Tristesse Club hail from Rennes, France and make music blending shoegaze and alt-rock. Citing influences such as Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, DIIV or Sonic Youth the band produce, on A New Tomorrow at least, a wall of noise that sees saddening passages or flickers of beauty passing through intermittently. Definitely not one for a chill out mix mind! Facebook Continue reading Tristesse Club – A New Tomorrow
I missed the latest EP from Reynosa’s Soma Cake when it came out last month but now it’s got a release on Stupid Decisions, that excellent label which promotes music from the band’s home country Mexico as well as Central and South America. It’s the follow up to 2018’s Girls Bite Harder album and the band continue down the road to melancholy. Fusing dreampop, post-punk and shoegaze the guitars are ably supported by the drum machine/sequencer whilst the songs tell stories full of gloom and woe. Lyrics such as “I couldn’t be happier to die by your kiss”, “feeling empty … Continue reading Soma Cake – The Longest Hug
Bangkok based Death Of Heather are releasing their debut album later this year and have just released the third single to be lifted from it. In Me is, like their previous efforts, full of shimmering guitars and hushed vocals. That doesn’t suggest a band with a lack of ideas but instead one who are honing their craft especially when it comes to the lengthy but dreamy guitar outro that I could listen too on a continuous loop. Facebook Continue reading Death Of Heather – In Me
Happy new year one and all. If the best of 2019 mixes (part one – part two) were not enough for you then get stuck into the first mix of 2020 featuring tracks released in the past month or so. As ever, enjoy! And goodbye to Brunch Club. Thanks for the tunes. Full Tracklisting: Sugar World – We Fell In Love …..there is no fuzziness here and instead we are treated to a bittersweet twee-pop song. The Sensitive – World Is Evil The new single out now on Let’s Kiss A Secret Sicayda – It Changed I can see why … Continue reading Records I Like Mix January 2020
And here is the follow up to Part One. As mentioned in the oprevious post there is no order of preference and this mix contains indiepop, post-punk and synth-pop. It’s not a bad mix to be fair. One thing I … Continue reading Records I Like – The Best of 2019 (Part Two)
So another year over and it was one of the best I can remember but given my memory of late that’s no strong ask. It started strongly in January and never looked back. It was a painstaking task compiling the … Continue reading Records I Like – The Best of 2019 (Part One)
Russian band HoneyHead have released their new EP entitled A Kind Of Isolation which fuses indie-rock and shoegaze. The songs are enhanced by noise but are tuneful none the less and the singer/guitarist refuses to let her voice be overawed by the guitars. Of the three tracks here it’s the new version of 2017’s Rollercoaster that shines with the polish giving the guitar extra intensify and making the vocals even more attractive than they already were. A fine alt-rock EP. Facebook Continue reading HoneyHead – A Kind Of Isolation
Intermere is the project of Andrew Craig from Dreams of Empire and they describe their music as “immersive slowdown shoegaze”. I quite like the sound of the guitars on this one. They make for a slow deep sound and whilst listening, you get more than a hint of psychedelia running through the song. The accompanying female vocals work well giving the song a great big handful of blissfulness. Definitely one for a late-night listen. Instagram Continue reading Intermere – Reflection
Phoenix based dreampop/shoegaze band Citrus Clouds have announced a forthcoming second album titled Collider which is provisionally due for release in April next year. They have lifted the first single from the album in the shape of A Pastel Sky which is about the sunset in their native Arizona. You can almost see the colours form as the guitars shimmer whilst the band sing “I am floating, A million miles high” in said sky. Facebook Continue reading Citrus Clouds – A Pastel Sky
Australian band VIM impressed greatly with 2017’s UKIYO EP and we have not heard from them since their appearance on the Songs For Stoph compilation album which was released early last year. On Waiting (an apt title!) the guitars guitars pick up the pace, shimmering as the female vocals stay in the background. The words are emphatic and will surely resonate with anyone who have found themselves in a similar situation. A welcome return…. Facebook Continue reading VIM – Waiting
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