dreampop
TRACK: Bleach Lab – ‘Never Be’: dreampop brilliance from south of the Thames
SO, BRASS tacks: Bleach Lab, the upcoming dreampop who formed in Buckinghamshire but who moved to a new operating base south of the river; they’re bloody lovely. Now we’ve got that firmly established, we can move on. Agreed? They’ve been around for a little while, and they’ve released three singles since 2019, including the beautiful, …
TRACK: Lanterns on the Lake tease for December EP with ‘Baddies’; tour news
NEWCASTLE’S soaring ‘gazers Lanterns on the Lake have announced news of a new five-track EP, The Realist, which Bella Union will release on December 11th. The EP will include four new tracks as well as a reworked, stripped-down arrangement of the single, “Baddies”. And the quintet have shared that title track today; we’ve embedded it …
Track: Mock Suns reveal new track, Nobody’s Watching
Philadelphia indie / dream pop project have shared a new single, Nobody’s Watching from the forthcoming self-titled album, out 10/23, Bandcamp pre-order. Now essentially the solo project of Greg Puglese, it’s a follow on from previous track ‘Enchanted Forest’. If you can resist the warm chords, persuasive synth and piano lines and frankly gorgeous backing vocals, you’re …
TRACK: Mt. Wolf and Solomon Grey – ‘Anna Maria’: adorable first fruits from their joint EP
MT. WOLF, the dreampop outfit who have only just been welcomed back to our ears after three years away, have released a new track in vocal collaboration with emotive duo Solomon Grey ahead of a new joint EP in the autumn. The track is entitled “Anna Maria” and it’s an acoustic-shoegaze swoon, wholly redolent of …
Track: Alexia Avina – Fit Into Released Through Lost Map’s Postmap Club Subscription.
A brand-new signing to Lost Map Records, Alexia Avina is an American singer-songwriter previously based in Montreal, now living in rural Massachusetts, whose heavenly music is rooted in ambient, folk and dreampop traditions. Alexia’s new single ‘Fit Into’ (b/w ‘Swampy’) is released at the end of July as part of Lost Map’s PostMap Club subscription service. Her new album Unearth will be released on CDR, …
Track: Tourists – Lego Man plus news of signing to Modern Sky
Torquay five piece Tourists have released a shimmering new single, ‘Lego Man’, in anticipation of a much awaited new album later this year, and on announcing news of signing to record label Modern Sky. Singer Jamie Giles describes Lego Man as: …a song about love turning sour. It fascinates me how love can turn into something dark, …
SEE: Winter Gardens – ‘Tapestry’: dark, velvet dreampop
THE song hums in quietly on the faintest guitar shimmer. One deep keyboard chord lends heft and depth. And then vocalist Ananda appears, a ghostly image, made more eerie yet by mime make-up: she’s some shade here to sing, bringing forth a tale. Her voice is beguiling, breathy. And so we’re into the ethereal world …
PREMIERE: See The Citrus Clouds’ ‘A Pastel Sky’: a marvellous shoegaze rush
PHOENIX, Arizona is a place for amazing skies: we know this from that famed Orb sample of Rickie Lee Jones in childhood wonderment as used on their ambient-tech crossover hit, “Little Fluffy Clouds.” And Citrus Clouds, the Phoenician three-piece comprised of bassist and singer Stacie Huttleston, singer-guitarist Erick Pineda and drummer Angelica Pedrego, draw inspiration …
Premiere: Dunebug – Impossible With You
Dunebug is essentially the project of Manchester born, London-based bedroom musician Chi Limpiroj. Ahead of her debut album, due out later in the year, she’s releasing a new single – Impossible With You, out tomorrow (17/7), and we’re delighted to premiere it today right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, Chi says “I wrote …
Say Psych: Album Review: Holy Wave – Interloper
Holy Wave, originally from El Paso, Texas but now situated in Austin in order to pursue their own vision of Texas psych, they offer sweet melodies dyed in carefully constructed noise. The band have cemented themselves as a staple force in the international scene, with key performances at Levitation, Desert Daze, and nearly every psych gathering …