Singles of the Week (18//24)

1) Minuit Phosphene - Les Enfants Fous Brillent Dans Le Noi

 

News from Saguenay, Québec dreampop duo... 

 

Paroles : Marie-Ève Lavallée 

Musique : Marie-Ève Lavallée et Julien B. Gauthier 

Mix : Julien B. Gauthier 

Prise de son : Julien B. Gauthier 

Prise de son additionnelle (pistes 3, 5) : Jessi Lavallée 

Matriçage : JP Villemure 

Pochette : Julien B. Gauthier 

Photographies : Ysé Raoux 

Réalisation : Julien B. Gauthier et Marie-Ève Lavallée Julien B. Gauthier : Guitares, basse, batterie, programmation rythmique, percussions, synthétiseur Marie-Ève Lavallée : Voix, percussions, assistance musicale Jessi Lavallée : Batterie (piste 5), assistance musicale Enregistré à Chicoutimi entre 2021 et 2024. 

 

 released May 3, 2024

 

 
(EP - Minuit Phosphene)

2) Palinopsia - Kaleidoscope 

 

 

News from Toronto, Ontario shoegaze / grunge band... 

 

released April 29, 2024 

 

(EP - Palinopsia / 5429848 Records DK)

3) Bliss Fields - Bliss Fields 

 

 

 
News from Toronto, Ontario shoegaze / indie-rock band... 

 

Toronto’s Bliss Fields have has existed in various forms over the past eleven years. Formerly known as Iris, the band started as an indie/shoegaze band writing music in the early wave of the ‘shoegaze revival’ sound. Things fizzled out shortly after, and in the late 2010s, the group reformed under the new name, Bliss Fields, now with a restructured lineup. 2022’s LP, “Slowly, Forever” pushed the band the furthest they’ve come in their sound, incorporating more indie and alt-rock leaning elements onto their already established shoegaze sound. And now in 2024, the band continues to evolve further on their self titled EP, and their first on Sunday Drive Records. Influences from emo and alternative rock bands like Jimmy Eat World and The Smashing Pumpkins begin to flood into the songwriting; bringing more anthemic & catchy hooks, with heavier, distorted riffs to each song. Bliss Fields is in the process of once again reinventing themselves and continues to push their sound, which is sure to be heard on their next follow up on SDR. Engineered and mixed by Micah Brown at our jam space Mastered by Corey Coffman Produced by Dan Darrah & Bliss Fields All lyrics by Scott Downes Strange Ways music by Scott Downes When it Meant Something music by Scott Downes & Brandon Santi Daydream music by Brandon Santi Summer music by Scott Downes All songs performed by Bliss Fields Guitar and Vocals by Scott Downes Guitar by Brandon Santi Guitar by Darian Palumbo Bass by Nic Pollex Drums by Leigh Fisk 

 

released April 29, 2024

 

 

 
(EP - Sunday Drive)

4) The Asteroid No.4 - Rescue 

 

 

 
News from San Francisco shoegaze / dreampop band... 

 

We are very happy to announce that the first track, titled "Rescue", from the upcoming new album "Several Shapes of Solar Flares". Now available on Bandcamp and all major streaming platfoms. 

 

released April 29, 2024

 

 
(digital - Little Cloud / Club AC30)

5) Darksoft - Then And Now

 

 

News from Portland, Maine bedroom pop (Bill)... 

 

Darksoft is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter that creates dreamy alternative rock sounds. Darksoft songs blend shoegaze and dream pop elements, using lush melodic progressions, 80s/90s alternative rock undertones, and deftly executed vocals.

 

released May 1, 2024 

 

 

(digital, video - Spirit Goth)
 

vinyl:
EPs:
delayed minds - In a Search Near the Stars /EP/
Darius - Murmuration /EP/
95COROLLA - PLANTER /EP/
ADORE - ADORE /EP/
DETECTS - Blending In /EP/
Family Band - The Dog Box /EP/
The Triceratops - The Triceratops /EP/
Gary Beck - Upside Criminal /EP/
Heimberg - Blind Eye /EP/
Ultracrush - On Your Return /EP/
digi single, video:
DAODA - Feel For You (2024 Mix)
Echoberyl - Doll Heart
Standing Waves - Beautiful Of Course / A Dirty Clean
Indoor Voices - When I / Past Present
Perpetual Void - Still Alive
Blushing - Silver Teeth
all under heaven - Always
Error Vanessa - 0 Entre 0
Slash Fiction - Golden Hour
ALVABEAT / NEODRAMA - Guilty Pleasure
Adele Dazeem - Meridian Water
Washed Out - The Hardest Part
sphere - Overture
Comic Sans - Vale por todo lo bueno (feat. Mourn)
Oh Hiroshima - Secret Youth
Flypaper - Cut it Up
Bored At My Grandma's House - I Like What You Bring Out In Me
Soft Blue Shimmer - Canti
Lio Stone - summER 97
da Googie and Too Many Things - Beautiful Dreamer/ It's Another Day