Singles of the Week (15//25)

1) Châtelet - Nearly Heaven (Feat. Soot Sprite)

 

 

 

 

 
News from UK Leicester electronic / synth-wave cajk aka John Helps (Maybeshewill) 

 

Soot Sprite (Exeter) "Soot Sprite" album Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon releases May 16, 2025 

 

Single releases April 11, 2025 

 

(digital - The Robot Needs Home Collective Ltd... )

2) Rhymies - I Dream Watching

 
News from US dreampop / synth project Lauren... 

 

Seablite shoegaze maven "Lauren Matsui" has traded her two suitcases of guitar pedals for an assortment of Korgs, Rolands and Yamahas on “I Dream Watching”, the debut EP from her solo project, Rhymies. The songs are built on arpeggiated melodies and sequences rooted in the nostalgia of an 80s dance party. The gauzy textures serve as a perfect base for Matsui’s breathy, wistful vocals. Often glimpsed through the mire of swirling guitars on Seablite records, here they take center stage, to great effect. The title track brings to mind another artistically successful convert from guitar-to-synth-pop, Patience (Roxanne Clifford of Veronica Falls), while “Crashing Lead” somehow fuses the bounce of early Madonna with the ethereal, surreal vocals of Cocteau Twins. It’s the closer (and shortest track at 2:40), “Hesperian (Again)” which points to what we can hope for in the future. It builds one layer at a time to an ecstatic crescendo, before abruptly leaving us with only the memory of the refrain - “When’s it happening?”. For Rhymies, if there’s any justice, the answer is NOW. 

 

releases April 11, 2025 

 

(EP,12" vinyl - Dandy Boy)

3) Bad Bloom - Pepper

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

 

releases April 11, 2025 

 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - Candlepin)

4) Arcade Fire - Year of the Snake

 

News from Canada indie-rock band... 

 

Album "Pink Elephant" is the upcoming seventh studio album releases May 9, 2025 

 

Single releases April 8, 2025 

 

 

(digital, video - Arcade Fire / Sony)

5) The Misfortunates / The Velvet Eclipse - M I D O R I - S O U R S . . .

 
News from San Francisco, California dreampop / shoegaze (Celeste Sueki + band The Velvet Eclipse) 

 

Celeste is someone who enjoys spending time in nature and listening to music. They are typically shy, but once they feel comfortable, they can be outgoing.  

 

 released April 10, 2025

 

 

 

 

 
(EP - The Insomnia Ghost Club)
 

vinyl:
Kills Birds - Crave (12")
Sarah/Shaun - Someone's Ghost (12")
EPs:
EVNTYD - batch 3 /EP/
Fantasy of a Broken Heart - Chaos Practitioner /EP/
Steel Wool - Steel Wool /EP/
digi single, video:
Softie - Kiss Kiss Kiss (from EP "SOMERSAULT" out 9/5/2025)
Silver Tears - Again
Ruth Radelet + Nat Walker + Adam Miller - The Veil
Flora - I'm Still Here
MeLLLo - StaY
thistle. - It's Nice To See You, Stranger
Pulp - Spike Island
rain cloud nine - Immaterial Boy
Unwed Sailor - Monster Collecting
Sextile - Kids
Stare Away - The Same Way That I Do
Creux Lies - Apocalypto
Cruel Reflections - LLORANDO
Punchlove - (sublimate) / Today You Can Learn the Secret
New Candys - Night Surfer
Fat Randy - Dry Mouth
Lifeguard - It Will Get Worse
UNIVERSITY - Curwen
WHYFOR - Drugs
AURUMN - Lie
Mumrunner - Violet
Donna Martin Graduates - Scandinavian Streets
Lazy Legs - Grow
Retina Sky - Broken Wing
Smut - Syd Sweeney
Adelaida - Confusión
Mourn - Frozen Silence
Noble Rot - Hang On
Nylon Union - Solastalgia
Charlotte de Witte - The Realm
Gryffin & Band Of Horses - The Funeral (2025 Edit)
Ookay - Walk Away
KiNK + FJAAK - Overbridge
Klubbheads - Lift Your Hands
Stuarty Baillie - I'm Your DJ
Ciaran McAuley - Finding You
Sultan + Shepard & Rinzen - Before The Storm