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Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – OCTOBER 2024 – #41-24

In this week’s Shore Dive Records Transmissions episode in association with WhiteLight/WhiteHeat the solution to all your problems with tracks from @shorelinestories Marek Kubala, Shampoo Tears, Rain Cloud NineCapitol, Flu flu, Bear Of Bombay RobertChurchandTheHoyCommunity, Vlimmer @opinion Guest Directors, Blankenberge.

As a reminder, don’t forget the Shore Dive Records‘ compilation “Music For Tami”, to raise funds for the critical surgery of the Lamoreaux family. Musician and Somewherecold Records owner, Jason has been a longstanding huge part of our music community. All the proceeds of the album will be donated to help out.                

Tune in:
First Saturday of the month at noon, 4pm and 8pm PST on EDBZ.
Every other Sunday or Monday at 8pm UK time on Slack City.
Every Wednesday at 9pm UK time on Smile Radio

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Doncaster, UK 4-piece psych /space rock /shoegaze band 93MillionMilesFromTheSun “Sleep” single from the forthcoming end of the year album ”Let Go” via 1991 Recordings

Usual emotionally driven new single from veteran English Shoegaze collective conjures the alienness and sublime of the human condition through an immersive portal of mesmerizing, subtly dark vastness, encapsulated by soft, achingly emotive vocal introspection, unfolding over the ceaseless beating heart of a sombre bassline alongside an insistent, constantly building, stumbling drumming, layered by churning, droning guitar distortions carved by high-pitched searing melancholic tones, ringing towards infinity. 

  • Philadelphia‘s ambient /shoegaze /dreampop solo project Dramamine “Wait for Me” from “Fallen” EP

Soul-stirring and cathartic with ringlets of tear-falling nostalgia, a swirling organic expanse of dream pop, shoegaze and post-rock, blends seamlessly, all cloaked in a cinematic, atmospheric glistening haze, to immerse in an emotionally affecting, spell-bound reverb-drenched guitar tapestry, reflecting like stars overhead, with whispery dreamy vocal contemplations, that teeter between bliss and agony, replete with chiming melancholia.

  • Toronto, Ontario lo-fi /dreampop /shoegaze /slowcore project of musician Charlie Berger (Slowly, Tonemirror, Dormer, Slow Planet), With Hidden Noise “Found You” teaser track from the upcoming early 2025 album “Mayday” via Loss Leader Records

Our familiar Toronto-based artist under several guises over the years, teases the first track from the upcoming LP of his slowcore project With Hidden Noise built on stirring and introspective atmospheric stripped-down instrumental textures and heartfelt vocals. A final transmission, an attempt to send comfort to others, from an old musician who is alone during the end times, suggested by vulnerable, aching vocals, through a stormy introspective whirring vortex that hovers over obsessive layers of wistful piano melodies and smooth stirring percussions.

  • Bruges, Belgium ambient /drone /folk project of musician and composer Steve Marreyt, aka Edgar Wappenhalter “Vogel rok diamant” from “IJsschots Veenlaag Mist” LP 12″ via Morctapes
  • Brisbane, Australia slowcore /dream pop solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Amber Ramsay, aka Cloud Tangle “Kairos” from the second album “Dreaming Again” via 4000 Records (tape) and False Peak Records (vinyl)
  • Dublin, Ireland atmospheric /drone /experimental /psych /folk multi-disciplinary artist and musician Mary Keane, aka Cormorant Tree Oh “Terror Of The Countryside” 7″ single via Trapped Animal Records
  • Devon, UK woodland folkadelica group led by Stephen Stannard, The Rowan Amber Mill – “Lies to Fill Our Eyes (Single Edit)” via Millersounds
  • London-based dreamy psych-pop band led by Blackpool-bred artist Nicolas Burrows (FKA Glaciers), Fell “The Return” PostMap Club 195 single via Lost Map Records
  • Portland, Maine indie rock /psych /indie folk duo of Aiden Arel & Quinnisa Kinsella-Mulkerin, The Wickies “Skipping Pond” from the debut s/t album via Ba Da Bing Records
  • Montreal, Quebec lo-fi indie noise pop /electronic singer-songwriter Chloé Jara-Buto “Jennifer” from the 7″ single “Jennifer / Boldo”
  • San Diego, CA-based avant pop /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop project of Cara Potiker, aka moondaddy “Water Bearer” from “Lightwave Lightwave” EP 10”
  • Abington Township, PA ’60s /orchestral pop /power pop band Quiet Sunday “She’s Gotta Go” 1st single from the upcoming album
  • London/Cardiff psychedelic country pop combo Melin Melyn “Vitamin D” from upcoming LP “Mill On The Hill” via Kartel Music Group
  • Cádiz, Spain 5-piece synth-pop /indie pop band Detergente Líquido “Trambah​í​a” first single off the 5th LP “Si en verano estamos solos”
  • Cologne-based, German wave /neu-krautrock /indie rock one-man project of multi-instrumentalist Roman Biewer, aka Disso!ver “Raus aus der Überforderung” 2-track single “Raus aus der Überforderung / Tanz den Distanz” from the upcoming DISSO!VER album „Die völlige Abwesenheit von Punk” LP 12″ via Barhill Records
  • Brilon, Western Germany-born indie /synthpop solo musician (guitarist of Sturmschäden), D​örte – “Gnadenhof” from V/A “Herr Wade und seine Freunde” (compilation with cover versions and arrangements of Herr Wade songs) LP 12″ via Bureau Platiruma!!!
  • Brighton, UK indie rock outfit The Go! Team “Get It Together (Teebs Remix)” [Memphis Industries]
  • Seattle-based experimental /synth-pop /indie Chinese pop /rock duo Chinese American Bear “Take Me To Beijing (​一​起​回​北​京​)” from the next second LP “Wah!!!” via Moshi Moshi
  • London-based lo-fi /synth-pop /indie /electronic artist Marek Kubala “Peeping Tom” off “Peeping Tom” EP CD via Shore Dive Records
  • Ottawa, Canada dream /jangle /psych-pop /synth-pop band SKYTONE “Lazy” single
  • Los Angeles indie rock /surf /jangle pop solo project Famous Friend “Josie” single
  • Southern California dream rock /indie pop quintet THE ARMOIRES “Snake Island Thirteen” from the 4th album “Octoberland” via Big Stir Records
  • Nashville, TN dream /psych-pop duo TWEN “Infinite Sky” off of the EP “Infinite Sky” 
  • Atlanta, GA experimental /indie pop /dream pop solo musician and composer Orchid Mantis “dead malls (feat. Cathedral Bells)” single
  • L.A.-based shoegaze /indie pop /jangle /dream pop band, Letting Up Despite Great Faults “Dress” from the LP “Reveries”
  • Naarm/Melbourne-based psych /dream pop /shoegaze project of Thomas Lee with New Zealand singer-songwriter Mayzie Lee, aka Oceans, Mayzie – “Reality Check” from the compilation album “Luminosity” via Cerine Ruby
  • Glasgow‘s jangle indie-pop duo James Hindle & Calvin Halliday team up with Lancaster, UK‘s Family Selection Box pair Lauren Paige Dowling & Tom Diffenthal (Fka Ben & the Bens), as The U.S. Highball Band “Which Way is Up” from “Aggi Road” 7” EP via Lame-O Records
  • Swedish lo-fi /indie /jangly /noise pop /power pop solo project of Lars Harefjord, aka PoPo “Poly” from the collection “A Compilation About Bleakness” LP via Subjangle
  • Central Java, Indonesia lo-fi noise /jangly /indie pop solo project Anti “Paradoks” from s/t EP via Faster Records
  • Birmingham, Alabama jangle pop trio Slack Times “In The Way” from the new EP “Gone Things” via Meritorio Records
  • NYC four piece noise pop /indie rock band UV-TV ”Only Kind Words” from “The Optimistic Wrench” EP via Papercup Music and No Non-Fiction
  • Eora/Sydney lo-fi bedroom garage punk /power pop project of musician MICHAEL BARKER (live musician for R.M.F.C. and GEE TE), aka 1-800-MIKEY “Rental Girlfriend” from the “Digital Pet” LP 12″ via Erste Theke Tontraeger
  • UK folk /indie rock project of Lan McArdle (Ex-Void, Joanna Gruesome), aka Lanny “ur an angel im evil” off the upcoming debut album “BLISS!! BLISS! BLISS” via Gob Nation
  • Richmond, VA lo-fi /electronic /psych /indie pop-rock solo project by former Vivian Girls and member of The Babies singer-songwriter, Cassie Ramone “Running Dry” from the third studio album “Sweetheart”
  • Strasbourg, France 3-piece shoegaze /noise /neo-psychedelic /French pop band Sinaïve “(SS) Superstar” from upcoming LP “POP MODERNE” via ANTIMATIERE and super structure
  • St. Louis, Missouri indie rock duo Shawn and Allison Durham, aka Picture That “Undercover Letters” from the debut LP “Strum” via Inscrutable Records
  • Des Moines, Iowa indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop duo (FKA Elison), Holding Hour “Can I Leave Me Too?” single
  • Bielefeld, Germany based, Istanbul, Turkey founded shoegaze /dream pop band Plastic Ideas feat. Nazire “YILDIZLAR D​Ü​Ş​TÜ G​Ö​KY​Ü​Z​Ü​NDEN” first single of the upcoming Plastic Ideas album
  • London, UK Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Mannequin Flowers “Drunken Carousel” single
  • Iceland indie /dreampop /shoegaze 5-piece Oyama “Painted Image” from 2nd single off upcoming LP “Everyone Left”
  • Argentinian Krautrock /Noise pop /Shoegaze /Post Punk project of experienced Buenos Aires-based musician, composer and visual artist Ferran Pont Vergés, aka Die Noia Futuriszka “Sue” from the third album “Fiesta de Huesos” [No Me Escucho Records]
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK dream /noise pop /shoegaze group Waves of Dread “The Tides” title track of the new EP “The Tides”
  • Mexico City Psychedelic Rock /Shoegaze band JAUS “Delirio” single
  • Hamilton, Ontario indie rock 5-piece Capitol “Twenty-Eight in Drag” last single from Capitol’s sophomore album “Sounds Like a Place” via Meritorio Records
  • Paris-based Kazakhstan-bred bedroom pop musician Maresz “Hey!” from “Memoria / Hey!” single via Cititrax
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 4-piece shoegaze /grunge /dream rock band Labyrinthine Oceans “Pinch” single
  • Saint Petersburg-based indie rock /grunge /shoegaze band fetters in use “Emptiness” single
  • South Wales psychedelic /shoegaze band Stellar Echoes “Blue on blue” from “Ghosts of the night” EP
  • Los Angeles-based dream pop /shoegaze band Steel Wool “Eyes Closed” first single
  • Melbourne, Australia bedroom dreampop /shoegaze duo Rocket Rules “In the Valley” from debut s/t EP
  • Seattle, WA indie rock /dream pop duo Bubble Tea and Cigarettes – “Dead Flowers” off upcoming second LP “We Should’ve Killed Each Other” via Lauren Records
  • Ethereal /psych /dreampop /shoegaze project of L.A.-based singer Jacqueline Torgerson (CASHFORGOLD) and UK producer Jake Lee (Sidewalks and Skeletons), Soft Siren “Almost Crying” single
  • Poznań, Poland indie /dreampop /shoegaze solo project Destiny Ports feat. Anika Sobkowiak “Shimmer in the Breeze” single
  • Ukrainian slowcore /shoegaze solo project Delayed Minds “Some lovely evening I wanna forget (feat. plaaaato)” from the cassette album “You Were Also a Dandelion”
  • Connecticut doom /gloom-gaze /shoegaze gaze project Wavering “heavensnight” single
  • Italian dreampop /shoegaze solo project from Fano, Waving Blue “Bones” first single from my upcoming album “Fake Love Desire”
  • Chicago, IL dream-pop /shoegaze duo Sunshy “시작 (Start)” off the debut album “I don’t care what comes next”
  • Denver, CO drone /indie rock /krautrock /neo-psychedelic multi-instrumentalist four piece WAVE DECAY “Sea Glass” single
  • Vancouver, BC post-punk /grunge /shoegaze band The Ruments “SEVENTEEN (feat. TWINN)” single
  • Oregon dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze project of Brandon Setta, aka You Wish “Swann” from “Ecstatic Visions” EP
  • New Jersey four piece indie rock /shoegaze band Cosmoline “A Body” from the LP “Inventions”
  • Düsseldorf, Germany-based dream-pop /indie rock /shoegaze band Attic Ocean “Sleepless” off the EP “Retriever”
  • Philadelphia‘s experimental shoegaze /indie rock group led by songwriter and guitarist Bryan Nowell (sadly deceased in 2017), Blue Smiley “Pond” single
  • Rybnik, Polish Post-Metal /Post-punk /Dream Pop / Shoegaze guitarist and composer, Dawid Bestry “mog​ł​abyś przeprosić (ft. Wiktoria Borecka)” single
  • Baltimore, Maryland emo /noise /grunge /shoegaze band Dosser “Learned To Breathe” single via Really Rad Records
  • Los Angeles shoegaze /psychedelic rock 6-piece band Tombstones In Their Eyes “I Like To Feel Good” from upcoming album “Asylum Harbour” via Kitten Robot Records
  • Belfast, UK five-piece shoegaze /guitar rock /alt-rock band Wynona Bleach “I Deserve That” single
  • Detroit-based ’60s garage-psych-pop-power trio Shadow Show “Baba Yaga” from ”Baba Yaga / Spy Balloon” 7″ single via Rogue Records
  • Neath, UK surf /fuzzy /psych garage band The Eggmen Whoooooo! ”It’s Just Your Mind” off the upcoming debut LP “Fuzzy Eggs, Please”, via Strangetown Records
  • Rennes, France Garage Punk Psychedelic Rock band CLAVICULE “All These Boys” from the upcoming third LP “Incoming Blaze” on Le Cèpe Records
  • Leeds, UK based shoegaze /post-punk /psychedelic rock band Deathtrippers “Energy Flow”  from CD “Higher E​.​P.”
  • London-based lo-fi /indie pop /noise pop /punk duo The Slugs “Person In My Prime” from the upcoming LP “A Song For Every Feeling” via Related Records
  • Bern, Switzerland lo-fi /rock’n’roll /psych /garage punk band (former members of The Outta Mind, and Shoutin’ Moe), Oh Telephone “Repo Man” from “kill kill kill” album via Voodoo Rhythm Records
  • Los Angeles psych-punk quartet Frankie and the Witch Fingers “i​-​Candy” off double AA side single, “i-Candy”/ “Bonehead” via The Reverberation Appreciation Society
  • Brooklyn, NY slowcore /indie rock singer-songwriter Kennedy Mann “To Myself” off upcoming album “Maybe Tomorrow” on Julias War Recordings
  • Edinburgh-born, Manchester-based dream pop /indie-folk duo Quiet Houses “Call You Later” title track of the EP “Call You Later” via LAB Records
  • Auckland, New Zealand bedroom pop /electronic /dream pop artist Amelia Murray, aka Fazerdaze “A Thousand Years” single from upcoming LP “Soft Power” via section1 and Buttrfly Records
  • England bedroom indie pop singer-songwriter tinyumbrellas “Fairy Blue” from upcoming LP “I Know Trees Are Falling” via sevenfoursevensix
  • Wellington, NZ indie folk songwriter and musician Greta O’Leary “Baptised at the Desktop Computer” single
  • Chester, UK-based ambient /field recordings /folktronica /glitch /electroacoustic /experimental electronic musician and former folk artist Carl M Knott (Wonderful Beasts, Spacelab), aka boycalledcrow “Westbury” from the cassette album “Eyetrees” [Hive Mind Records]

by Katrien De Blauwer

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