Love Being is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming album Love Lives in the Body from the Los Angeles based dream poppers Soft Blue Shimmer. It’s another glistening effort reminding me of music from the early 1990s. … Continue reading Soft Blue Shimmer – Love Being
Drag Me Down is the debut single from the Long Beach based Stillfilms. The band, who consist of Sophia Medina (vocals), Daniel Romero (guitar) and Zach Lehrich (drums), deliver a blend of dreampop that a few have compared to The … Continue reading Stillfilms – Drag Me Down
French band Callière are in danger of being upstaged by their remixers. First it was The Churchhill Garden and now it’s 93MillionMilesFromTheSun who shine, turning their attention to the band’s most recent single Tombstones. The original was an ethereal and … Continue reading Callière – Tombstones (93MillionMilesFromTheSun Remix)
More noisy shoegaze from Tokyo’s April Blue. It errs on the rockier side of the genre as the guitars and percussion come together as the vocals rise to the surface. Pasting the lyrics through a translator suggests two lovers making … Continue reading April Blue – Nocturne
As another month slowly draws to a close let’s recap some fine releases from this month the previous month too. Encapsulated in this mix is another selection of indiepop, dreampop, shoegaze alongside some power-pop and post-punk thrown in for good measure. Thanks for listening and as ever enjoy! Track listing: Desmond Doom – I Hope I Never See Your Face Again Laveda – Surprise Love Dance – Parallel Lines Delivery – Baader Meinhof Oceans – High Swiss Portrait – Hideout Roller Derby – Only You UJU – We Should’ve Walked But We Ran Lilac – Scatterbrain Lasitud – [Triste Pop … Continue reading Records I Like Mix September 2022
I was not expecting Kindsight to release a new single as good as this seeing as it comes just six months after their debut album Swedish Punk. Sounding a bit like if Camera Obscura came from Scandinavia instead of Glasgow Love You Baby All The Time is a delightfully sweet, harmonious pop song that is both catchy and addictive. Of course Nina Hyldgaard Rasmussen voice glows, as it usually does, but the guitars just shine as bright. Coming to an indiepop dancefloor near you soon. Love You Baby All The Time is out now via Rama Lama Records. Facebook Continue reading Kindsight – Love You Baby All The Time
Norwegian band Love Dance have released an astonishing single to kick off Too Good To Be True’s brand new singles club. Titled Parallel Lines it’s an epic indiepop track that entices the listener straight from the off as it twists, … Continue reading Love Dance – Parallel Lines
Model Shop was formed by Kevin Emerson and Ethan Jones (Math and Physics Club) alongside bassist Jen Fox in 2019. After the pandemic intervened delaying matters the band have announced that they are releasing their debut album Love Interest towards … Continue reading Model Shop – Letters To Melissa
Three post punk singles and they all coincidentally have some great cover art too! The City Gates – Hanged Drawn and Quartered I know a few people who don’t like post punk because it’s “gloomy, dark, melancholic and sung by … Continue reading Post Punk Tuesday
Ryan Marquez is channelling his inner Creation Records on the latest release from The Umbrella Puzzles. More specifically The Loft seem to be a major influence to the sound found on the On The Meadow EP none more so on … Continue reading The Umbrella Puzzles – On The Meadow
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