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

• Vancouver BC-based Argentinean–British dreampop /shoegaze trio Bloom Effect “Armour” first single of the upcoming EP “Portents” to be released in four parts
  

Originally a one-year-old demo about the alienation of moving forward, with the ethereal yet intense vocal delivery by the Argentinean singer Jula switching to the English language, while her two bandmates provide relentless driving and vibrant instrumental energy of steady thumping drum beats and humming basslines that pulse through reflective sparkling guitar-laced auras on which emotional female vocals glide along into an emergence of swirling, shimmery fuzzy textures and triumphant melodies.

• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, NEUCLOUDS “I’m Thinking About Love” second single
  

A charming little introspective tune about feeling confused, sways on a sparkling reflective flow of shimmery strummed guitar melodies, layered with vibrant effect-filled wistful resonances, to carry mellow angsty vocals and a high nostalgic chorus through doubt and fear.

• Chicago, IL goth /shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop singer-songwriter Alessia Kato, aka Ghost Days “Erase Me” single
  

The goth aesthetic-coated, multifaceted Dream-Pop solo project from Chicago shifts from its earlier sparkling jangly tones and synthy leanings, towards the textured guitar path suggested by last June’s “Vampire Blue”, with even more gritty and grungy Sonic Youth-esque riffs, that subtly echo with lingering hopelessness around dreamy yet piercing vocals, angstily brooding about the intentions of a loved one.

• Vancouver, Canadian ambient /shoegaze /bossa nova /psych /folk /dream pop project of Crystal Dorval, aka White Poppy “Soul Utopia” from the instrumental album “Ataraxia” final third part of the original ‘Paradise Gardens’ series [Not Not Fun Records]
• Detroit, MI ambient /ethereal /dream-pop /shoegaze duo of Giovanna Lenski and Christian Molik, aka Clinic Stars “She Won’t Be” off the debut LP “Only Hinting” [kranky]
• Ukrainian lo-fi /ambient /shoegaze /slowcore /dream pop project Kittens On The Balcony “She laughs” from “R​é​trovaille” EP via Delayed Minds
  
• Bristol, UK ambient /experimental /dream pop/shoegaze /dub /triphop /electronic trio Jabu “Sea Mills ft. Birthmark & Lorenzo Prati” from the upcoming third album “A Soft and Gatherable Star” [do you have peace?]
• Brussels chanson /synth wave /deviant pop duo Lou Savary and Luc Bersier, aka REYMOUR – “He’s changing” off the “NOLand” LP 12″ [Knekelhuis]
• Seminal Boston, MA psych /indie rock /slo-core trio formed in 1987, by Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang, and Damon Krukowski, aka Galaxie 500 “Never Get to Heaven” from the archival collection “Uncollected Noise New York ’88​-​’​90“
  
• Eau Claire, Wisconsin indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver “S P E Y S I D E” from the EP “SABLE,” via Jagjaguwar
  
• Edinburgh, UK ethereal dream folk singer-songwriter Ailsa and the Seahorses “Awkward Social Situation” from the debut album “Hermit”
  
• Marietta, Georgia jangle pop /shoegaze /dreampop singer-songwriter Lauren Grace, aka Copperplate “Reced” from the new album “Contentment” via BIRTHDIY
  
• Spanish indie /dreamgaze artist and 7 Tapes label head, Sun Haze – “Your Way” from V/A “Analog Memories Vol. 1” 8-track album compilation via 7 Tapes
  
• Bavarian Psychedelic Surf band Marcoca “Midnight Drive” from the album “Homage to Delusion” via Nice Guys
  
• Canada/Taiwan indie /dream pop cross-border collaboration, Jaguar Sun x LÜCY “Nothing Ever Stops Me” single via Born Losers Records
  
• Seattle, WA indie pop /surf pop /shoegaze /dream-pop band Beach Vacation “Stuck Here“ single off the upcoming EP
  
• Berlin-based shoegaze /indie rock /dream-pop /dreampunk band led by artist Alexander Leonard Donat (AKA Vlimmer), Fir Cone Children “You Are My Animal (Slow)” (Digital​-​only Bonus Track) from the latest album “Jig Of Glee” via Blackjack Illuminist Records
  
• Brussels-based DIY indie rock /noise /folk /electronic /indie psychedelic pop group Another Dancer “How to, Slow” from the album “I Try to Be Another Dancer” via Bruit Direct Disques and Aguirre
  
• Nottingham, UK lo-fi /ambient /electronic /minimal pop musician and composer Callum Foulds, aka Ghost Orange “Bedroom Floor” single via START-TRACK
  
• Los Angeles-based shoegaze /slowcore band Smere “Hold” from the debut “Demolition Derby” EP
  
• Las Vegas, NV indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop singer-songwriter Alex Argot “Summer’s gone” single
  
• San Francisco Britpop /indie rock /power-pop 4-piece Soft Contact “Songs About Other People” from the sophomore “Extinguisher” EP
  
• Southern California jangle /psych /wave /indie pop quintet THE ARMOIRES “Ridley & Me After The Apocalypse (Single Edit)” from the forthcoming 4th album “OCTOBERLAND” via Big Stir Records
  
• Welsh, UK veteran indie art rock band formed in Newport in 1996, Derrero “The Drive Home” from the 6th studio album “Breezing Up” [Recordiau Prin]
• New York post-punk /shoegaze /dreampop band led by Californian Ryan Santos Phillips, Spirits of Leo “The Zenith” off  upcoming V/A “All My Friends Who Play Guitar: A Tribute to Starflyer 59” LP 12″ via à La Carte Records
  
• Swedish indie guitar rock band The Search “Pick Me Up” 2nd single from their upcoming album “Indulgence” via Aenaos Records
  
• Manchester, UK indie rock /noise pop trio Adjustments “Bendy A” from the first single “Bendy A /Who You Want”
  
• Indonesian twee jangle pop project of Eko (The Lousy Pop Group), Zah, Ridwan (Fantastic June), Alip & Jaya (Poplar Tree), The Memories Postcard – “Closer To Your Smile” first single via Chaotic Pop Records
  
• Swedish indie-pop duo of Karolina Komstedt (Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace), aka Club 8 “Left Behind” single
  
• Glasgow, UK indie pop band Camera Obscura “Baby Huey (Hard Times)” off “(Demo)’Look to the Demos” EP [Merge Records]
• Birmingham, Alabama jangle pop trio Slack Times “Gone Things” single from the upcoming new EP “Gone Things” via Meritorio Records
  
• Clare, Australia lo-fi /bedroom pop /indie /dream pop band, Bedroom Holiday “Let’s Try Another Ideal Reality!” single
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /C86 /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “I​’​m Losing Her” off the 12th album “From The Corners Of My Cold Room” CD via his own label Salt Mine Records
  
• Brno, Czechia lo-fi /dream pop /indie pop solo project of Nátan Mikletič, aka Glad Sisifus “Sk​ô​r” single via Start-track.com
  
• Norman, OK psych /jangle /indie /dreamy band Wet Muscles “Selling Sunflowers” from the second album “Marginalia”
  
• Market Harborough, UK indie-rock /shoegaze /jangle /noise pop band Hidden Eyes “Only Option” from the debut LP “Not Now, But Soon”
  
• Somerville, Massachusetts psych /slacker /indie rock quartet Otis Shanty “Pipeline” from the cassette second album “Up On The Hill” via Relief Map Record
  
• Italian kraut-art-post-punk-hip-hop-electronic-post-rave-psychedelic-noise, genre-bending band HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE “By Chance” from “No Value” a possibly work-in-progress album
  
• Paris-based punk /power-pop all-girl quartet Alvilda “Angoisse” from the upcoming debut LP “C’est D​é​jà L’heure” via Static Shock Records
  
• Philadelphia-based 60s /indie rock /jangle /power pop band led by songwriter Peter Gill, 2nd Grade “Made Up My Own Mind” from the upcoming cassette album “Scheduled Explosions” via Double Double Whammy
  
• Norfolk County, Ontario post-rock /shoegaze /folk /indie rock solo project of musician and score composer Andrew McLeod (member of OMBIIGIZI and Zoon), aka Sunnsetter “Try Again” from the upcoming LP “Heaven Hang Over” via Paper Bag Records
  
• Seattle, WA shoegaze /dream pop band Pale Coast “Autumn”
  
• Groningen, Netherlands post-rock /shoegaze /indie rock trio Meadowlake “Deathray” from Meadowlake’s third album “Where the Mountain Meets the sea”
  
• Rugby, UK Dream Pop /Noise Pop /Shoegaze two-piece band, Glasstrees “A Ride” from “Twin Souls” EP
  
• Brisbane, Australia alt-rock /shoegaze band blue diner. “Morningside” single
  
• San Antonio, TX indie rock/dream pop/shoegaze project Crux of Faith “wake up when you want to (feat. Rebecca Vines)” single
  
• Chicago‘s alt-rock /atmospheric /grunge /shoegaze band Bosses “Halocline” from the 2-track single “Grace / Halocline”
  
• Oakland, CA’s shoegaze /indie rock project of Hannah van Loon, aka Tanukichan “Circles” title track of the EP “Circles” via Carpark Records
  
• Lithuania‘s post-rock /shoegaze /dream pop project of multi-instrumentalist Eligijus Žilinskas, AKA Sungazer “Vienumoj” single
  
• Rimini, Italy emo /noise /shoegaze quartet Cosmetic “Vuoto” (2019 outtake) from 2-track single “Vuoto​/​Gemella”
  
• Atlanta, Georgia shoegaze /noise pop band Ammonia Wash “Permanent Wish” from upcoming LP
  
• Hamburg four piece psychedelic rock /shoegaze /post-punk band Grundeis “Strange” 2nd single from from the second album „Every Second an Ocean“ via UNDRESSED Records
  
• French post-rock /wave /shoegaze /post-punk band URGE “Desolated Auguries” single via Icy Cold Records
  
• Dublin, Ireland dream pop /shoegaze band Skyless “My Lover, My Runner” single
• Los Angeles shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band MO DOTTI “never comes around” off the debut album “Opaque”
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• Quetzaltenango, Guatemala emo /alt-rock /shoegaze punk trio Failing Exploration “Never Truly Lived (Until I Met You)” single
  
• Madrid, Spain alt-rock /slowcore /shoegaze band ANIMADORA “Los Amantes: radares” single
  
• Bradford, UK dreampop /psych rock /shoegaze /indie rock 5-piece band Abandoned Buildings “Nostalgia” from the new album ”Eroding Light”
  
• San Francisco indie rock /grunge /shoegaze band, chokecherry “Messy Star” single
  
• Wollongong, Australia indie rock /slacker /shoegaze trio Miners “Sapphire” off the forthcoming album ”A Healthy Future On Earth”, via Kitty Records (AU) and Flesh & Bone Records (US)
  
• London-based grunge /shoegaze /indie rock band of Valentina Magaletti (Tomaga/Vanishing Twin), Tom Halstead (Raime/Blackest Ever Black) and Joe Andrews, aka Moin “Guess It’s Wrecked (feat. Olan Monk)” off upcoming third album “You Never End” via AD 93
  
• Leeds, UK-based bass /shoegaze /electronic collective HONESTY “MEASURE ME (feat. Softlizard)” from the debut LP “U R HERE” via Partisan Records
  
• Italian shoegaze /cosmic rock /krautrock /psychedelic solo project of Milanese multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Parisini, aka Bear of Bombay “Tears From Space (ft​.​ Clustersun)” from the album “PSYCHODREAMELECTROGAZE” a co-release by No Me Escucho Records, Waddafuzz Records, Shoredive Records and I Dischi del Minollo.
  
• Montreal, Quebec post-rock /shoegaze /krautrock experimental trio Yoo Doo Right “Spirit’s Heavy, But Not Overthrown” off the upcoming third full-length album “From the Heights of Our Pastureland” via Mothland
  
• Slovakian lo-fi /post-rock /trip-hop /psychedelic pop /electronica band project Autumnist “Hole In The Rain” from the upcoming LP “Anatomy Of Shadows” via Deadred Records
  
• British Columbia-based psych-pop quartet Mother Sun “Subterranean Homecourt Advantage” the final single off upcoming LP “Meadow 6” via Earth Libraries and Divine Bovine Records
  
• Turkish/French synth-pop /psych-pop collaboration Anadol & Marie Klock “Sonate au jambon” from “La Grande Accumulation” [Pingipung]
• London based kraut /psych rock collective Mandrake Handshake “King Cnut” single via TipTop Records
  
•  Leeds, UK based goth /post-punk /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band led by Sasha Raoul, Deathtrippers “Higher (Celestial Mix)” off upcoming “Higher” E​.​P.
  
• Early/mid 90’s L.A.‘s Joe Normal Hutchinson‘s sibling based power-pop band THE HUTCHINSONS “Terrible Man (Remastered)” from the single “Terrible Man / Hipster (Remastered)”
  
• Hamburg, Germany Garage /Psych Punk quartet The Wrong Society “Misery Has Got Me Down” from the 7″ single “Misery Has Got Me Down” b/w “Find Me Gone” via Rogue Records
  
• Belgian lo-fi /punk /rock’n’roll /garage rock outfit MITRAILLE “Laundry Tonight” from the second s/t LP “MITRAIILLE” via Ronny Rex
  
• Melbourne‘s indie rock band Moaning Lisa “Am (where have you been​?​)” from upcoming LP “Fainter” via Farmer & The Owl
  
• Cardiff, UK indie rock /dream pop foursome Half Happy “Well Done Honey” from “Conversation Killer” EP
  
• Toronto‘s r&b /indie pop singer-songwriter Charlie Houston “Slut For Excel” single via Arts & Crafts
  
• Berlin-based dream-pop / ‘fucked up noise pop’ duo GLISS “Alaska” single
  
• London-based indie rock trio Honeyglaze – “Pretty Girl” from the LP “Real Deal” via Fat Possum
  
• South London indie folk six-piece Tapir! “Nail In A Wooden Trunk” new single via Heavenly Recordings
  
• Oakland, CA ambient /minimal /electronic /improvisation /instrumental /folk guitarist Sean Conrad, aka Channelers “Miles Of Millennia” from the upcoming live/home-studio cassette album “Ringing In An Open Sky” [Inner Islands]