shoegaze
Meet: Lincolnshire shoegazers Corasandel
Corasandel are an ambient-shoegaze band from Lincolnshire, England. They’re signed to independent label Shelflife Records in Portland, Oregon and have a new single out called ‘Cracked Light’. I caught up with the band to ask them about influences, lockdown, Shoegaze and how a band from Lincolnshire ended up on a label in Oregon… First of …
Track: Kestrels – Vanishing Point
Nova Scotia shoegazers the Kestrels are sharing their second single, ‘Vanishing Point’, from their upcoming album Dream or Don’t Dream, out on Darla Records on July 10th. Guitarist and vocalist Chad Peck explained: “I liked the idea of the record opening with the band kicking in with this intense and hypnotic riff as opposed to a synth …
Track: Eep – Hogar
It seems shoegaze/dream pop bands are flourishing in the south of the US at the moment. We were highly impressed by Tan Cologne from New Mexico, and now Eep, from El Paso, Texas have released an epic single ‘Hogar’: a shimmering wall of noise with singer/guitarist/synth Rosie Varela’s floating vocals weaving in and out of …
Album Review: Phosphene – Lotus Eaters
Out now is the new album by Phosphene, a band who combine Shoegaze with a Post-Punk sound and nods to Alternative rock bands of old. ‘Lotus Eaters’ is available on July 7th over on the bands Bandcamp site. This album has an experimental feel which is reminiscent of Alt-Rock bands such as Sonic Youth, the …
Track: Pinkshinyultrablast – Songs
Pinkshinyultrablast, Russia’s premiere shoegaze export, have shared their epic and ethereal new single ‘Songs’ out now via Club AC30 They comment “this one is kind of an oddball. I think when we recorded ‘Songs’ we weren’t really sure what to do with this 15-minute-long beast, or if we will ever get a chance to release it. …
EP: Starflyer 59 – Miami
Out now is new EP ‘Miami’ by Californian indie band Starflyer 59, on Velvet Blue Music. Starflyer 59 have released a multitude of albums, singles and EPs over the last quarter of a century and this is a nice addition to their expansive discography.The title track, ‘Miami’ is an acoustic-driven slice of psychedelic indie, complete …
ALBUM REVIEW: bdrmm – ‘Bedroom’
A DEMO recorded on a smartphone, and a paucity of vowels: from such humble seeds Yorkshire’s bdrmm have flowered into probably the most hotly tipped band on the rejuvenated shoegaze scene. So how did it all begin for bdrmm? Frontman Ryan Smith details the moment. “I remember being in my bedroom before a 12-hour shift …
NEWS: Slowdive’s debut gets the flaming treatment
SLOWDIVE’S 1991 debut LP for Creation, Just For A Day, is set to get a limited flame-coloured 180-gramme pressing by Resident Records. The album, which was slated by the British inkies at the time but which has come to be seen as a cornerstone of the reappraised shoegaze movement, features overdriven, ambient guitar classics such …
Say Psych: Album Review: Sonic Boom – All Things Being Equal
It’s auspicious that Sonic Boom—the solo project and nom-de-producer of Peter Kember (Spectrum, Spacemen 3) returns in 2020 with its first new LP in three decades. Kember was drawn to the year’s numerological potency, and this intentionality shines into every corner of All Things Being Equal. Released on Carpark Records, it’s a meditative, mathematical record …
ALBUM REVIEW: Braids soar on ‘Shadow Offering’
“YOU want me to love myself, more than I love anyone else / I tire of myself sometimes, just like I tire of you … do I need you, do I want you, do I hate you … I’m here for you, even if you don’t want me to be”. So offers Raphaelle Standell-Preston during …