A Tuesday trio! Darksoft – Only Time Will Tell Only Time Will Tell is taken from the current album Beigeification by Portland’s Darksoft. Some have likened them to The House of Love, others to New Order. It’s nice and jangly … Continue reading Da Da Da
The Choo Choo Trains, who were originally together between 2011 and 2016 have reformed. The self-proclaimed “girl-guide shoegaze” band will be supporting The Roves at London’s Lexington on March 18, 2023. Funny enough, the band’s last live show was with … Continue reading The Choo Choo Trains Return
The Sensitive’s new EP features four tracks, all of which previously appeared on 2020s the World Is Evil album. I previously mentioned that the songs were very retro sounding, being a mix of indiepop and post punk, with “the guitars … Continue reading The Sensitive – Best Of
Melbourne based Oceans will be releasing their debut album Dreamers in Dark Cities on March 23 2023. Pure is the first single to be taken from the album and there is more than a hint of indiepop in the style … Continue reading Oceans – Pure
To say that the Silver Biplanes are not tied to just the one “genre”, for the want of a better word, is an understatement. Previous single Songs That Don’t Exist saw a fusion of indiepop and industrial, whilst Searching For … Continue reading Silver Biplanes – Searching For Your Name
Hang On sounds a bit like The Jesus and Mary Chain covering The wedding Present. There is fuzz alongside the soaring, thriving guitars whilst the vocals, which sometimes seem out of place, have a recital feel about them. The track … Continue reading The Age of Colored Lizards – Hang On
A blissful, folk tinged track from Austin’s Why Bonnie, which is full of melancholy and regret. The words fly over the gentle swaying of the instruments. The song conjures up imagery of being tightly wrapped whilst gazing into the burning … Continue reading Why Bonnie – Apple Tree
The new single from the Totnes based Pale Blue Eyes is a driving track with a pounding bassline reminiscent of Tina Weymouth and early post-punk Talking Heads. It’s a buoyant track that’s to be sure, with the vocals jumping along … Continue reading Pale Blue Eyes – More
Lights of Sorrow (Apthero) is taken from the second EP by the Nepalese band OutControlJoys. Titled Unturn it features six shoegazing influenced tracks with Lights of Sorrow (Apthero) being one of the standouts for me. It’s a fast driving, upbeat … Continue reading OutControlJoys – Lights of Sorrow (Apthero)
I have been playing this one to death ever since it was released earlier today. Purple From Love is just simply a fantastic slice of female fronted shoegaze. It’s quite poppy too and the vocals remind me of so much, … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Purple From Love
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