It’s Bandcamp Friday once more and here are three new singles that popped up in my inbox this morning. Tomates en Verano – Anestesiada Anestesiada is the third single to be lifted from Argentinian band Tomates en Verano’s forthcoming album … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Singles
Oakland’s The Leave Me Alones impressed me with their Race To The Bottom EP. They will be following it up with a new EP titled Be Alone and have released Choices as a taster. Again the band’s mix of indiepop, … Continue reading Three’s Company……..
Russian act Hiki return with their seventh album A Trip To The Sea. It’s a welcome return to form after April’s underwhelming split release with Green Horizon. If you have not heard Hiki before the sound is vast, atmospheric dreampop driven by programming and synths with the tracks having a feelgood effect. This is backed up by guitar chords that give some songs, such as the title track, a chilled-out Balearic feel taken from a sound from years gone by. I also like the fact when vocals emerge that they are barely heard being hidden behind a shimmering, hazy aural … Continue reading Hiki – A Trip To The Sea
Asimov – Obelisco Guatemalan shoegazers Asimov are back with their first new song since last years debut album Todo Lo Que Buscamos Es Desaparecer. And what a track they return with! It is a stunning example of ethereal shoegaze and … Continue reading The Saturday Mix
Argentinian dreampop/shoegaze band El Club Audiovisual release their debut album later this year on Casa del Puente Discos. Titled Ya No Somos Tan Solos it’s been preceded by two singles. The first single Portal, was released back in May and it’s now been followed by El Ritmo (Rhythm). The former is a slow-burning track that works it’s way up from measured guitars before breaking into a sweat unleashing some fuzzy riffs and echoing notes. The latter is straight out of the blocks grabbing your attention with some catchy vocals alongside jangling morphing into alt-rock strings. Both singles can be purchased … Continue reading El Club Audiovisual – Ya No Somos Tan Solos
A round-up of some of the albums to catch my ears this past couple of months or so. I noticed my no reviews rule I implemented a couple of weeks ago is starting to waver again so I am implementing … Continue reading Latest Album Releases
It’s a bumper mix this month running at just over two hours. So get stuck into shoegaze, dreampop, indiepop, jangle-pop and a lot more besides. All the tracks have featured on these pages and in light of the absence of … Continue reading Records I Like Mix July 2020
Australian band Lorelei have released their third single in the shape of Pale. It’s a spiralling, ethereal dream-pop track that, like their previous work, echoes to the ghosts of 1980s 4AD. This is due in no small part to the voice of Claudia Schmidt who delivers yet another delightful vocal performance. Lovely despite the sadness of the words. Facebook Continue reading Lorelei – Pale
Populardays are a Filipino dream/pop shoegaze band hailing from Manila. They have been making music for several years, as long as this blog has been going, if not longer! They have just released a digital EP on Indonesian label Shiny Happy Records which is the second in that labels new digital Club series. The EP consists of the songs played for the label’s Our Secret World Quarantine Session with three of them being drawn from 2014’s Somewhere in Time album. The fourth and final song is Februarys Lost In Space track which will hopefully see a full release at some … Continue reading Populardays – Shiny Happy Digital Club 02
The new single from New York’s Lightning Bug is a magical moment for these ears. The Onely Ones mixes dreampop, shoegaze with ambient and experimental music. They then push the boundaries out even further on The Lonely Ones which ventures deeper into ambient territory which includes some “dubby” moments alongside bursts of white noise. There is no need for me to gush any further as the music speaks for itself. The (L)onely Ones is out now on Fat Possum Records. Facebook Continue reading Lightning Bug – The (L)onely Ones
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