Losing the Light is Night Flowers first new track for some time now. It’s a fine slice of gloomy indiepop/dreampop that has a fluctuating intensity about it’s presence. It’s also a fine taster for their debut album that hopefully will see light of the day in 2018. Facebook Continue reading Night Flowers – Losing the Light
Sadly blog faves Kosmonaut split up at the end of last year. Stephen from the band dropped me a line writing that “there is still a couple of loose ends to tie up though and this remix by The Luxembourg Signal is one of them. Before we split up our intentions were to release a cd single of Debbie Harry’s Smile and include a load of remixes by our friends, unfortunately that’s not going to happen and only a couple of remixes got finished.” So here is that Luxembourg Signal remix in it’s glory. I thought the original was good … Continue reading Kosmonaut – Debbie Harry’s Smile (California On Fire Mix)
Strawberry Punks is a compilation compiling five Indonesian bands who contribute a track each. This EP demonstrates how strong the Indonesian indiepop scene is. Go back a few years and whilst the music was good in most cases it was note for note copy of a any number of Sarah Records bands you could care to name. On this compilation however bands are now coming out of their comfort zone and expanding far from their influences none more so than The Whistling Possum and their track Them Are Pigs which fuses some of the danceable elements of post punk together … Continue reading Various – Strawberry Punks
So here is the first playlist of 2018 covering indiepop, C86, dreampop, janglepop and shoegaze. As ever click on the image to start the playlist via playmoss. More playlists can be found here. Continue reading Fall Into Place – A Record I Like Playlist (January 2018 #1)
More infectious indiepop from Swedish band Holy Now. Feel It All is the first single to be taken from the bands’ forthcoming debut album and has all the makings of an indie dance floor anthem thanks to the catchy guitars and Julia Olander’s impressive vocals. Feel It All is out now digitally via Lazy Octopus Records. The as of yet unnamed album will be out in the Spring. Facebook Continue reading Holy Now – Feel It All
Made of Paper is lovely dreamy indiepop from Austin’s Why Bonnie. Catchy melodic music with tender, wistful female vocals. Impressive to say the least. Made of Paper is taken from the forthcoming In Water EP due for release soon via Sports Day Records. No link as of yet but you can pre-order it digitally from the band here. Facebook Continue reading Why Bonnie – Made of Paper
Swirlpool – now there is a shoegazing band name if I have ever heard one – hail from Regensburg, Germany. They make a sensual mix of indie and shoegaze that you can immerse and easily lose yourself in. Camomile is a taster for their forthcoming debut EP that will be released later this year on Reptile Music. Facebook Continue reading Swirlpool – Camomile
Fall into Place is the first single to be taken from an as of yet untitled but forthcoming album. It’s a tuneful guitar based track with hooks and vocals that drive deep into your consciousness. A great teaser for that album…. Facebook Continue reading The King In Mirrors – Fall into Place
More music from Russia for you today. Changes is the new single from Herlights. It features three dream-pop tracks complete with the band’s trademark sullen vocals which give a strong atmospheric feel to the songs none more so than on Wasted Youth. I was a bit disappointed by some of the new songs on the previous effort Happiness is now but Changes is an excellent return to form. Get it from here. Continue reading Herlights – Changes
More twee influenced indiepop from the Russian band Verbludes. Кошмары sounds quite jolly but once you translate the title (Nightmares) and the lyrics into English is not all smiles and handclaps as you may have been lead to believe! Regardless of all of that it’s a catchy and bouncy track none the less! It’s pretty much the same formula on Пустые слова (Blank Words) which also contains some excellent boy/girl vocals. The result? Two excellent indiepop tracks that you can get for nowt from here. VK.Com Continue reading Verbludes – Nightmares
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