Singles of the Week (38/26)

1) Clear Coast - Parting

 

 

News from Munich, Germany dreampop / shoegaze band... 

 

Vocals: Clear Coast 

Producer: André Akansu 

Producer: Johannes Karg 

Producer: Korbinian Guggenmos 

Composer: André Akansu 

Composer: Johannes Karg 

Composer: Korbinian Guggenmos 

Lyricist: André Akansu 

Lyricist: Johannes Karg 

Lyricist: Korbinian Guggenmos 

 

releases September 16, 2026 

 

 

(digital - Clear Coast)

2) untitled (halo) - Easyrider

 

 

News from Los Angeles, California dreampop / shoegaze band... 

 

Los Angeles’ untitled (halo) announce their debut album arriving on November 6th via Dirty Hit. 

 

releases September 16, 2026 

 

 

 

(digital, video - Dirty Hit)

3) GIFT - Hand To The Flame

 

 

 
News from New York, New York indie-rock / shoegaze band... 

 

"Hand To The Flame" by GIFT, from their album Frenzy For The Thrill, out January 15, 2027 on Captured Tracks 

 

releases September 15, 2026 

 

 

(digital, video - Captured Tracks)

4) Σtella - Belinda - City Lights

 

 

 
News from Αθήνα, Greece indie-pop Stella Chronopoulou project... 

 

released September 16, 2026 

 

 

(digital, video - Sub Pop)

5) Winter - Romantix Mixtape

 

 

News from New York dreampop / shoegaze Samira Winter... 

 

Samira Winter packed up her life in Los Angeles and departed for New York just as she was putting the finishing touches on her soon-to-be-released LP ’Adult Romantix.’ The songwriter and guitarist had been a mainstay in Los Angeles’ music scene for over a decade, carving out her own niche of gloriously detailed and eclectic dream pop under the name Winter. Leading up to her emotional coast-to-coast move, she spent roughly two years writing songs in a transitory state: often in between tours, in different cities, and in various sublets. The resulting thirteen tracks became her beloved 2025 LP, ‘Adult Romantix’— a goodbye love letter to Los Angeles. Dubbed “a shimmering shoegaze fantasy worthy of soundtracking the next coming-of-age indie flick” by The Boston Globe, ‘Adult Romantix’ was praised by The FADER, Paste, NPR, KEXP, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, and Stereogum. In support of the LP, Winter embarked on headline tours across the US, Canada, Japan, the UK, and Europe, including performances at Pitchfork London Festival, and Indieplaza Festival. After spending much of 2025 on the road supporting an album inspired by nostalgia, Winter decided to revisit the songs in the form of a new project she’s fittingly titled Romantix Mixtape. Built from the same world of the Brazilian-born indie rocker’s celebrated... 

 

releases September 18, 2026 

 

 

 

(EP, cassette - Winspear)
 

vinyl:
EPs:
Blinker - Junebug /EP/
Whirr & Luster - Split /EP/
Iceblynk - Boab /EP/
Funsover - Wisdom Teeth /EP/
Just Penelope - Great Lake /EP, cassette/
DRIFT. - Violence For Your Furs /EP/
digi single, video:
Lurve - Wasted
The Sewing Club - Complicated
Sennen - Dig
Novanta - My Blood My Dear
Facecloud - All Birds Are Mirrors
Ocean Daze - Anhedonia
Yndling - Shell
Wavves - Pinesol
Absolutely Yours - Let It Die
Phantom Handshakes - From The Side (from EP Standing By out 22/1026)
Spiral XP - Blue Earth (from EP 16/10/26
Dog Silent - Thicket / Undine
Nonsense Rats - Dead End Generation
Letterbombs - I'm Not Here To Enjoy My Life
Haywire 617 - Sincerely Yours
Anxious - Secret Weapon
Ash - Bittersweet Blue
Box Elder - Don't Change
Lambrini Girls - Bang Bang Bang
For Those Forgotten - Going Down
Prolapse - A Place For Lyres
UnderSoil - Another Story Told
Badvril - Wish You Would
Babehoven - Wave Has A Place
Holy Motors - God Is A Feeling
1tbsp - Wish You Luck (feat. kid on air)
Kisses - Do i disgust you?
2hollis - Sex
FFO: Chillin - Forward Perpetual Motion
Viper XXL - Flex
The Drums - Isolation
Boy Harsher - Faulty
Song People - The Cone
Trusselina - The Club
Johan Agebjörn - Nightbows (feat. R. Missing)
Beach House - April Suzanne
Ruby Haunt - Half Light
Dead Can Dance - Nāda
Fobia Kid - Exorcizmus /Odpor! 😀/