Singles of the Week (13//25)

1) Sea Lemon - Stay

  

News from Seattle, Washington dreampop / shoegaze project (Natalie Lew)... 

 

The new single "Stay" from Sea Lemon, taken from debut record "Diving For A Prize" out on Luminelle Recordings on June 13th. 

 

releases March 25, 2025 

 

 

(digital, video - Luminelle)

2) Honey I’m Home - Wishful Thinking

 

 

News from The Netherlands indie-rock / shoegaze band... 

 

Dutch newcomers Honey I’m Home are today sharing their debut single ‘Wishful Thinking’, a thrilling introduction to their own buoyant, head-in-the-clouds shoegaze offering. 

The band – completed by Thom Schotanus, Sofie Ooteman, Jasper Meurs, Hugo de Groot and Evelien Keesmaat – arrive with their first official single release on the back of touring in Europe with artists including Goat Girl and Hotline TNT. ‘Wishful Thinking’ was produced by Honey I'm Home and mixed by Sonny Diperri (Julie, DIIV, Protomartyr), its fuzzed-up leanings coupled with an almost impatient approach to reaching a killer melody, immediately pointing towards a band with a clear creative direction and purpose. 

Written in the aftermath of the band’s rehearsal space burning down - and subsequent destruction of their amps, guitars and pedals - anyone might be forgiven for confusion over ‘Wishful Thinking’s deceptively sunny aesthetic. What becomes clear though is that the band aren’t wallowing in the present. ‘Wishful Thinking’ is a cloud-parting, euphoric daydream that finds that band at once lusting for the past and hoping for the future. In soaring reassurances like “everything will be fine” and “we’ll work out everything”, the song becomes a heart-warming pep-talk about chasing reconnection. Vocalist and guitarist Thom Schotanus comments on the song: "‘Wishful Thinking’ explores the longing to reconnect with people no longer in your life, whether it’s a lost love or a departed family member. 

We tried to capture the intensity of that unfulfilled desire with a layered, dreamlike soundscape." 

 

released March 27, 2025 

 

 

 

 
(digital, video - Honey im Home)

3) Funeral Commercial - Fumble

 

 

News from Akron, Ohio emo / punk / indie-rock band... 

 

Full album "dead before i die" out everywhere April 18th via Candlepin Records. 

 

Christian Prieman: drums 

Evan Lifke: bass 

Thom Olenik: guitars, vocals 

Tyler Brown: guitar 

 

released March 25, 2025

 

 

 

 
(digital, video - Candlepin)

4) Winter Gardens - Uncomfortable / Unlovable

 

 

News from Brighton, UK dreampop / postpunk / shoegaze band... 

 

Minialbum released March 26, 2025 

 

 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - austerity)

5) Divine Shade - Heaven

 

 

New video from Lyon, France post-punk / cold-wave band... 

 

Video directed by Nicolas Thonnerieux Album "Fragments-Vol.1" released January 26, 2025 

 

Music : Divine Shade 

Artwork : Ren Toner 

 

Video released March 23, 2025 

 

 

(digital, video - Divine Shade)

PS:

 

The Naked Souls - Reverb From The Depths 

 

 

 
 

 

 

An integral part of the famed Czech shoegaze scene in the early 1990s, The Naked Souls were formed by Jiří Novák and Milan Šíp. 

With songs driven by the soaring guitar parts by Novák and the tender voice of Šíp, The Naked Souls found a home on Lost Records, which was created for the distinct purpose of releasing their music. 

The band traveled to Switzerland to record their debut EP, Two and One, that includes their most well-known song, “Sleep”; the video of which became part of the rotation on MTV. The Naked Souls gained some notoriety playing shows in London, Czech Republic, and Switzerland, opening for the likes of Stereolab and Adorable, and even making an appearance on MTV’s 120 Minutes. An LP, entitled Shady Ways Anticlockwise, was released in 1995 on Lost Records. Although it was received well, with many favorable reviews, the band struggled to continue on after the departure of drummer Láďa Bakša. In 2023, The Guardian published an article highlighting the Czech shoegaze scene of the early 90s, prominently featuring The Naked Souls. Since then, there has been newfound interest in The Naked Souls’ music, which has been unavailable for many years. Reverb From The Depths collects all the of music contained on both Two and One and Shady Ways Anticlockwise, and has been carefully mastered for vinyl by Josh Bonati. 

With new artwork created by Andy Jossi (of The Churchhill Garden), the double vinyl set is pressed on blue colored vinyl and includes a 12”x 12” insert. Limited to 300 copies. 

Jiří Novák – Guitars 

Milan Šíp – Bass/Vocals 

Láďa Bakša – drums 

Recorded by Giorgo Motore, Patrick Niederer, and Urs Hirscher at Dynamo Studios Artwork by The Churchhill Garden Vinyl Mastering by Josh Bonati

 

 

 

releases March 28, 2025

 

 

 

 
(Double 12" vinyl - Painted Air )
 

vinyl:
EPs:
Pleiades - If Your Roots Run Deep, You Can't Fear The Wind /EP/
Fake Pollocks - Livestock /EP/
digi single, video:
The Serfs - Bodies in Water
Velvet - Winter
Deafheaven - Winona
Distressor - Yearn
Combing - Felt / Voices
Phantom Haze - Infinite 1.2
Bedridden - Philadelphia Get Me Through
Sun Shines Cold - A Feeling Unknown
Sugar For The Pill - Anelia
Gvllow - It's Alright (feat. Faerybabyy)
Wisteria - Lies
Nightswim - Autumn Ground
DETECTS - Blind Spot / Sun On Your Shoulders
Steve Queralt - Lonely Town (feat. Emma Anderson)
Allison Russell - Superlover (feat. Annie Lennox)
Maria Somerville - Stonefly
Barrens - Periastron
The Raveonettes - Killer
Love in Prague - Mysteries
Pillowprince - Care About
Stray Fossa - Change The Film
VIOFLESH - Midnight
VLURE - Better Days
CASTLEBEAT - With You
PUNCHBAG - I’m Not Your Punchbag (from EP out 2/5/2025)
Prolapse - On the Quarter Days
Um, Jennifer? - Old Grimes
Floral Image - - Howling Dog Song
Keep - Fun Facts
swimteam VHS - Sleep
Egoism - New Friends
Ain't - Pirouette
Superchank - Bruised Lung (feat. Rosali)
Aran Satan - Nejstarší svět (feat. Cars & Trains)

Singles of the Week (12//25)

1) Set Adrift - Love // Regret 

 

 

News from Dallas, Texas Melodic Hardcore / indie-rock band... 

 

Bandcamp released March 17, 2025 

 

Digital released February 14, 2025 

 

 

(digital - Set Adrift)

2) Collective Fear - Fuzzy Logic

 

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

 

released March 19,  2025

 

 

 

 

 
(digital - Candlepin)

3) caroline - Total euphoria

 

 

News from London, UK indie-rock / alt-folk band... 

 

Directed by Parker Corey 

DP Joriel Cura 

Grip Armando Gabaldon & Anta Diallo

Starring Briana Benitez, Tyree Evans & Reece Reid 

Special thanks to Dialog PHX @dialogphx 

 

released March 18, 2025

 

 

 

 
(digital, video - Rough Trade)

4) Acid Dad - Real Good Dream

 

 

News from NYC shoegaze / dreampop band... 

 

Building on their previous single, “1993,” “Real Good Dream” dives deeper into the dream-pop soundscape. Blending classic ’80s synths with shoegaze-inspired guitar, Acid Dad has crafted a world you won’t want to wake up from. 

While it may seem like a new direction at first, the psychedelic core of Acid Dad remains as strong as ever. Song Written by Vaughn Hunt, Sean Fahey and Trevor Mustoe 

Music Produced By Vaughn Hunt 

Music Mixed by Bradley Giroux 

Music Mastered by Adam Thein 

Video Produced and Edited by Webb Hunt 

CGI by Webb Hunt 

Video Shot by Ben Klein 

 

released March 19, 2025

 

 

 
(digital, video - RAS / Greenway)

5) Fotoform – Grief is a Garden 

 

 

News from dreampop Seattle, Washington band... 

 

Album "Grief is a Garden (Forever in Bloom)" releases April 18, 2025 

 

Video by Erik Foster 

 

Single releases March 18, 2025

 

 

 

(digital, video - Dismal Nitch)
 

vinyl:
Wings of Desire - A Few More Years (7")
EPs:
Zabriskie - All Things Become Light /EP/
Manic Sheep - Invisible /EP/
Vein Blue - Dandelion /EP/
digi single, video:
Graveyard Club - No Way Out
goneMUNE - Amnesia
Geek Music - Yellow (From "Boyhood")
Gvllow - Waste Your Time
Grandmas House - Haunt Me
Grinding Eyes - Gotta Hold On
Crimson Whisper - Falling Through the Night
elemantra - Playing Making Believe
LOWMOON - Find A Reason
Wires to the Temples - Digital Damage
Stay In Nothing - 98
Twip - Oniri
Humour - Neighbours
MOULD - Frances
Fir Cone Children - Madness!
april june - Walking Home at 5 am
Lurve - The Fall
EKKSTACY - Forever
SUN$​ET - d r e a m g i r l
After Ours - Different Now
Superglue - Could You Know
Chapterhouse - See That Girl (from 12" "White House Demos" out 9/5/2025)
Deaf Echo - Talking Around
Dolores - Cry For You / Here With Me
Dream, Ivory - At Zero
Glazyhaze - Slap
Sleigh Bells - This Summer
Sequence Six - Silver Lining
Ciaran McAuley - Stay (feat. Zara Taylor)
echoing souls - Sawubona / Coexistence
Nothing Club - Life Beside Me
Datura - War
Preoccupations - Bastards
CIVIC - Chrome Dipped
Calathea - Halo of Thorns
Pelican - Indelible
Young Widows - The Holy Net
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Glib Tongued
thelifeandtimess - Heaven's Door
Nylon Union - Off The Plot
Duo Mundi - Places

Singles of the Week (11//25)

1) Attic Birds - Beyond The Sea

 

 News from Lille, France indie-rock band... 

 Mix : Studio C&P Mastering: Globe audio mastering 

 

releases March 14, 2025 

 

 

(EP - Attic Birds)

2) Grief & Bliss - Suicidal Summer Rider 

 

 

News from Southern California shoegaze / post-rock / metal / project Chris Greene...

 

Mastered by Neil Schneider 

Cover photography by Annie Spratt and K. Mitch Hodge 

Artwork design by Chris and additional editing by Frankie Hernandez 

 

released 13, 2025 March

 

 

 

 

 

 
(EP - Grief & Bliss)

3) Dazzled - Early Reflection 

 

 

News from Budapest, Hungary shoegaze / dreampop band... 

 

Dazzled is a shoegaze band from Budapest, formed in 2024. 

Their debut release, Early Reflection, consists of four tracks, each enveloped in a dreamy and emotionally rich atmosphere. While maintaining a cohesive sound, the band explores a wide spectrum of effects and tones at times leaning towards delicate dreampop, while at others embracing a noisier shoegaze aesthetic. 

 

releases March 9, 2025

 

 

 

 
(EP - Dazzled)

4) Pale Spectres - Better Than Love 

 

 

New compilation songs from Paris, France indie-jangle pop band... 

 

Third EP of the 2025 EP series. 

 

Songs written & performed by J.F. Cantet, T. Guilcher-Trouche, S. Tamby-Bernage & R. Torres Calderо́n 

 

Recorded at Melodium Studio (Montreuil) & Studio Tomiji (Paris) 

 

Mixed & mastered by T. Guilcher-Trouche at Studio Tomiji (Paris) 

 

 releases March 14, 2025

 

 
(EP, CD - Too Good To Be True)

5) Cochlear Kill - Songs in the Key of S 

 

 

News from Melbourne, Australia dreampop / shoegaze band... 

 

Produced by Mot  Bollox 

 

released March 12, 2025

 

 

 

(EP - Loomernescent)

PS: 

 

Teresa In The Moon - Nostalgia 

 

 

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia dreampop / synth band new video... 

 

Single released March 28, 2023 

Video released March 11, 2025 

 

Video Credits: Blancwhite + Studio 

Directed by Chingun Zorigt 

Visuals - Chinbat.Ts 

Creative Director - Bishka 

Led Technician - Oyunbold 

City Scenes by - Enkhtur.O 

Mixing Engineer: Bugaa Buuveibaatar 

Mastered  by Marvin T 

 

Tide Studio London

 

 

 
 

deary - The Drift (Live at The Lexington)

 

 

"deary" follow the release of their second EP, ‘Aurelia’ – which came out late last year to great acclaim – with a stunning live take of one of its stand-out tracks, ‘The Drift’. The song was originally released as the third single from the EP and the new version was recorded at the duo’s sold-out headline show at The Lexington in London back in November. “It was our biggest headline show to date,” says singer Dottie. “It was an incredible moment for all of us to share with friends and family. We love playing ‘The Drift’ live as it erupts into an electric energy that is emerging from our new music."

 
Recorded 20th November 2024 

Mixed by Ben Williams (Rainy Day Cafe) 

Filmed by Limb Mastered by Simon Scott 

 

released March 13, 2025 

 

 

(digizal, video - Sonic Cathedral)
 

vinyl:
Fucked Up - Disabuse (7")
EPs:
Photosynthesis - Valerian /EP/
Sorry Marshal - Back on the Wagon /EP/
EVNTYD - batch 2 /EP/
mat - I Think I Love You /EP/
Střední vlny - A /EP/
Relatives - Bloodmoon /EP/
Palinopsia - Only You /EP/
digi single, video:
The Mary Onettes - Tears To An Ocean
the materials - Kiss / I See Stars
Mount Mural - Everyone
Moon In June - The Sky Crawlers
Magic Wands - Moonshadow
Bad Bloom - Onion (from Pepper 12" out 11/4/25)
ghost days - Butterfly Girl
copperplate - Bittersweetness / Kiss me
Waving Blue - Fake Love Desire
Wisp - Sword
Yndling - As Fast as I Can
SURE - Destruction Of Form
supergloom - sideFX
Charmer - Arrowhead
Niis - BYD
Unwed Sailor - Rock Candy
Fern Murphy - Mona 2
ютани - Эфемерида / Адиремефэ
Truly Lost - Tender Pyres / Alien Hand
Cloud Studies - Cloud Cartography
Closed Mouth - Tomorrow
Social Order - Lights Off
DIIV - Everyone Out (Mount Kimbie Remix)
Young Knives - No Sound
The Underground Youth - Calliope
Tidal Peak - Coasting

Singles of the Week (10//25)

1) illuminati hotties - 777

News from Los Angeles, California indie-rock / punk Sarah Tudzin + band... 

released March 5,  2025

 
(digital - Snack Shack Tracks / Hopeless)

2) In Covert - Darkfields

News from Los Angeles, California post-punk / doom metal band... 

Wes Lopez (Guitars, Bass, Synth, Samples, Noise, Drum Machine) 

Kris Balocca (Vocals) 

Oscar Ruvalcaba (Drums) 

Music by Wes Lopez & Oscar Ruvalcaba 

Lyrics by Kris Balocca 

Produced by Wes Lopez 

Engineered & mixed by Chris King at Moonpalace Productions, Los Angeles 

Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Portland Artwork by Chris Friedman (House of Friedman) 

released March 5, 2025

 

 

 
(digital - Dune Altar)

3) Bedridden - Chainsaw

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

Album "Moths Strapped To Each Other's Backs" releases April 11, 2025 

Jack Riley - guitar and vocals 

Nick pedroza - drums 

Sebastian Duzian - bass 

Single releases March 5, 2025

(digital, video - Julia´s War)

4) Nebenschau - II

News from Amsterdam, Netherlands dreampop / shoegeze band... 

released March 3, 2025

(EP - Nebenschau)

5) Swervedriver - The World's Fair

News from Oxford, England indie-rock / shoegaze band... 

Produced by Swervedriver Mixed by John Catlin 

Recorded by TJ Doherty (VC & TWF) and by Rick Beato (PYV & TA) 

assisted by Ken "GL" Lanyon Further recording by Mark Gardener (VC & TWF) 

Mastered by Tim Turan 

Adam Franklin (guitar & vocals) 

Jimmy Hartridge (guitar) 

Mikey Jones (drums & percussion) 

Mick Quinn (bass) 

Will Foster (piano VC & TWF)

Calina de la Mare (violin & viola VC) 

Sarah Willson (cello VC) 

releases March 7, 2025

(EP, 12" vinyl - Outer Battery)

PS:

  

B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (Extended Version)

 

 

 
It was originally released on 2 November 1980, and later re-released in 1982. 

 

Mansfield, England synth / post-punk / new-wave band 

 

Producer: Steve Brown Music 

Publisher: Domino Publishing Co Ltd Music 

Composer, Lyricist: Steve Hovington 

Composer: Rick Holliday 

 

Released on:  2025-03-07

 

 

 

(digital - B-Movie Limited)

vinyl:
A Place For Owls - My Friends Were Here (12")
EPs:
Rocket Rules - Immediately and Without hesitation /EP/
Snowcuffs - Sink Down /cassette EP/
Hollie Kenniff - For Forever [Rework] /EP/
Jinjé - Zenji /EP/
digi single, video:
Korine - Twist The Knife
New Candys - Regicide
Turnover - Humming (alternative)
Blanket - Levitate
Magnolia - Under The Gaze
Indoor Voices x Prepare My Glider - Colours, All Around
Paid by Cash - Here's Your Martyr
Hail, Meteor! - Sweet
KLAMP - Wet Leather
UNIVERSITY - Massive Twenty One Pilots Tattoo
kmoe - Thousand Yard Stare
Lauds - Washed
MeLLLo - DeMoNs
Glare - Nü Burn
ASHN - Falling, Fading / In Circles
always other - tangerine
A Place To Bury Strangers - Join The Crowd
Last Leaf Down - Water
Days - I Want You To Know
Fantasy of a Broken Heart - We Confront the Demon in Mysterious Ways
Last Leaf Down - Water
Red Torch - WYGO
Velveteen - Saturday Night in Vegas
Sweet Teeth - Turn Off The Light
Teen Mortgage - Party
marcel - Basho basho bBasho
The Jesus Lizard - I'm Tired Of Being Your Mother
Arcade Beach - Chelsea
Masaru Hinaiji - Shigure / Tabii 💓