shoegaze
Track: Big Bliss – Contact / Override
Out today is the new 7″ from Brooklyn post-punks Big Bliss, Contact / Override, on Exit Stencil Recordings. Recorded last Autumn with Jeff Berner at Studio G in Brooklyn while writing their upcoming album, the tracks felt to the band like standalone singles rather than something that fitted in to their vision of the album. …
Say Psych: Album Review: Dead Vibrations – Dead Vibrations
Dead Vibrations burst onto the booming Stockholm music scene in 2015 and have been flying the flag high for Scandinavian shoegaze ever since. Comprised of Christian Jansson (Guitar & Vocals), Elmer Hallsby (Bass), Josefin Ahlqvist Lyzwiski (Drums) and Olov Sjogren (Guitar), their dark and gloomy noise pop channelling a mix of visceral Jesus & the Mary Chain …
EP: Ummagma – LCD
I’m a little late to the party on this one but towards the end of last year, Canadian/Ukrainian due Ummagma released EP “LCD”, consisting of two versions of “LCD” (mixed by Dean Garcia from seminal shoegaze band Curve) and additional tracks “Lama” (one mixed by Robyn Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins) and “Back to You” …
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 …