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

• Tampere, Finland dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece Mumrunner “Cat State” first single from the forthcoming second album via Automatic Music
  

After a long hibernation since their brilliant 2020 debut album “Valeriana”, our old Finnish acquaintances Mumrunner, refined crafters of shaded dreamlike reverb-soaked incantations, are back on track with the first intoxicating foretaste from the next year’s second LP. A taut shuffling drumming resounds against warm pulsing basslines, and echoing layers of crystalline guitar melodies, that float fluidly alongside dual male/female vocals of angsty longing and featherlight baritone comfort, soaring with stretched, swirling intensity, to descend, whilst pondering the time state of human feelings through an experimental lens of Schrödinger’s Cat.

• UK acid house /experimental /space disco /synth-pop band Party Pencil “Bed of Memories” title track of the debut EP “Bed of Memories”
  

 “Bed of Memories” is seemingly the debut 4-track EP from an enigmatic UK outfit that fully succeeds in its intent to provide synth music laced with ‘Warm, Melodic, Fun’. The captivating synth-pop title track about growing up, reminiscent of OMD’s glowing synth crispiness, pulls playful vibrant bright synth melodies swirling atop the constant bounce of peppy, clapping drum patterns, humming bass pulses, and cheery yet angsty, breathy vocals, to conjure bittersweet feelings of joy and melancholy. For the more adventurous listeners, the 4-tracker’s core is filled with oddball and mercurial electronica, varying from the upbeat and playful bleepy “Crayon Town”, to the anxiously tinkling doomy “Atomic Island”.

• London-based dreampop / gothgaze Cloud Studies “Ghosts” debut single via Happy Robots Records
  

Brand new English trio finely purveyors of gothy shoegazey, dream pop visions with a debut single soaked in a flowing, shimmery haunting ambience, anchored by a sinuous humming bassline that nervously pulses along steady hypnotic drum beats, under coiling twinkling rains of piercing guitar glimmers, to hopelessly shiver over gentle aching vocals, releasing heartache amid restless spectres of tension.

• Toronto, Ontario ambient /ethereal /shoegaze /sadcore singer-songwriter Sunny Elsom, aka Mild Season “Drive your car” single
  
• Vancouver, Canada bedroom bossanova /shoegaze /psychedelic /dream pop project of Crystal Dorval, aka White Poppy “Paradise Gardens Theme Song” from the cassette album “Paradise Regained ” collection of outtakes, B-sides, and alternate mixes from the ‘Paradise Gardens’ sessions [Not Not Fun Records]
• Bristol, UK ambient /experimental /dream pop /shoegaze /dub /trip-hop /electronic trio Jabu “Too Careful” from the third album “A Soft and Gatherable Star” [do you have peace?]
• Essex-based dream pop /alternative folk collective The Owl Service “The Garden Gate” from “Black Chapel Music Part 3: The Garden Gate / Above the Hill” 2-track 7″ single
  
• Hartford, Connecticut collaborative Dreampop /Dreamgaze studio project, softlightsymphony “Dream​-​blissed” 4th single vocalist Olivia Tharpe and bassist Alex Cox (The Veldt)
  
• Auckland, NZ jazzy dream pop band Phoebe Rings “Lazy Universe” from the s/t album “Phoebe Rings” via Carpark Records
  
• London-based ethereal /experimental folk /avant pop /singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-disciplinary artist Bloom de Wilde “Be Patient” from the album “the Circular Being” via Cherry Red Records
  
• Washington, D.C. legendary bossanova /dream-pop /downtempo music producer and Thievery Corporation co-founder, Eric Hilton “Little Odessa” featuring The Infinite Daisy Chains‘ Kristina Westernik-Dandridge on vocals
  
• Los Angeles-based dream-pop band Powder Pink & Sweet “Apocalypse” (Cigarettes After Sex cover)
  
• Pennsylvania indie rock /chamber folk-rock duo of Don and Karen Peris, aka The Innocence Mission “Midwinter Swimmers” title track of the thirteenth studio album “Midwinter Swimmers” via Bella Union
  
• Cincinnati, Ohio‘s jangle pop /neo-acoustic folk solo recording project of singer-songwriter Chris Wales, aka Hamlet “To Fly is to Bleed” from the CD double album “Camp Underground & Very Victorian” (collection of the two 2023-24 Hamlet’s LPs) via Subjangle
  
• Liverpool, UK reverb-laced dream /jangle /indie pop music project of singer-songwriter Mike Simms, aka Bright Islands “Currents” title track of the third EP “Currents”
  
• Tokyo-based Japanese/US shoegaze /dream pop /slowcore /indie folk band Yasu Cub “Turquoise” first single from the upcoming cassette EP, “Room Without a Ceiling” via Candlepin Records 
  
• Oslo, Norway soft rock, and jazz-rock /folk band Needlepoint “Large As Lakes” from the 6th studio album “Remnants Of Light” on BJK Music
  
• Dublin, Ireland bedroom pop /shoegaze /dream pop /folk /slowcore project singer-songwriter Diarmuid O’Connor, aka passersby “Seen death” from the album “HEX KEY”
  
• Swedish Dream Pop /Post-Punk /Shoegaze project from Vänersborg, STELLA SLEEPS “Follow” from the album “HELIACAL RISING”
  
• Los Angeles-based post-punk /shoegaze /dream pop duo Magic Wands “Armour” single via Metropolis Records
  
•  Chicago bedroom /lo-fi /dream pop /synthpop project of Kenneth Foss, aka TEEN BLUSH “For The Night” single via Spirit Goth Records
  
• Salt Lake City, Utah lo-fi indie /dream pop duo Indigo Waves – “Out The Door” single 
• Atlanta, Georgia dreampop project led by multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone, aka Bathe Alone “The Avenues” single
  
• Toronto-based dream pop duo Soft Set “Gone” new single from the upcoming “Gone” EP
  
• Paisley, Scotland jangly /guitar pop band THE MULDOONS “Hours & Hours” new single from the forthcoming album ”We Saw The View” via Last Night From Glasgow
  
• England‘s jangly /indie /twee pop trio The Happy Somethings “Songs About You” off the “Love Songs” EP via Subjangle
  
• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, NEUCLOUDS “It’s Easy to Lose Your Way” single
  
• Philadelphia-based dream pop /new wave /indie pop solo project of Ben Roberts, aka Dead Love Triangle “By the Summer” title track of the album “By the Summer”
  
• Hartlepool, UK four piece indie guitar pop band Mt. Misery “Hey” from the upcoming album “Love In Mind” via Prefect Records
  
• Chicago‘s shoegaze /indie-pop /dream-pop songwriter Loren Vanderbilt III (former member of Star Tropics), aka Humdrum “Ultraviolet” from “Every Heaven” via Slumberland Records
  
• Auckland, NZ lo-fi /jangle /garage pop /psych /indie rock musician and composer, Jim Nothing “First Bite” from the new album “Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn” via Meritorio Records
  
• London-based shoegaze /indie rock /dreampop guitarist and songwriter Keeley Moss, aka Keeley “Inga Hauser” from the second LP “Beautiful Mysterious” via Tiny Global Productions and Dimple Discs
  
• Toronto, Ontario jangle guitar pop duo Ducks Ltd. “Grim Symmetry” single via Carpark Records
  
• Stockholm, Sweden trash pop /indie rock trio Bleak Streak “Replace Me” from the debut s/t album
  
• London-based early ’90s founded C86 /punk /psych /indie pop band led by David Feck, COMET GAIN “BELA LUGOSI’S DEAD” (Bauhaus cover) from the “HALLOWEENAGE KICKS (ALL THRU THE NITE E​.​P)”
  
• Southend, UK based lo-fi fuzz rock grungers HIGH/LOW “Take A Shot” off the 6th album “Sad Racer”
  
• Murfreesboro, TN Emo /Indie Rock band Jerseybird “An Omen” single
  
• Southern California guitar pop band George Children “Don’t Hold Your Breath” single
  
• Bristol, UK emo /indie-pop /jangle /indie rock 6-piece Hamburger “Rip” from the vinyl 12″ EP “Beat Back The Ghouls” on Specialist Subject Records
  
• Oakland, CA grunge /shoegaze quartet (members of Parallel and Aluminum), Nothing Natural “Cold Star” off the second LP “Cold Star” via Cherub Dream Records
  
• South Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band of songwriter, guitarist, and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Making Time (ft. Emily Thomas)” from “Versions (featuring Emily Thomas)” EP
  
• London-based electronic /dream pop shoegaze band Sunken “Friends” single via BOXSET
  
• Reading, UK-based folktronica /dreampop outfit Saloon “Vesuvius (session)” from “Peel sessions 21​.​08​.​01 • 16​.​04​.​03″ LP vinyl 12” via Precious Recordings of London
  
• UK kraut /psych pop/dream wave 3-piece Pale Blue Eyes “How Long Is Now” single
  
• Hastings, UK based shoegaze /dream-pop /psych /indie solo project of Lush co-founder Emma Anderson “Willow And Mallow (Daniel Hunt Mix)” from “Spiral​é​e: Pearlies Rearranged” album via Sonic Cathedral
  
• New York grunge shoegaze foursome Velvet “Clementine” from Seventh Cloud & Velvet‘s split EP
  
• Angers, France dream pop /shoegaze solo project San Carol “Modern times feat. Baptiste from Fragile” from the album “Mala Vida”
  
• Sheffield, UK shoegaze /indie pop band formed in the late ’80s, The Suncharms “Torrential” off V/A “Aspirin Age Volume Four (a shoegaze compilation)” 4xCassette on Broken Sound Tapes
  
• Boston, MA pioneer shoegaze band formed in 1990, Drop Nineteens “Daymom” from the forthcoming 2025 album “1991” made of the band’s first two 1991 scrapped demo sessions [Wharf Cat Records]
• San Francisco 4-piece psych gaze band Pink Breath of Heaven “Always” single
  
• Los Angeles based shoegaze /indie rock band Diffident Daffodils “Wear The Crown” from “Wear The Crown / Hold The Day” first single off the forthcoming album
  
• Bandung, Indonesia emogaze /noise rock /shoegaze band I Hate Summer “Don’t Mind” from “Don’t Mind​/​Nothing” (Maxi​-​Single)
  
• US indie rock /noise /shoegaze solo project Jean Andonne “future of my past, you felt like home” from the 2-track single “Where is this tree between my ribs and your jealous love?”
  
• Barcelona-based post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze /grunge solo act Fake Bliss “No Cure” from the debut LP “Flowers Keep Growing in My Room”
  
• Polish emo midwest /nu-gaze band from Warsaw, Eli’s Ladder “Simon” off the “Polychrome” EP
  
• Los Angeles emo /indie rock /shoegaze band Teary “Esalen” single
  
• Brisbane, Australia ambient /dream pop /shoegaze band RELAY TAPES “Violets” new single
  
• Nizhny Novgorod, Russia dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze band 11:11 “О​с​к​о​л​ки” from the album “А​с​ф​о​д​е​л​ь”
  
• Tokyo, Japan indie rock /shoegaze band founded in 2005, burrrn “Passing Rain” from the second album “Without you” via DREAMWAVES RECORDS
  
• Madrid, Spain grunge /shoegaze band .moov “Turquoise” single
  
• Nashville, TN emo /dream pop /noise /shoegaze band Silent Towns “3” single
  
• Danish dream pop /noise pop /shoegaze duo Donna Martin Graduates “4AM Eyes” single
  
• Chicago, IL noise rock /grungegaze band BOSSES  “Dogwoods” from the 2-track single “Dogwoods/Siren”
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• Wollongong, Australia emo /indie rock /shoegaze trio Miners “Twilight Language” from the second LP “A Healthy Future On Earth-based” via Kitty Records (AU) and Flesh & Bone Records (US)
  
• Buffalo, New York emo /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Elemantra “The Problem” single
  
• French shoegaze pop band BOREAL WOOD “Heart gone” from the upcoming “BOREAL WOoD” EP
  
• Hamburg-based, German post-punk /shoegaze /space psychedelic band Grundeis “Distanced Far Gone” third single from the upcoming second album “Every Second An Ocean”
  
• Los Angeles post-psych-folk band The Stevenson Ranch Davidians “Shine On” off the new 7″ single “Shine On​/​I’ve Got Everything” via Little Cloud Records
  
• Cologne, Germany 3-piece krautwave band Kratzen „Reichtum” first single off upcoming album „III“
  
• Houston, TX-based indie rock /free glam /synthpop group led by Erika Thrasher and Tex Kerschen, Studded Left “Brite Young Things” from the LP “Casual Flexer”
  
• New York based French/UK grunge /punk /wave /indie rock duo The Acute “Rongorongo!” title track of The Acute’s upcoming full-length album
  
• Austria lo-fi /bedroom /jangle /indie rock solo project, Danny Drivr “Faker” single
  
• Brooklyn, NY cello-driven power-pop-punk quartet Early Riser “The Self​-​Edit” from the LP “Big Life”
  
• Nashville, TN based dream pop /indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Jordan Victoria, HEAVEN HONEY “Everybody Knows” new single
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden post-punk /synth-pop /indie rock 4-piece BEVERLY KILLS “Eyes Wide Open”  single on Welfare Sounds & Records
  
• Tokyo, Japan indie rock /shoegaze all-girl band SPOOL “秋桜” from the cassette EP “Just a log tape”
  
• Grenoble-based ambient /post-rock /dreamy electronica project of French-North American instrumentalist, singer, sound designer and music producer, Lyli J “Forgiveness (Howling Nebula Remix)” off upcoming “Forgiveness” EP
  
• Portland, OR experimental blues /folk duo of Nathan Trueb (Tango AlphaTango) and José Medeles (1939 Ensemble), aka Another Glory “Big Black Boat” from the debut s/t album via Jealous Butcher Records
  
• London-based ambient folk solo project of Matthew Weinberger, guitarist in slowcore band deathcrash, aka Satan Club “Rainbows near Pitlochry” from upcoming cassette/vinyl 12″ album “Home Recordings” [Aural Canyon]