The new single from Canadian shoegazers Prepare My Glider features voice and words from the Moscow based, and previous collaborator Senya aka Gouachepaint. Titled Embrace the Tragedy the band write that the track is inspired by epic tracks from the … Continue reading Prepare My Glider (feat Gouachepaint) – Embrace the Tragedy
As I mentioned on a previous post may has been a pretty hectic month here at RIL Towers. Well end of terrace to be fair. Not much posting but plenty of listening and enough to populate a new mix. As … Continue reading Records I Like Mix May 2025
The Taiwanese shoegaze band The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream are back with their second EP and almost five years after their first. Velvet Distortion is a four track EP which features shimmering and ethereal shoegaze populated by sometimes … Continue reading The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream – Velvet Distortion
Australian shoegaze act Seven Hour Days’ last single Down And Out was an astonishing track that will surely appear in my, and many others best of 2025 lists when that time comes. Following something that good would always present a … Continue reading Seven Hour Days – Set Free
There has not been a lot of posting this month but plenty of listening instead which means we have reached the third sampler of the month. That must be a new erm, “record” for me. However given the excellent music … Continue reading The “Did You Hear?” Sampler
The latest release from the Jakarta based Lost Wave Records is a split release between The Flight Of Maltanese and Marryanne. The label describes the release as a collaboration between twee pop and shoegaze and rather than a hybrid of … Continue reading The Flight Of Maltanese / Marryanne – One Fine Day
Another week of busyness that has meant I have not posted of late. However I have managed to carry on listening regardless so here is another sampler with the pick of the crop. A mix of indiepop and ethereal shoegaze … Continue reading The “Want Some Air” Sampler
It’s been such an amazing start to May weather wise here in the UK and I have to say music wise too. None more so after my inbox was flooded by emails this past Bandcamp Friday. A comeback single from … Continue reading The “We Danced Once” Sampler
It’s an extended weekend here in the UK so here is part one of a round-up what I have have been listening too and in many cases what I have finally got around to listening too! I noticed that US … Continue reading Tales from the Eostre Sessions #1
I started putting this sampler together a fortnight ago and just when it was ready another track came along and I had to include it. Still I managed to impose a limit or I would have been here to the … Continue reading The “Day After Days” Sampler
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