Mancunians Cruush show their wistful side on their regretful new single Features. It’s a dreamy, ethereal affair that washes around you. They release their debut EP Wishful Thinker on April 14 2023. In the meantime Features, which I guess will feature (pun intended!) on that EP, can be purchased via Heist or Hit. Homepage Continue reading Cruush – Features
Well, March certainly saw a great deal of good music. So much, so I had to cut at least 15 tracks from this mix to get it at just over 90 minutes. What a month (and a couple of weeks … Continue reading Records I Like Mix March 2023
New York’s Laveda have been a bit of a marmite band for me. Depending on the track, it’s either a love or hate relationship. Troy Creeps, the fourth single to be taken from the forthcoming album A Place You Grew … Continue reading Laveda – Troy Creeps
Slowly discarding their 1990s influences, London’s Bleach lab return with their new single. It’s the sound of a band bringing their influences and subsequent interpretations up to date in order to stamp their own authority/identity on their music. The result … Continue reading Bleach Lab – Indigo
Hollow is the first single to be lifted from Callière’s forthcoming album Freefall Into Heaven which will be released on 07 April 2023. It’s an expansive, swirling shoegazing effort. The vocals take a bit of getting used to. Initially they … Continue reading Callière – Hollow
I have been featuring a lot of female fronted dreampop recently, especially bands with a vocalist who give an ethereal feel to the songs. One band who I have been constantly reminded of has been The Cranes, mainly because of … Continue reading Cranes – Peel Sessions 1989-1990
I must admit, all this female fronted shoegaze I have featured recently is starting to blur into one at the moment. Still! It can blur all it wants as far as I am concerned because the expansive ethereal dreampop sound … Continue reading The Shallows – Verdant
Sheer are back with their first new song in three years. P.O.L builds upon their previous alt-rock orientated efforts and adding even more dreampop ingredients into the mix too. Gina Almaguer’s vocals gives the song some lovely ethereal moments as … Continue reading Sheer – P.O.L
It’s Bandcamp Friday and this sampler covers my travels so far. I have not spent as much as I normally do as I got stung by the dentist this morning! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here … Continue reading The Bandcamp Friday Sampler
Singaporean Shoegazers/Dream Poppers have relocated to good old London Town since I last mentioned them. They have also released a brand-new single in the shape of Utopia Reimagined: These Corners. It’s a slow burning track full of atmosphere and haunting … Continue reading Coming Up Roses – Utopia Reimagined: These Corners
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