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

• Various Artists // Seattle‘s Tremolo 2024 [Neon Sigh]

Here is the sampler from the just happily ended Shoegaze Music Fest in Seattle, WA, which we gladly supported from afar. Great music, great vibes and brilliant bands, the whole is worth following closely in the coming year, promising exciting news on both fronts.

• Terre Haute, Indiana grunge /shoegaze band Sleep Keeper “Celes” single
  

As evidence of the grungegaze leanings that have characterized the year that is about to end, the cavemen shoegazers from Indiana embrace a contemplative yet abrasive atmospheric sound soaked in melancholy. The new single unfolds murky and droning guitar riffs that wave, reverberate and jolt while seething with achingly shimmering and trembling poignancy, to submerge plaintive, distressed vocals, in a heavy haze of distortion, clearing at the end, as a female voice comes into focus.

• Olavarría, Argentina alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze band AILLEURS “Feel” single
  

Blending dreamy shoegaze with harder 90s rock influences, “Feel” is a poetic song about fear, intimacy, and truth delivered through sad angsty vocals, aching under leaden mists of crunchy fuzz-laden, abrasive doom, laced with echoing pain-filled piercing laments and heavy clattering drums, to emerge slightly hopeful with a more prominent backup vocal.

• Kent, UK-based Northern Soul/Mod /Garage/Power Pop /Psychedelic Pop new project formed by Papernut Cambridge‘s Ian Button (formerly guitarist with Death In Vegas, Thrashing Doves) and Allan Crockford (of The Galileo 7, The Prisoners, The James Taylor Quartet, The Solar Flares etc), The Penrose Web “Leap Of Faith” from upcoming “It’s​.​.​.​.​The Penrose Web” 4-track EP 7″ [A Fool’s Paradise / Gare du Nord Records]

I can’t figure out how many times I’ve seen Allan Crockford live in the remote past between The Prisoners, James Taylor Quartet, and Prime Movers, all marked in some way my musical path, most of all an adventurous The Prisoners provincial gig in Bra by the way; I can’t say the same for Ian Button, even if I attended a 90s London show of the early Death In Vegas incarnation. Consequently, I could only be intrigued by the duo’s new songwriting partnership that promises soulful kaleidoscopic sound suggestions. The first foretaste oozes crisp and energetic mod grooves and 60s-tinged tuneful harmonies, harking back around 1983-84, while taking us to a “Leap of Faith” built on a pyramid scheme of dreams.

• Franco–Brazilian world /bossa nova /indie folk pop composer, performer and producer (FKA Dream Koala), Yndi “Ca​ï​ques” from the album “Memoria” [Grand Musique Management]
• Melbourne, Australia indie folk composer Ben Talbot-Dunn, aka Open Swimmer “Cloud Pattern” from “Two Songs” single
  
• London-based ambient /slowcore /folk singer, songwriter, musician and producer Jacob Ware, aka RAPT “I Will Be My End” from the upcoming 2025 album “Until The Light Takes Us” [START-TRACK]
• English folk rock group founded by Stephen Cracknell in the early 00s, The Memory Band “Downfall” (trad.) from the upcoming archival album “A Common Treasury”
  
• Glasgow, Scotland trio of Dougie Payne (Travis), Robert Dallas Gray (Life Without Buildings) and Isobel McKenna (piano), aka Guisers “Little Drummer Boy” (Davis 1941/Fraser, Grossman, Kohan 1977) Christmas single [Vivarium Sounds]
• Turkish ambient /noise /ethereal /haunting dreampop project of Istanbul-born multidisciplinary artist Eylül Deniz, aka Sunfear “Form Changed” from the second LP “All At Once” [Dark Entries Records]
• Los Angeles-based 4-piece psychedelic folk band Goon “Death Spells” single [Born Losers Records]
• Austin, TX indie dream folk husband-and-wife musical duo aeseaes “Voice” off of the upcoming full-length LP “Opia”
  
• Japan ambient /shoegaze /dream pop /electronic project GrayNightly/ChelseaTerrace “snowfall” from “さ​よ​な​ら​ク​リ​ス​マ​ス​~ ​snow ghost” EP
  
• Toronto, Ontario minimalist /shoegaze /slowcore solo project of Charlie Berger, With Hidden Noise “Embers’, the third single from the upcoming album “Mayday”
  
• French lo-fi /electronic /shoegaze /indie rock solo project of Gauthier from Parisian Dream Pop outfit Prune 99, Scepticisme “Wide Awake” from “Wide Awake” EP [Spleencore Records]
• Marseille, France post-punk /shoegaze band Sandcastle “Vandalism” single
  
• Irvine, CA lo-fi /bedroom /dream pop band MAKEORBREAK “Devo” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Québec City, Canada electropop /post-wave band Handful of Snowdrops “Alcyone” from the 6th studio album “Any Moment Now”
  
• Swedish electronic dream pop duo consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace), CLUB 8 ”Left Behind” from “A Year With Club 8” album 
  
• Margate, UK bedroom dream pop band, Tokyo Tea Room “There’s a Place” final single off of 2025 LP “No Rush” [Nice Guys]
• Munich, Germany indie /dream pop solo project Phantom Youth “This Sacred Place” title track of the  2025 album “This Sacred Place”
  
• Paris-based garage /indie pop quintet En Attendant Ana “Close Your Mouth Because Christmas Is The Day !” (The Free Design, 1968) from the charity Christmas cassette single “En Attendant Ana Sings Christmas”
  
• Chicago-based baroque pop /folk rock passion band led by Wilco members and multi-instrumentalists John Stirratt and Pat Sansone, The Autumn Defense “Please Come Back To Me (On the Eve of Christmas)” first new song since 2014 from the sessions for the new album, to be released in the Fall of 2025 on Yep Roc Records
  
• San Francisco-based dream pop /sadcore band led by veteran musician and composer Glenn Donaldson, The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Don’t Be So Morbid This Christmas” single
  
• Clare, Australia indie /dream /jangle pop band led by Joel Carr, aka The Boltons “Melissa’s House” from “Postcards From Home” mini-album CD [Subjangle]
• Leicester, UK minimal indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, aka NEUCLOUDS “I’m Just Here To Complicate Things” single
  
• London-based early ’90s founded, C86 /punk /psych /indie rock band led by David Feck, COMET GAIN “AN ARCADE FROM THE WARM RAIN THAT FALLS” from “20 GOLDEN GREATS​!​” LP
  
• San Francisco‘s experimental /shoegaze /indie pop new project of Blue Ocean‘s Rick Altieri and his wife, Above Me – “Grass Mouth” (unreleased) from V/A “We Wouldn’t Change A Thing” Dandy Boy label 2024 sampler [Dandy Boy Records]
• Bandung, Indonesia noise /indie pop LoOn “Time Goes By” single [Lisdia Records]
• Paris Region-based, French/American shoegaze /dream pop group Kicking the Habit “I Love You” from the cassette album “Self Sabotage” [Ganache Records]
• Indonesian dream pop /indie pop duo Girl and Her Bad Mood “Chani, I Believe” from 2-track “Pop Song” single [Haum Entertainment]
• California-based indie /dream pop duo Moodlighting “Fastball” 2-track single “Eyeshine / Fastball” from the upcoming 2025 LP “Gutter Rabbit”
  
• Marietta, Georgia jangle pop /shoegaze /dream pop singer-songwriter Copperplate “Outnumbered” single
• Lisbon, Portugal shoegaze /dream pop band led by Guilherme Machado Correia, Hause Plants “Watering A Flower” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Dallas, TX 3-piece shoegaze /indie rock /noise pop /dream pop band Ultra Bloom “Signals” single
  
• London-based shoegaze /indie /dream pop solo project Hongza “Lovesick” single from the debut EP “Coming of Age”
  
• Medway, UK-based new wave /Britpop /indie rock band (former members of Speedwell, and The Ambience), The Pastel Waves “To Breathe” from “Between Midnight And Morning” EP 12″ [Spinout Nuggets]
• Chicago-based Americana /shoegaze /psych /indie rock band The Salisman Communal Orchestration “I Was Helium” from the fifth album “A Queen Among Clods” [Cruel Nature Records]
• Indonesian grind /noise pop band Texas Two – “I’ll Die For You” single [Chaotic Pop Records]
• Glasgow, UK indie rock band Jutland Songs “Hang Me In Your Gallery” from the upcoming “Autumn Trash” EP 10″ [Gringo Records]
• Idaho Falls psychedelic /shoegaze /grunge rock band The Colourflies “Vamps” from the album “Staresque” CD [Shore Dive Records]
• Glasgow, UK 4-piece garage pop/ indie rock band Shimmer ’94 “I Heard You Say” single [GoldMold Records]
• Philadelphia shoegaze /dream pop project of Tom Lugo (Stellarscope), Panophonic “Starlight in your eyes” single [Patetico Recordings]
• Leghorn, Italian Dream Pop /Shoegaze project of Tommaso La Rocca, aka Inframell0w “Idyllia” single
  
• Leuven, Belgium shoegaze /dream pop band Soothe “Porcelain” debut single
  
• Warsaw, Poland dream pop /shoegaze band duszno “papierki i okruszki” single
  
• Stockholm, Sweden post-punk /indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze band NEGATIVE1 “Shine” from the EP “Abandoned & Forgotten Vol. 2” (Second collection of unfinished songs from 2019–2024)
  
• Tilburg, Netherlands indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop trio Mood Bored “All The Time” off upcoming sophomore EP, “Too Much?” [Mattan Records]
• Bielefeld, Germany-based shoegaze /dream pop band formed in Istanbul, Plastic Ideas “Her Şey Anlams​ı​z” third single from the upcoming album
  
• California indie rock /shoegaze supergroup featuring Blake Voss (Vandal Moon) and G. Brown (The G) with debut vocalist A. Amaril, aka PAASTEL “On promises” single
  
• Vancouver, BC-based Argentinean–British dreampop /shoegaze trio Bloom Effect “Year Zero” single
  
• Manila, Philippines indie rock /jangle /noise /shoegaze duo We Are Imaginary “Pinkish Hue” single
  
• Portland, Maine-based emo /shoegaze /dreamgaze band XO “Spend” from “Under The Stars” EP [Twin Waves]
• Perth, Australia four-piece post-shoegaze band Gloam “Residue” from the second EP “Well Dwelling”
  
• San Francisco‘s dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece band Pure Hex “Skin​/​Twin” single
  
• East Scotland indie/shoegaze band SILVERMASH “Did You See It Last Night?” from 2-track single “Did You See It Last Night / Flame (Minute)”
  
• Australian 5-piece shoegaze /dream pop band from Sydney, Futureheaven “Ghosts” off upcoming EP “Forgetting Who You Once Were”
  
• Queens, NY grunge-gaze band led by Robert Preston Collum, PINK MEXICO “Soaked” from the EP “what movie ends like this? part1”
  
• Pennsylvania alternative rock /emo /indie rock /shoegaze band Superheaven “Numb To What Is Real” from the single “Long Gone / Numb To What Is Real” [Blue Grape Music]
• Los Angeles-based 4-piece alternative rock /grunge /shoegaze band Bad Light “Little Misery” new single
  
• Hamburg-based psych /indie rock /post-punk /shoegaze band Grundeis “Never Gonna Heal” from the new album “Every Second an Ocean” [Undressed Records]
• Helsinki, Finland grunge /stoner /psychedelic hard grooving rock 4-piece Headphone Jacks “Space Ghost” the first single from the upcoming 2025 “Discipline” album [Inverse Records]
• Cambodia-based UK shoegaze /electro /psych rock band Frankie Teardrop Dead – “Hardmachine [Bloodjoy Remix]” from “Bloodjoy Remixes (Part I)” EP [Sister 9 Recordings]
• French shoegaze /psych rock band You Said Strange “Trade Your Soul (ft Marvin Borges Soares)” from “Trade Your Soul” EP 12″
  
• Montreal, Quebec sitar-laden cosmic psychedelic-pop group Elephant Stone “Edge Of The Deep Blue Sea” from “Back Into The Garage: The Back Into The Dream Demos” EP of 2021 home demos
  
• Shoegaze /Fuzzy Psychedelic Rock band from Norway, Rancho Relaxo ”Echoes Of The Unknown” title track of the new LP “ECHOES OF THE UNKNOWN”
  
• Sheffield, UK fuzzy garage rock veterans, The Mourning After “Put On a Smile” 2-track 7″ single [Chaputa! Records]
• Helsinki, Finland indie rock /psych-pop band Pink Chameleons “Sunshine Honey” single from upcoming second album “Harmony” [Soliti Recordings]
• Birmingham, UK indie /glam rock and roll band Tremendous “Slipping Away” single
  
• Korumburra, Australia psych pop /indie rock group of Greg Walker (Machine Translations) and Rick Sands (The Night Party) along with Pete Cook (Yamamoto), Din Roberts (Kutcha Edwards Band) and Glen Scarlett (Oak), aka Sand Brothers “Jungle of Love” single
  
• Vancouver, BC indie rock solo project EKKSTACY “she will be missed” single [UnitedMasters]
• Winnipeg, Canada indie/chillwave /dream pop solo project of Felicia Sekundiak, FLOOR CRY “Teleprompter” single
  
• Brooklyn, NY indie folk singer-songwriter Jacqueline Hackett “Pollyanna Cowgirl” single
  
• Glasgow, UK  folk band  Lose A Leg “I Shot An Arrow Into The Air // Crown Shyness” from the 5th album “The Vale of Awful Sound”
  
• Belgian ambient /experimental /post-rock /piano /folk collaboration Annelies Monseré & Goldscammer “One I Love” from the s/t compilation album [Horn of Plenty]