shoegaze
Track/EP: Heligoland – Coriallo
Heligoland‘s new EP, “Coriallo” is a gorgeous, atmospheric landscape of sound, evocative, maybe, of the windswept north-western coast of Normandy where it was written and recorded. The input of Robyn Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) as producer and mixer gives you that thrill of anticipation before you even begin to listen to this delicate and beautiful release. …
Say Psych: Introducing: Moondrive
Moondrive is a solo project created by Emanuele Cicerchia in 2014 and has spent the past five years creating and developing his sound in the cities of Arezzo, Bologna, and Paris. Moondrive’s sound is an amalgamation of psychedelic, pop, shoegaze, and electronic elements that hint at different decades, elements which it both draws from and …
See: Underground Lovers release new video for Every Sign and announce tour
Melbourne’s magnificent Underground Lovers have released a new video for the song “Every Sign” off last year’s epic album “Staring at you, Staring at me” (reviewed here). This is in anticipation of a mainland capital city Australian tour in March – their biggest tour in a while (sadly Hobart is left out). “Every Sign” is …
Album Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Wrong Creatures
Glam grunge exponents, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC), are back with a vengeance on their eighth album, “Wrong Creatures”. The album was produced by the legendary Nick Launay (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) and is due to be released on 12 January 2018. Their last release “Specter at …
Say Psych: Interview: Hund
Italians Hund are the latest shoegaze entity to emerge from the continent with their mesmerising live shows capturing attention as they mix pop melodies with more experimental sounds and structures. Curious to learn more BSM had a chat with the band. Q – Hey guys, it’s really nice to speak with you. Firstly, introduce …
EP: The Veldt – ‘Thanks to the Moth and Areanna Rose’
Just prior to heading out on tour with Modern English (sadly no European dates) shoegaze pioneers THe Veldt have released their new EP ‘Thanks to the Moth and Areanna Rose’ via U.S. label sonaBLAST! Records. At its core, the band are identical twins Daniel Chavis (vocals, guitar) and Danny Chavis (guitar), along with Hayato Nakao …
Track: The Telescopes – Silent Water
If you thought one album, As Light Return, was enough for one year from long serving noisy shoegaze favourites The Telescopes, up pops Stephen Lawrie and the gang with another, the six-track ‘Stone Tape’, out on November 20th via Rome label Yard Press. Taken from it is a ‘Silent Water’. It finds Lawrie not at …
Track: Kindling – Better World
On the verge of their new album, Hush, release on November 10th via 6131 records, Western Massachusetts’ edgy shoegaze five piece Kindling have released a third single from the album, ‘Better World’. Started as the recording project of Stephen Pierce and Gretchen Williams in 2014, the band has built and expanded their sound through a …
VIDEO: STILLWAVE – ’94 CIVIC’ + Live UK dates.
Hollands third finest export (after Orangeboom, and gouda) have just dropped their latest video ’94 Civic’. The track, taken from their soon to be released, and eagerly anticipated, debut album – Save Another Soul – is a homage to the bands early days spent driving round in a beat up old car that they inherited …
Say Psych: Interview – The Orange Kyte
Vancouver based four-headed, eight-legged The Orange Kyte have been attracting increased attention, partially due to the release of their LP Grow It Right recently on Portland label Little Cloud Records. They create a full-on immersive psychoramic sound that fizzes, fuzzes and fragments within shimmering pools of vividly colourful mind-expanding kaleidoscopia. Intrigued by this, BSM had …