dream pop
Premiere: Nat Vazer exclusively unveils evocative video for the luscious ‘Rumours’, ahead of new album and tour.
We are overjoyed with excitement to bring you an exclusive look at the enigmatic video for ‘Rumours’, the fantastic new track from Nat Vazer. It comes as Vazer announces a string of live events in anticipation of her new album. ‘Strange Adrenaline’ due out on Friday, 6 October 2023. ‘Rumours’ is a beautiful and statuesque …
Premiere: Galán/Vogt unveil exquisite remixes of ‘Above The Aether’ and ‘Nothing Is Under Control’ from their 2021 album ‘The Sweet Wait’ along with exclusive video.
Australian-born Parisian based artist Karen Vogt (Heligoland) released an exquisite collaboration with Spanish ambient experimental composer Pepo Galán called ‘The Sweet Wait’ back in 2021, and this year sees the release of a series of remixes of that album. We are very honoured to bring you an exclusive look at the video for the remix …
Track: It’s ‘Your Show’ – Lisa Caruso unveils the slow burning fuse of her second single off forthcoming EP ‘Stretching’.
A soft almost Morse Code-like beep introduces Lisa Caruso‘s new single ‘Your Show’ before the slow burn fuse sparks into a flame. Caruso’s sensuous style is at the fore – languid, yearning and passionate, a ground swell of instrumentation that carries her velvet vocals on a wave, ebbing and flowing, advancing and receding. In Caruso’s …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Routine Death – The Free Man Thinks of Death
Gothenburg-based DIY dream-pop project Routine Death today share their new single ‘The Free Man Thinks Of Death’, lifted from their newly-announced third album Comrade, out 1 September 1st on Fuzz Club Records. Dustin Zozaya said of the new single: “It’s a simple but personal song. It’s the first time I’ve done lead vocals on a track, …
Premiere: Ghost Patterns gift us with the thunder and lightning of ‘Prize’: a shoegaze haze of the highest order.
We are very honoured to bring you a first listen to the new single ‘Prize’ from London-based shoegaze maestros Ghost Patterns. ‘Prize’ is a cataclysmic onslaught of jangling, scything guitars and fuzzy, ambulant bass that creates an immersive wash, while distant, observant and louche dual vocals stream through the undercurrent. The driving attack has ghostly …
Premiere: Portland, Oregon duo Phosphene put together an intricate and dreamy single ‘Jigsaw’ ahead of album release.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Jigsaw’ from Portland, Oregon duo Phosphene. It is a dreamy floating jewel of a song that seems to hang suspended in the ether and drift languidly though your consciousness. The single is taken from Phosphene’s upcoming full-length album ‘Transmute’, which will be out on 15 September. …
EP Review: ‘Get Back To Me When It’s Over’ – Blanco Tranco inject a shimmering jingle jangle warmth into the universe with their new EP.
It may well be the depths of winter in the southern hemisphere, but Melbourne band Blanco Tranco are paying no heed to the clouds and gale force winds blowing over the southern continent. Indeed, there is a golden ray of sunshine radiating from their new EP ‘Get Back To Me When It’s Over’. Epic walls …
Track: Brisbane’s RINSE unveils stunning double sided single ‘I Thought I Knew You’ and ‘Let It Flow’, in a turn to the visceral, hedonistic dark side
I’ve always been quite open about my admiration for the work of Joe Agius under the nom de plume RINSE – his criminally underrated 2021 EP ‘Wherever I Am’ for me is a high water mark of antipodean dream pop (see my 9.8/10 review here). Agius is also partner to the equally brilliant Harriette Pilbeam …
Track: Jet City Sports Club unveil ethereal new dream pop single ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time) as they head off on tour.
One of the best purveyors of antipodean jangling dream pop, Jet City Sports Club are back with the delightful dreamy ‘Drug Store (Waste My Time)’. Featuring the most wistful and yearning melodies carried on the shoulders of jangling fuzzy guitars, this is an epic pop track that glitters sparkles like the sun off a diamond. …
EP Review: T.G. Shand’s ‘Cinnamon’ is a shimmering kaleidoscope of sound that leaves an indelible impression.
Recently New Zealand resident musician and songwriter Annemarie Duff published a detailed Spotify List celebrating the plethora of extraordinarily brilliant antipodean female-fronted dream pop/shoegaze artists currently releasing music at the moment. It’s a stunning compilation reflecting the extraordinary level of talent: She was very wise to include a few tracks from T.G. Shand, her very …