dream pop
News: The inimitable cool kids from SCHØØL announces debut album ‘I think my life has been ok’ with release of reflective new single ‘Gardener’.
One of our favourites, Parisian-based SCHØØL are back with a new, more reflective single ‘Gardener’ as they announce their debut album ‘I think my life has been ok’ through Géographie Records, set for release on 5 September 2025. ‘Gardener’ has a simple dappled guitar base with the distant, observant vocals augmented by a delicious harmony. …
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Hemi Hemingway releases the thrilling, enigmatic track ‘(To Be) Without You’.
Under the moniker Hemi Hemingway, Aotearoan/New Zealand auteur Shaun Blackwell has released the exciting thrum of ‘(To Be) Without You’, a vibrant enigmatic track that is luminsicent as it is thrilling. With Hemingway’s deep sonorous vocals that shake the foundations and a motorik beat, the track is filled with a luscious instrumentation including soaring saxophones …
Premiere: Tune in to the exquisite All India Radio with the video for their exquisite Slowdive cover ‘Catch The Breeze’, ahead of album release.
Reports of the demise of All India Radio have clearly been exaggerated with the various hints coming from All India Radio’s main presenter Martin Kennedy that fresh work was on the way, and today we are honoured to turn the dial to the video for the first single, ‘Catch The Breeze’, off the forthcoming album …
Premiere: Irish composer and songwriter Lōwli unveils the ethereal and haunting track ‘Ground Above You’ ahead of debut album
Lōwli is the nom de plume for Irish composer and songwriter Roisin Lowry and we are honoured to bring you a first listen to her new single ‘Ground Above You’, released through Veta Records. The track opens up with a raw insistent piano: so evocative and enigmatic you can hear the very mechanics of the …
News: Californian Matthew Nowhere returns with the shimmering neon-lit masterpiece ‘Transforming’ featuring LA dream pop maestros Lunar Twin, ahead of new album ‘Crystal Heights’.
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Nowhere returns with another ethereal slice of eighties-influenced shimmering synth pop with the track ‘Transforming’, featuring another much loved outfit, Lunar Twin. It comes ahead of the announcement of an album ‘Crystal Heights’ set for 23 May 2025. The DNA of the track undeniably contains traces of eighties icons like Orchestral Manoeuvres …
Track: Tidal Peak is immersed in the dramatically beautiful ‘Wilderness’ ahead of album release.
Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak has just released another expansive, glittering single in the form of ‘Wilderness’. Exhibiting the same sort of ear The Lightning Seeds have for bittersweet melodies with an anthemic glow, this is a glorious track borne on a pounding percussion and instruments that are rich and luscious. The work of musician/producer Kyle …
News: New Mexican dream pop icons Tan Cologne announce new album, European support for Trentemøller and kick off with the ethereal single ‘Cloud of Mirrors’.
A heavenly union will see New Mexican duo Tan Cologne support the magnificent Trentemøller on their upcoming European tour, and Tan Cologne has also just announced their third studio album ‘Unknown Beyond’ for releases on 20 June via Labrador Records. To give us a delicious foretaste, a video and single entitled ‘Cloud of Mirrors’ has …
Album Review: Naarm/Melbourne’s USER release the delicious electronic late night thrum of ‘Mira Imposta’ ahead of launch dates.
USER have been together around six years and ‘Mira Imposta’ is their third album. Their oeuvre is a fascinating mix of throbbing Euro disco with pure pop sensibilities and an electronic snakiness that shimmers and slithers through the ears like a delicious unguent. And in this album, there is a heart of brooding gothic darkness …
News: Merpire announces a new album ‘MILK POOL’ with the anthemic, ethereal single ‘Bigger’.
Naarm/Melbourne Merpire, the work of multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt, has long been a source of admiration here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, and her new single ‘Bigger’ is another drop of dreamy pop gold in her sonic armoury. Bigger is an indeed appropriate title for a song that is luminescent and …
Track: Rising stars Fade Evare unveil new glittering new track ‘Send Me Out’ after signing to Astral People Recording with live debut ahead.
‘Send Me Out’ by Naarm/Melbourne band Fade Evare is an exquisitely liquid track that positively shimmers and glitters with a gentle fluidity and motorik thrum. The mesmerising vocals are as soft as gossamer silk, weaving as they do through the almost ambient shimmer of the instrumentation. The result is something quite hypnotic and enthralling, with …