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Manchester’s Tamsin Stephens records and releases music as TTSSFU and while some might complain that it doesn’t fit the classic benchmarks of what gets called dreampop or post-punk, I challenge anyone to come up with better reductive pigeonholes for her hazy, angst-tinged, reverb-drenched bedroom pop. For the record, she accepts the labels gladly: For those […]
The Belgian quintent may take their name from the Elliott Smith album, but their sonic cues comes from the billowing echoes of the Slowdive-inspired branches of the shoegaze family tree. It’s no coincidence that Simon Scott mastered their third album, 2024’s Temporary Light; one can imagine listening to the record’s chiming guitars and drifting vocals […]
Minneapolis shoegaze heroes She’s Green dropped their third single of the year yesterday along with news of their next proper release. To the first item, “Willow” is a brief, burst of kaleidoscopic light – reflected in the tone of the accompanying video – though it comes from a heavier concept: ‘Willow’ reflects on our dying […]
There’s been a lot of Asian shoegaze hereabouts. Lots of Japanese, obviously, some Thai, Korean, and reasonable representation from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Maybe some others. But what about Nepal? Dost they ‘gaze in Nepal? Yes, they do. OutControlJoys are a trio from Pokhara, Nepal’s second city, who have been crafting uptempo washes of sound […]
If there’s a trend in Japanese shoegaze, it’s that the bands and records that are most hallowed are inevitably the ones that dropped one record a decade or more ago that everyone name-checks and adores, then disappeared off the face of the earth. Okay, this is probably quantifiably not true but is most definitely the […]
Yuragi were kind of one-and-done with music videos for their latest album All Your Languages when they released the album-length mini-feature film for it back in January, but six months on, they’ve got some fresh content for your eyeballs in the form of a couple of beautifully-shot live clips from the their release show at […]
I was pretty keen on Tokyo’s KILDREN last year based on a handful – or fingerful, really – of songs released last April that carried the torch of For Tracy Hyde-influenced J-gaze-pop high and proud. Well perhaps the band weren’t quite so proud after all. They returned almost a year later this past April with […]
Italo-gazers Glazyhaze released their second album Sonic back in March, and it’s been collecting accolades ever since, including a top-20 spot on Stereogum’s 50 best albums of the half-year. Those looking for physical copies of the record probably know that the self-released limited edition of the album has long been sold out, but it appears […]
Just in time for the solstice, London shoegazers Whitelands have welcomed the Summer with their first new music since last year’s Night-Bound Eyes Are Blind To The Sky, available to stream or as a limited edition flexi-disc. Musically, it’s a short, jaunty – almost buoyant – tune suited to the season, and the production is […]
Irish outfit Just Mustard exist in a liminal space between post-punk and shoegaze, and it’s a niche they’ve occupied well, create a uniquely abrasive atmosphere across two albums that, most recently, scored them a high profile slot opening for The Cure in South America in 2023. Those waiting for a follow up to 2022’s Heart […]
