Tiding Over
I am still catching up on my post holiday tuneage. Here are three that caught my ear! Tip Top Nap – 街の灯り Kyoto’s Tip Top Nap are back with their first newly recorded song for over two years. 街の灯り (City … Continue reading Tiding Over
Category: Shoegaze
Records I Like Mix July 2022
It’s a bumper playlist this month as there was so much to choose from. Alongside the usual monthly dose of dreampop and indiepop there are three tracks taken from the BBC sessions re-issued by Precious Recordings of London including efforts from This Poison!, Hurrah! and Marine Research. No exclamation mark there. There is also vintage sounding Power Pop from The Lunar Towers and The Prize alongside two recent releases from matinee Recordings. And a few more besides. As ever, enjoy! Full Tracklisting: Hurrah! – This Boy (Jensen session) Theatre Royal – 1994 Silver Biplanes – Parallel World Moon In June … Continue reading Records I Like Mix July 2022
Hazel – Over My Head
Hazel hail from Jakarta and currently comprise of Prima (vocal/guitar), Rio (guitar), Wawan (guitar), Peter (bass) and Ade Kris (drums). The band originally formed in 2005 taking their influences from the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Pale Saints, Chapterhouse and … Continue reading Hazel – Over My Head
The Hiding In The Shade Sampler
London’s burning in record breaking sunshine once again – literally on the commons near where I live which have caught fire more than once this past week. Here is a selection of tunes to cool me, and you, down. Here … Continue reading The Hiding In The Shade Sampler
The Churchhill Garden – Always There
The very talented Andy Jossi and Krissy Vanderwoude come together once more with a single that sparkles in these dark times. I am not sure who Vanderwoude is writing about when she sings “You’re such a beautiful human” but who … Continue reading The Churchhill Garden – Always There
Welcome Strawberry – No One Online
Welcome Strawberry is a new band hailing from Oakland, California. The band seems the be he project of Cyrus Vandenburgh who, on the recently announced forthcoming self titled debut album, is joined by an array of friends. No One Online … Continue reading Welcome Strawberry – No One Online
Whitelands – How It Feels
The new single from Whitelands is the first we have heard from the London based act for a few years now. I have to say that How It Feels is well worth the wait. It’s an otherworldly listen that shimmers … Continue reading Whitelands – How It Feels
Wilt – Amour
Another day and another band who have sidestepped the usual shoegazing template. Amour, which is the new single from Mancunians Wilt, features cinematic spoken word and heavy guitars that sound like constant thunder claps over a vast, frozen wilderness. Somehow … Continue reading Wilt – Amour
Slo Moon – Please Don’t Wake Me, I’m Dreaming
My attention was grabbed straight away at the beginning of this track with it’s Future Sound Of London/Deep Forest sampling meeting the Cocteau Twins vibe. The song then leads us down an ethereal shoegaze path with snippets of the aforementioned … Continue reading Slo Moon – Please Don’t Wake Me, I’m Dreaming
Records I Like Mix June 2022
A right mix bag this month featuring tracks culled from indiepop, alt-rock, noise pop, dreampop and post-punk releases from over the last month or so. As ever, enjoy! Track list: Robert Sekula – Pamela Dummy – Mono Retriever Detects – … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2022
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