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

• Dream pop /Jangle Pop /Shoegaze duo of Swiss multi-instrumentalist and composer Andy Jossi (The Churchhill Garden) and Los Angeles-based vocalist and lyricist Gretchen DeVault (The Icicles, Voluptuous Panic, and The Francine Odysseys), The Blue Herons “Sleepy Town” single [Shelflife Records]

Coming nearly six months after the transatlantic duo’s debut album, here is another dazzling jangly pop bliss. An urgent rush of brisk drumming and warm, serpentine bass pulses interplay with tinny strums and crystalline chiming guitars,  in ceaseless flux with one another, to build a swirling, kaleidoscopic thrill of stirring melancholy atop lush, expressive female vocals, uplifting with layers of heartfelt emotions.

• Italy/UK post-punk /trip-hop /dream pop duo Gluecose “Keep Them In” second single
  

Newcomer duo centered on a dreamy yet tormented atmospheric sound, into which Trip-hop, as in the closing part of this latest single, Shoegaze and Post-punk elements are merged from time to time. A moody, hypnotic mid-tempo song meanders through harsh, twinkling, progressively distorted guitar melodies laced with desolate, ghostly synths to create edgy and droning swathes of gloom and doom against lush, emotional, melancholic female vocals weighted with longing and regret, bringing forth feelings of angst and frustration at the thought of keeping dreams inside, rather than sharing them with a friend.

• New Jersey atmospheric shoegaze /dream pop project composed of Travis Trevisan and Christina Hernandez, Slow Salvation “Wait Around Another Day” single [Velvet Blue Music]

Slow Salvation returns with an outtake from the Dream Pop duo’s last album, “Gemini”. Crested by circling, droning, tremolo reverberations, joined occasionally by the wistful ruminations of twinkling guitar melodies, layers of breathy, ethereal vocals glide atop unhurried shuffling drum beats and subtly distorted, hazy textures, to evoke a sense of fragility and hopelessness fused with moments of euphoria.

• London-based laptop-twee /electronic /indietronica duo winona-zia carter and marwan dwyer, aka If I Was A Pony “think +Teeth” from “Tragic Magic” EP [dawk26]
• Manchester, UK-based ambient /electronic jazz /folktronica singer-songwriter and producer Caoilfhionn Rose “Horizon (ft Svaneborg Kardyb)” from the fourth album “Draw Out Your World” in collaboration with her husband and long-time creative partner Rich Williams [Lost Map Records]
• Brighton, UK-based cinematic pop /indie folk /chamber pop songwriter, musician & music producer Tracy Godding, aka Sister Bardot “Year of the Horse (Radio Edit)” from “Year of the Horse” EP
  
• Oxfordshire, UK indie pop /folk solo project by singer-songwriter Peter Simmons (also a member of Assistant, Ours Brun and CAPS), Harbour “Sometimes it is peace” title track of the new EP
  
• Belfast-based Americana /alt-folk project of singer-songwriter Mark McCambridge, aka Arborist “Exploded View” from the fourth studio album “Looking For Love” [Fika Recordings]
• England downtempo /synthpop /electro-pop /electronic /indie pop /folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (former Hefner and The French), DARREN HAYMAN “Close Your Eyes and Face the Sun” from the unreleased 2022 studio album “I’m Your Team” [Audio Antihero]
• San Francisco indie pop /sadcore group led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums, The Knit Separates, etc.), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Hang Your Eagle” (Donaldson/Honea) from 2-track single “There’s Someone Out There”
  
• Seattle indie rock /chamber rock /slowcore group Carissa’s Wierd “I Don’t Feel Like I Feel Right” from upcoming LP “Somewhere Further Than Far Away” [Nettwerk Music]
• L.A.-based Australian indie-folk singer-songwriter Indigo Sparke “Weird Fish” from upcoming third album “There Is a Light on the Horizon Line” [Everwilde Records]
• Los Angeles art rock /psychedelic /indie folk singer-songwriter (Olden Yolk and Quilt), Shane Butler “Ringfinger” 1st single from the debut solo album “Heavy Deb” [Peal Music]
• Paris-based glam rock /baroque pop /chamber pop /indie rock songwriter from Brittany (Fka ALL IF), Olivier Rocabois “Smoking in the Rain” from the upcoming 4th LP “Mutual Admiration Society”
  
• London-based ‘laptop twee’ duo Leo Fincham and Rowan Miles (also of the Femcels), aka Worldpeace DMT “On God” from the second LP “Stick Around for Tea”
  
• UK acoustic jangle /indie pop /folk duo of Alistair James and Jonathan Shipley (from the band Assistant), The Lost Guests “The River at Carsac-Aillac” from the debut LP “Endlessly On The Way” [YYZ Records]
• UK ’60s power pop /jangle /indie project led by singer-songwriter Oliver Flanagan, Sorry Monks “Trouble Always Starts With A Kiss” title track of “Trouble Always Starts With A Kiss” EP
  
• Halifax, Nova Scotia indie /jangle pop four-piece The Last Letters “Erosion” from the debut “Long Way Back” EP
  
• Akron, OH jangle /indie rock /power-pop 4-piece Librarians With Hickeys “Ghoul You Want” from V/A “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire” LP [Big Stir Records]
• Baltimore, Maryland-based 5-piece lo-fi jangle pop /folk rock / power-pop band The Smashing Times “Edward Gorey Stories” from the fifth LP “Come Along With Me” [Perennial]
• Cincinnati, OH indie college rock /indie /jangle pop trio led by Chris Wales, Hamlet “Borrowed Light” from “The Breaking Point Is Grieving” LP [Subjangle]
• Glasgow-based Indie /Jangle /Dream Pop DIY project by Scottish–born multi–instrumentalist Michael Kay Terence, Swiss Portrait “Lets Take A Walk” single
  
• French indie /dream pop solo project of musician Florian Folco, aka Mireal “Do You Remember?” first single from the upcoming first album “Picking Memories” [Spirit Goth Records]
• Ottawa, Canada noise pop /shoegaze /mumblewave solo project Neurotypes “When You Sleep” (MBV cover)
  
• Norway dream pop /synth-pop /indie dance artist OTHA “Fuck This Stress” single
  
• North Carolina-based ambient /dub /experimental /indietronica /synth-pop long-running solo songs/noise/performance project of Cedar Village‘s artist and curator Ryan A. Martin, Secret Boyfriend “If You Believe” from upcoming “STAR” LP [enmossed / Hot Releases]
• West London bedroom pop /shoegaze /dream pop singer-songwriter Unflirt “Air Turns Blue” single
  
• Chorley, UK garage /psych-pop band British Birds “Polka Dot Eyes” from the third LP “Murmurate, Oscillate” [Skep Wax]
• New York DIY lo-fi /angular /twee-indie pop four-piece band Harrasment – “Unknown Object” from debut album “Natural Feelings”
  
• Portland, OR indie-twee-pop /noise-pop outfit “First Time” from cassette+8-page zine “Peanut Pitch + Parterre” (2024-2025) [musical fanzine records]
• Depok, Indonesia /jangly-pop / twee /indie noise pop outfit Wirtschaft “Hate to Say” from the cassette EP “Vs the World” [Faster Records]
• Seattle-based 4-piece indie pop /jangle /dreampop /guitar pop band, The National Honor Society “Work” from the upcoming LP “To All The Paths That Never Crossed”
  
• Los Angeles-based shoegaze /indie rock /dream-pop / indie rock music project singer-songwriter Miriam Nissan, aka Mimi Pretend “Cowboy Ed” single
• Toronto, Canadian shoegaze /slowcore solo project of songwriter and musician Charlie Berger (Soft Wounds, Slowly, With Hidden Noise), aka Dormer “Carried Away ” from the fourth LP “Old World, New Ghosts” [Lossleader Records]
• Toulouse-based lo-fi dream pop /emo /sadcore home-recorded solo project of Manon Raupp (part of Docks, No Drama, Vemberlain), Comité balnéaire “Fleurir” from the cassette EP “Augures” [Hidden Bay Records]
• London-based five-piece art pop /dream-pop /alt-folk band Firestations “Movement Of A Wheel” from the LP “International Dust” [Lost Map Records]
• Melbourne, Australia Shoegaze /Dream Pop duo Grazer “Run Through The Trees” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Poznań, Poland 4-piece indie /dream pop band Onoby “dziura w ścianie” single
  
• Ottawa, Canada-based indie rock /dream pop DIY solo artist Ophelie Quraishi, aka Eau the Music “All We Have” from the debut album “Light in the Dark” [Shore Dive Records]
• New York shoegaze /indie rock one-girl project Kittridge “Root Rot” first single
  
• Berlin-based alternative rock /grunge /indie rock /shoegaze quartet funsover “Ten” single
  
• Columbus, Ohio dream pop /shoegaze solo project by former Waterbox guitarist Bryan Murphy, aka SingingGum “Maybe I Should Go” from “Every Passing Day” EP
  
• Trondheim, Norway DIY dreamrock quartet Slow Country “Bar Circus” single
  
• Swedish veteran shoegaze /post-rock /dream pop duo Bolywool “Vågbrytaren” from the upcoming EP [VÅRØ]
• Yogyakarta, Indonesia alternative rock /shoegaze band Haszh “Kill Your Expectation” from 2-track single “Somewhere Between” [Tarsius Records]
• Japanese noise pop /shoegaze side project by Zeppet Store guitarist and founder, Makoto Gomi, featuring Shoko (of Collapse), Sphere “Frozen In Time” off the 5th album “Circumstances” [TESTCARD RECORDS]
• Washington, DC grunge /indie rock /shoegaze band Spiral XP “Straightaway” from “Blue Earth ” EP [Den Tapes / Danger Collective Records]
• Los Angeles dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze duo Drauve “Close Call” from “Abyss” EP
  
• Seattle-based psych /dreampop /shoegaze band bloococoon “Kiss The Ground” from “My Favourite Ghost” EP
  
• Leeds, UK alternative /psych-pop /shoegaze band Leechers “Catching Flies” title track of “Catching Flies” EP
  
• Oxnard, CA dream rock /shoegaze band Stellar Ruins “Homecoming” single
  
• San Francisco grunge /dreamo /shoegaze two-piece band BADVRIL “Golden” from the album”Lethal” [Share It Music]
• Stockholm, Sweden alt-rock /indie rock /shoegaze band Negative1 “The Hole” from “Dirty” EP
  
• Grimsby, UK alternative rock /shoegaze /indie rock band HEALER “What You Said” single
  
• Los Angeles art punk /post-punk /indie rock quartet fronted by multi-instrumentalist Joseph Stevens, Sunday Mourners “Terminal Boredom” from “Terminal Boredom” E.P. [Curation Records]
• Czechia-based, British long-running kraut /psychedelic /space rock project led by multi-instrumentalist Demian Castellanos, The Oscillation “Isolation Freeway (feat Lorelle Meets The Obsolete)” from the upcoming LP “Interference” [Fuzz Club]
• German groovy /kraut /experimental /space rock /psychedelic /electronic solo project of musician Dave Schmidt, aka Sula Bassana “Sir Dancelot” from “Casio Royale” LP [Sulatron Records (EU) / Feral Child Records (UK)]
• California-based psychedelic /garage-rock trio, originally formed in San Francisco in 2009 by multi-instrumentalist Jeff Lewis, The Spyrals “Cold Black Leather” off upcoming full-length album, “Heavy Smoke” [Fuzz Club]
• Warrington, UK greasy /garage /rock n roll foursome The Lotts “Where Do We Go? from “Get Obsessed” LP [Swelltune Records]
• Bern, Switzerland, four-piece garage punk outfit The Monsters “You Got Me Going” from the 10th album “Off the Road We Go” [Voodoo Rhythm Records]
• Dutch 70s rock /power pop five-piece Plastic Family “Quiz On The Radio” from the upcoming 2-track 7″ single “Quiz On The Radio / Friday Afternoon” [Echo Archive Recordings]
• Long Beach, CA power pop quartet SOFTJAW “Go Mad” from the second LP “Love Can’t Kill You” [Dandy Boy Records / Bachelor Records]
• Liverpool, UK alt-rock /indie rock quartet The Kairos “Never Met A Mess Like You” single [Lab Records]
• Melbourne-based dream pop / synth-pop / noise pop quartet Swimsuit Edition “Left Apart” from “Swimsuit Edition” EP
  
• Boston, MA 4-piece DIY alt-country /indie folk /shoegaze /indie rock band Gollylagging “Red Fish” from debut LP “Real Life” [Disposable America] 
  
• Stockholm-based west-coast indie pop /art-school post-punk /indie rock five-piece Bunker 2 “Sacrifice” from the debut album, ”All Your Pets Revived” [Dream On]
• Berlin-based indie folk /indie rock singer-songwriter Anna Erhard “Anybody Home” single [Radicalis Music]
• Paris-based chamber pop /indie folk British musician Flora Hibberd “Shelley” from the second LP “Mammoth” [22TWENTY]
• Catskill, Massachusetts-based folk /indie rock songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Constant Smiles, Glenn Echo, Yours Are the Only Ears), Nora Knight “Harriman” from the upcoming debut LP “The Moon Is My Watchdog” [Memory Waste]
• Maryland lo-fi /dreamy /jazzy /psych-pop /indie-folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (former member of Page France and the Cotton Jones Basket Ride), Michael Nau “New Slack” from the upcoming “Popfly” LP [Suicide Squeeze Records]
• Minnesota ambient /drone /psychedelic folk home-recorded instrumental solo project Myriad Valley “Hollow Tree” from the LP “May Your Face Guide My Dreams” [2024-2026]