Melbourne based Oceans will be releasing their debut album Dreamers in Dark Cities on March 23 2023. Pure is the first single to be taken from the album and there is more than a hint of indiepop in the style … Continue reading Oceans – Pure
To say that the Silver Biplanes are not tied to just the one “genre”, for the want of a better word, is an understatement. Previous single Songs That Don’t Exist saw a fusion of indiepop and industrial, whilst Searching For … Continue reading Silver Biplanes – Searching For Your Name
Hang On sounds a bit like The Jesus and Mary Chain covering The wedding Present. There is fuzz alongside the soaring, thriving guitars whilst the vocals, which sometimes seem out of place, have a recital feel about them. The track … Continue reading The Age of Colored Lizards – Hang On
A blissful, folk tinged track from Austin’s Why Bonnie, which is full of melancholy and regret. The words fly over the gentle swaying of the instruments. The song conjures up imagery of being tightly wrapped whilst gazing into the burning … Continue reading Why Bonnie – Apple Tree
The new single from the Totnes based Pale Blue Eyes is a driving track with a pounding bassline reminiscent of Tina Weymouth and early post-punk Talking Heads. It’s a buoyant track that’s to be sure, with the vocals jumping along … Continue reading Pale Blue Eyes – More
Lights of Sorrow (Apthero) is taken from the second EP by the Nepalese band OutControlJoys. Titled Unturn it features six shoegazing influenced tracks with Lights of Sorrow (Apthero) being one of the standouts for me. It’s a fast driving, upbeat … Continue reading OutControlJoys – Lights of Sorrow (Apthero)
I have been playing this one to death ever since it was released earlier today. Purple From Love is just simply a fantastic slice of female fronted shoegaze. It’s quite poppy too and the vocals remind me of so much, … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Purple From Love
Originally found on last July’s Funeral Flowers, the album highlight (well, one of them!) Red gets a shiny new overcoat in the form of the wonderfully named Miserably Happy Mix. As the remix title may suggest, the original dark synths … Continue reading Hexheart – Red (Miserably Happy Mix)
Grateful For Another Day is a gloomy yet moving semi-acoustic indiepop track. The way Thierry Haliniak sings Carminda Loleng’s words reminds me in parts of The Psychedelic Furs song Sister Europe although musically it’s very different. The keyboards make a … Continue reading My Raining Stars – Grateful For Another Day
Wherever You Are by Fresno’s Paradise Blossom is an example of the shimmering dreampop that is spending more and more time between my listening ears. The guitars glisten despite their delicateness, whilst the hushed vocals sound like waves lapping at … Continue reading Paradise Blossom – Wherever You Are
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