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

• Tokyo, Japan 4-piece ‘neo gazer’ band The Floatings “Lily​(​demo)” single
  

Emotive neo-gazers from Tokyo return with a demo song about loss and a long, light and dark healing process. High, slightly childish, vocals dig deep into an emotional well of intense feelings, swaying over vibrant blankets of shimmering strummed guitars, punctuated by plodding drumming, and layered with bursts of swirling, fuzzed-out expanses and excruciating high-pitched flourishes, to soar triumphantly then fall.

• Bradford, UK dreampop /psych rock /shoegaze /indie rock 5-piece band Abandoned Buildings “Rabbit Holes” single from the upcoming new album ”Eroding Light”
  

A deft fusion of elements from Dreampop, Psychedelia and Indie Rock, the final single before the band’s debut LP, framed by a dazzling and swirling guitar work, is about the manipulation of our human nature by algorithms and the insanity that ensues, fueled by a dynamic backdrop of loose drums and a sinuously pulsing bassline, atop which woozy and anxious surreal auras hang suspended over striking emotive layers of sparkling, echoing guitar reflections, poignant piercing leads, and edgy keyboard riffs, to hopelessly surround angsty dreamy vocals and high whispery echoes with the unsettling polarization of rabbit hole deception.

• Adelaide ambient /shoegaze /jangle /indie project of Caleb Carr, Border National “Memory Repository” debut 2-track single
  

Border National is yet another alias from the Aussie musician and composer Caleb Carr, but as long as he keeps writing such brilliant songs, it’s not a big deal, based on a build up of circular repetitive scintillating guitar loops with a trance-inducing effect, as usually does the English pop Shopfires as well. The title track is a heady guitar pop reverie bathed in introspective melancholy, that sways on a shimmering blanket of bittersweet six-string melodies that jangle endlessly in a mesmerizing trance somehow echoing intriguing exotic sheens, pierced with swirling edgy distorted flourishes, while unaffected, yet nostalgic vocals croon with moody emotional intensity.

• Portland, OR-based Canadian–American ambient /cinematic /electroacoustic /electronic musician (one half of husband-wife synth-pop duo Mint Julep), Hollie Kenniff “Surface” single via Nettwerk
  
• Manchester, UK ambient /pop /piano /folk /singer-songwriter /music-maker, artist and historian Suzy Mangion – “Be Still My Soul” from “Clarion Mixture” EP 10″ compiled by Ghostwriter [Wick Hollow Recordings / Subexotic Records]
• Copenhagen experimental /ambient folk pop singer, songwriter and producer Maria Leth Schütze, aka Alto Aria “For Rose” from the single “Some Things Are Not Meant To Hold II” [Posh Isolation]
• Halifax, Nova Scotia experimental /dreamy /psych-folk singer-songwriter Andrea Cormier “Un Miroir” from the 2-track single “Auspice”
  
• Miyazaki prefecture, Japan 60s pop /experimental acid folk /dream pop DIY late-80s/early-90s artist Maple Fish “君​が​ど​ん​ど​ん​離​れ​て​行​く (You are Leaving My Mind)” from the compilation of 1995 recordings – 君がどんどん離れて行く You Are Leaving My Mind: The “Mariko” and “Dokitto Station!!” Era – LP 12″ via EM Records
  
• Bordeaux, France ambient /stoner /indie rock /post-rock /slowcore band (former members of Lonely Walk, Magneto or Watertank) fronted by Camille Dalby,  Suif “February” from “A run on thin ice” LP co-released by Permafrost Records, Araki Records, Day Off, Jarane, Plaisir d’Offrir, Whosbrain, Coeur sur Toi
  
• Atlanta, GA atmospheric /slowcore side project of Orchid Mantis, Blue Noon “I’m so tired” single
  
• Orlando, FL-based shoegaze /dream pop project of Matthew Messore, aka Cathedral Bells “all that remained (ft. Porch Kiss)” single
  
• London, UK ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop duo DEARY “The Drift” from upcoming “Aurelia” EP [Sonic Cathedral]
• Rockford, Illinois ethereal psychedelic band White Shape “Veil Piercer” from the second LP “Through The Lupine” via UP IN HER ROOM (UK) & Little Cloud Records (US)
  
• Parma, Italy kraut /ethnic /stoner rock /world /psychedelic /acid folk band Upupayāma “Thimpu” from the third studio album “Mount Elephant” via Fuzz Club Records
  
• UK frontman and main songwriter of seminal mid ’60s/early 70s psychedelic bands Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour, Peter Daltrey “Geranium Rain “from the 27th LP “The Rhymer In The Long-Tongued Room” via Think Like A Key Music
  
• Albuquerque, New Mexico‘s 60s jangle-psych pop foursome The Directory “Morning Sun” (bonus track) from “Shutdown & The Centre For Useless Splendour” (double album) CD via Subjangle
  
• Copenhagen‘s indie rock /psychedelic /shoegaze /dream pop producer Trentemøller “Empty Beaches” from the LP “Dreamweaver” via his own In My Room
  
• Glasgow-based, Scottish indie guitar /folk rock band of guitarist Jim McCulloch (formerly of The Soup Dragons and BMX Bandits), and vocalist Anna Sheard (feat. members of The Soup Dragons, BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub, Arab Strap), Snowgoose “Better Listen” off of the upcoming third album, ‘’Descendant’’ via Violette Records & Ba Da Bing Records
  
• Orlando, FL shoegaze /dream pop band Shampoo Tears “Set The Fire” from the sophomore EP “Tidal Wave” CD via Shore Dive Records
  
• Santa Paula, CA ambient /experimental /hauntology /electronic /folk /psychedelic pop duo En Suite “Don’t Worry About It” from “P​.​X​.​P.” – EP
  
• Genève-based, Swiss pop sister and brother analog synth poetry duo Citron Citron “Rafales” from the second LP “Maréeternelle” [Les Disques Bongo Joe]
• Montreal, Quebec garage indie pop unit led by singer-songwriter Deb Edison, The Submissives “Obsessed” from the upcoming LP “Live At Value Sound Studios” via Celluloid Lunch Records
  
• Milwaukee-based veteran 4-piece kraut /post-punk /psych /noise-pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Brief Candles “Murky” first single from upcoming LP “Unfinished Nature”
  
• Croatia psych /dream pop /indie rock band ŽEN “Krizantema” from the 4rd LP “Ciklus” via Moonlee Records
  
• Olympia, WA‘s psych /indie rock band THIN VEIL “Half Past Seven” from the debut full-length album “Temporary Motion” via Smoking Room and Julia’s War
      
• Chicago, IL noise pop /grunge /indie rock solo project of singer and multi-instrumentalist Austin Smith, aka Honeysick – “Spin” single
  
• German Indie Pop /Kraut /Psychedelic /Dream Pop band Suzan Köcher’s Suprafon “Living In A Bad Place” (Single Edit) from the upcoming LP “In These Dying Times”
  
• Boston, MA-based jangle indie pop /rock band The Zip-Ups “Kissing Meditations” from the EP “Playing The Ones We Know”
  
• Sheffield, UK indie /post-punk /wonky pop trio Good News “Angry Tea” from the debut LP “Small Forms” via Bingo Records
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia 4-piece twee noise pop band Crayon Cats “Not The Best Day” from the first EP “Songs About You!”
  
• Indonesia C86 /Twee /indie pop band Maisonette “Last Cig” first single via forfun.cookies
  
• UK lo-fi indie pop solo project R.KENEDY “Cat” from “LIVING ROOM DEMOS” album
  
• Market Harborough, UK indie-rock /shoegaze /jangle /noise pop band Hidden Eyes “Sleepless” single from the forthcoming debut LP
  
• Adelaide, Australia dream pop /shoegaze /post-punk /new wave /jangle project Air Belgrade “Reprise (I Don’t Like Parties)” single
  
• Nashville, TN bedroom /alternative /indie rock band The Sewing Club “Strange” single
  
• Sheffield, UK art-rock /shoegaze /dreampop /indie rock band New Ghost “Red & Blue” from the album “A Dagger In Every Tide”
  
• Poznań, Poland lo-fi /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop solo project, Septembie “I want to see your face on my Kodak film” off of “Hi, I’m Septembie” EP
  
• Chicago, IL lo-fi /indie rock /slowcore band Edlear “The Lottery” from the single “The Lottery / Dishes” via Flesh and Bone Records
  
• Fort Wayne, Indiana slowcore /dream pop /shoegaze /rock band, seventh cloud “Eyes Bigger Than Your Stomach” from the sophomore EP “Heirloom​/​Locket”
  
• Aarhus, Danish dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze trio Catch the Breeze ”Hope has a Place”, title track of the third full-length album ”Hope has a Place”
  
• Iceland indie /dreampop /shoegaze 5-piece Oyama “Cigarettes” single                                                                              
• Maryland dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock bedroom project THE PLEASURE HOLES ”virtual roadside exorcism” new single
  
• New Jersey four piece indie rock /shoegaze band Cosmoline “Benzene” from the upcoming LP “Inventions”
  
• Stockholm, Sweden noisy shoegaze-y indie rock quartet Clutter “Holy Brother” off the debut 7″ single “Jesus”/“Holy Brother” via PNKSLM Recordings
  
• Brooklyn, NY bedroom gaze /indie rock /shoegaze band fronted by Brazilian-born Victoria Winter, Shower Curtain “Benadryl man” single from the upcoming LP “Words from a Wishing Well” via Angel Tapes/Fire Talk
  
• Australia bedroom shoegaze musician witherbride “Winona” single
  
• Seattle, WA 4-piece psych /dreampop /shoegaze band bloococoon “Into the Sunset and Fade” off debut s/t LP via Little Cloud Records
  
• Glasgow, UK alternative rock /shoegaze duo Saint Sappho “End Of The World” single via new Optimo Music Rocks imprint
  
• Bangkok, Thailand based alt-rock /dreampop /shoegaze band Slowwves “SWS” single 
• Los Angeles-based alternative /indie /slacker rock /grunge shoegaze trio Julie “Feminine Adornments” from the album “My Anti-Aircraft Friend”                                                         
• Seattle, WA indie rock /shoegaze band Waves Crashing “Comatose” single
  
• Jacksonville, Florida alternative rock /shoegaze band Leaving Time “Angel In The Sand” title track of the upcoming debut LP “Angel In The Sand” via Sunday Drive Records
  
• Canadian darkened shoegaze/post-punk drone band led by twin sister duo Emmalia & Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, aka Bonnie Trash “Kisses Goodbye” from “My Love Remains the Same” EP via Hand Drawn Dracula
  
• Valencia, Spain punk /power pop trio La Culpa “Y ya no est​á​s” from the album “Clavos en el tiempo” via Humo International
  
• French garage pop /indie rock quartet Swirls “Rain By Rungo” from the upcoming first album “Top Of The Line” via Howlin Banana Records and A Tant Rêver Du Roi
  
• Alberta/Toronto-based indie /jazz /funk /neo-psychedelic project songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Rebecca Emms, aka TOVI “More for Me / Plus pour moi” single
  
• German Dream Pop trio from Cologne, WILDIVE “Upon The Dust” single
  
• Latinx jazz-tinged indie pop quartet from Los Angeles, The Treedome “Flutes” third single from upcoming LP
  
• Jersey City, NJ vintage pop /indie-pop duo Fascinations Grand Chorus ”Neon Symphony” from the EP “Summer Love”
  
• Melbourne shoegaze /synth pop /dream pop duo Grazer “Close to This” new single
  
• Montreal, Quebec‘s electronic dream pop duo, Men I Trust ”Hard To Let Go” single
  
• German indie /dream pop band from Hamburg, Roller Derby “Ready To Forget” single
  
• Montréal, Québec Elisapie “Quviasukkuvit (If It Makes You Happy)” via Bonsound
  
• New Zealand electronic /synth-pop /dream-pop artist and producer Amelia Murray, aka Fazerdaze “Cherry Pie” 2nd single off the sophomore album, “Soft Power” via section1 and Buttrfly Records
  
• Seattle-based dream-pop /indie rock singer-songwriter Natalie Lew, aka Sea Lemon “Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)” single via Luminelle Recordings
  
• Irish via South-London dreampop artist Echo Northstar “Creatures” single
  
• London via the West Midlands, UK indie rock singer-songwriter Alexandra Leaving “Out Of This World” single
  
• Lyon, France indie folk singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Raoul Vignal “Icarus” from the upcoming 4th album “Shadow Bands” via Talitres
  
• Albuquerque, New Mexico country /psychedelic /cosmic folk singer-songwriter (Sir Douglas Quintet, Beirut, Neutral Milk Hotel, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw collaborator), AJ Woods “Middle Fork” from upcoming LP “Hawk Is Listenin'” via Perpetual Doom
  
• Longmont, CO ambient /beats /downtempo /trip-hop project of Dave Fuller, aka Buckminster Fuzeboard “Spiritual Compound” from the album “How To Make C ₆₀ BR ₂₄ In Under An Hour. ]” (originally released on SLABCO in 1998) cassette reissue via daylily arboretum
          
• UK electronic /hauntology /folktronica musical project of Clay Pipe Music label head Frances Castle, aka The Hardy Tree “All the Hours” Mini CD series single [Clay Pipe Music]