenes From Inside The Droll Mind” 7″ EP [Celluloid Lunch Records]
• New Orleans, Louisiana garage punk rock /rock’n’roll band led by Drew Owen, Sick Thoughts “Another Piece Of Plastic” title track of the upcoming EP [Rokk Records]
• Santa Fe, New Mexico ’60s jangle /psych /garage-pop band, The Specific Heats “Splitting Seams from the cassette remastered collection “The EPs: Back Through Thyme & Decaydes Later”
  
• Charlotte, North Carolina‘s rock’n’roll /power pop band, formed in 1978, THE SPONGETONES “Honest Work” single from upcoming LP “Beyond” [Big Stir Records]
• Brighton, UK drone /punk /art-pop /folk quartet The New Eves “Mary” from the debut LP “The New Eve Is Rising” [Transgressive Records]
• Berkeley, CA ambient /country /cosmic folk experimental yodeler and guitarist, Katsy Pline “I Can’t Find The Time” from the cassette album “Live at the Three Teardrops” [Paisley Shirt Records]
• New York-based Texas-born alt-country-alt /dreamy pop singer-songwriter Jess Ledbetter “Pick Me Up” from “Wild Blue” EP
  
• Philadelphia-based ambient /field recordings /post-rock project of guitarist Dan Lynch, aka Loamer “Levada dos Cedros” from upcoming LP “Travelogue” [Aural Canyon]