Hollow is the first single to be lifted from Callière’s forthcoming album Freefall Into Heaven which will be released on 07 April 2023. It’s an expansive, swirling shoegazing effort. The vocals take a bit of getting used to. Initially they … Continue reading Callière – Hollow
I have been featuring a lot of female fronted dreampop recently, especially bands with a vocalist who give an ethereal feel to the songs. One band who I have been constantly reminded of has been The Cranes, mainly because of … Continue reading Cranes – Peel Sessions 1989-1990
Melbourne based Kosmetika release their second album Illustration via Spoilsport Records on April 21 2023. Psycho TV is the first single to be taken from the album, and the industrial sounding Krautrock influenced track should leave any ardent post-punk fan delighted. I really like the repetitiveness of the vocal style, which brings up impressions of factory machinery at work. Illustration can be pre-ordered from here. Continue reading Kosmetika – Psycho TV
I must admit, all this female fronted shoegaze I have featured recently is starting to blur into one at the moment. Still! It can blur all it wants as far as I am concerned because the expansive ethereal dreampop sound … Continue reading The Shallows – Verdant
Phoenix based Shoegazers Glixen have been around for a while now. Formerly known as Dovi I believe Moodswing is the second song released under their new moniker. Moodswing features layers and layers of fuzzy, reverb laden but melodic guitars that … Continue reading Glixen – Moodswing
As She Slips Away is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming second album To All The Distance Between Us. It’s an expansive indiepop song that gets its influences from the past yet manages to make them sound … Continue reading National Honor Society – As She Slips Away
Sheer are back with their first new song in three years. P.O.L builds upon their previous alt-rock orientated efforts and adding even more dreampop ingredients into the mix too. Gina Almaguer’s vocals gives the song some lovely ethereal moments as … Continue reading Sheer – P.O.L
Salt Lake Alley have covered The Clash 1980 single Bankrobber. The band write that “we tried to approach it like The Byrds approached Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man. In the end, it probably sounds more like the UK circa 1989 … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – Bankrobber
Last November, Skep Wax Records reissued Heavenly vs Satan as part of a series of vinyl album reissues featuring the band. The label have now announced that Le Jardin de Heavenly, which was originally released in 1992, will be next … Continue reading Heavenly – Le Jardin de Heavenly
Continuing the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow up to the initial new tracks/singles posts posted on this blog. Sample the release via the You Tube … Continue reading Recommended Releases 05/03/2023
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