Category: Dream Pop

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From Russia With Love

Tom

Three Russian bands for your enjoyment today including two who I have mentioned before. First up is Moscow’s Commis Voyageur whose new digital single Youth is about being young. Yeah I vaguely remember that. Anyway both tracks here, Moonlight and Submissive, are catchy synth led efforts with the former taking the glory as it is the most vigorous of the two. Available as a free download from Bandcamp. Facebook For The Empty is the new single from Herlights and like above this title does not appear on either of the two tracks that comprise it. Laidback dream pop at its … Continue reading From Russia With Love

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Herlights – One Day

Tom

Well I am back from my holidays and away from all the punk I have been listening too on bandcamp during that period as well and there is more to come on that another time. Not sure what struck me initially about the One Day EP by Russian band Herlights. It may have been the name or the cover but I am glad I gave it a listen as it is a fine little EP mixing post-punk (those vocals alone) with shoegaze/dreampop and some fine drone/krautrock inspired programming too. Standout track for me is Morning Song which takes all those … Continue reading Herlights – One Day

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Holy Now – Wake Up

Tom

Wake Up is the forthcoming single from Sweden’s Holy Now and it’s time for one of those jaw dropping moments. The dark lyrics jostle with soaring, jangling guitars, pounding percussion and ethereal female vocals. It’s immense to these ears. Wake Up is taken from the band’s Sorry I messed up cassette (which you can get here). It’s also full of excellent tracks including the desolate Please Love Me which will be the singles flip side. They only lose their way once on Feather which is a couple of minutes too long. Wake Up will be released next month via Beech … Continue reading Holy Now – Wake Up

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Your Friends Polymers – Snow

Tom

I heard Your Friends Polymers, or to give them their correct Russian name Твои друзья полимеры, for the first time via The Pop Underground Volume One compilation that is due for release next month. The compilation seeks to showcase the best of the current Russian underground scene. Your Friends Polymers contribution Snow is a poppier take on the shoegaze genre complete with fuzzy guitars and those hard to discern ethereal female vocals I am a sucker for. I must check out more! The Pop Underground Volume One is available in digital formats from here. The cassette version has sold out. … Continue reading Your Friends Polymers – Snow

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Safe Places – Reunion

Tom

Whilst not as accessible as the brilliant Wild Ride the latest track from Austin’s Safe Places still stands heads and shoulders above other tracks I have heard in the shoegaze and dream pop categories on bandcamp. Believe me when I say have listened to a fair few these past couple of weeks! Reunion itself is a driving synth pop track that strafes the borders of dreampop but has an epic, 1980’s feel about it. It’s worthy of a listen at least! Soundcloud Continue reading Safe Places – Reunion

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Records I Like Top 10 2015

Tom

2015 was the year I listened to the shoegaze and post punk revivalists in earnest. Club AC30 and Manic Depression Records both deserve a mention alongside the usual cohorts of Dufflecoat Records and Oddbox Records who delivered their signature brand of indiepop, diy and noise pop. I also started listening to full albums again with efforts from The Chills, Beirut and Robert Forster being high on the recommended list. I am still catching up with my backlog though and being heavily played these past few weeks are the likes of Appendixes and Tomiji. So without further ado here is my … Continue reading Records I Like Top 10 2015

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Still Corners – Horses at Night

Tom

Horses At Night is the first we have heard from Still Corners for a couple of years now. It’s a non album track (which I hope means a new long player will be due soon) and on first listens it reminds me of a female fronted Radio Dept which gets a massive “wahey” from me. Horses At Night is out now digitally from the usual places. Facebook Homepage Continue reading Still Corners – Horses at Night

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Lowtide – Julia​/​Spring

Tom

The latest single from Melbourne dreampoppers Lowtide is a cover of Julia by French post punk band Asylum Party. It’s a cracking cover with the shimmering guitars and joyous joint vocals really doing the original justice. However it’s the flip side Spring that deserves the plaudits here as it develops into a track of anthem like proportions that will have your feet tapping and your head nodding in unison such is it’s pull. Excellent! Out now in 7″ vinyl and digital formats. And here is the original from 1988. Facebook Soundcloud Continue reading Lowtide – Julia​/​Spring

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The Morelings – Lonesome Tonight

Tom

A shimmering dreampop cover of New Order’s Lonesome Tonight by The Morelings who have taken the original and made it their own rather than make a carbon copy. It’s taken from Dreams Never End, A Tribute To New Order which is currently available via the Brazilian label The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records which has a history of releasing tribute albums. And here is the original which was found on the flip side of Thieves Like Us back in 1984. Facebook Continue reading The Morelings – Lonesome Tonight