Oh, hang on! It’s that a bit of electronica I can hear in the latest single from Stomp Talk Modstone? It is you know and the band’s usual blend of noisy shoegaze has only gone and been replaced by synths, … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – WYD
Drum roll and back. After a combination of holidaying and self-imposed exile, I have started to catch up on the releases I have missed from the past two weeks. I have also given some thoughts on how I may approach … Continue reading The Return To The Fray Sampler #1
Japanese band Stomp Talk Modstone are back with another shimmering affair. Titled Hello, New World it’s drenched in layers of late 1980s, early 1990s shoegaze of the type found on Creation Records. The vibrating guitars gush forward, overflowing from the … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Hello, New World
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
The new single from Tokyo’s Stomp Talk Modstone delivers a mix of shimmering shoegaze and ethereal female vocals. That’s a mix that gladdens my heart and Baby Sky certainly has elements of beauty running through it. The lyrics hint at … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Baby Sky
Kicking the week off with another sampler. Quite a few pretty decent power pop tunes have caught my ear lately and the mix features a number of these supplemented by indiepop & dreampop. As ever enjoy! Here is the Playlist: … Continue reading The New Twang Sampler
I am working by the sea this week in a very cold Swanage. Luckily I am next door to a cider house. Plus who can begrudge the sound of crashing waves. Talking of sounds here is a another sampler for … Continue reading The By The Sea Sampler
The first sampler playlist of the year rounds up some end of 2021 releases, forthcoming albums and compilations along with the odd new single – or two! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here are the individual … Continue reading The First Sampler of 2022
Another ten tracks to start the week off. Enjoy! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here are the individual tracks/info: Bridge Dog – Gone South The second single from Sydney’s Bridge Dog in as many months. Very … Continue reading The Monday Sampler!
Keep On Mind is taken from the new single Melissa/Keep On Mind from the Japanese shoegaze band Stomp Talk Modstone with Eriko (Plant Cell, Baby Ever Rain) on vocals. It has that vintage, classic shoegaze sound with the ethereal female … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Keep On Mind
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