Singles of the Week (19//25)

1) Toothpaste - Soft Touch 

 

News from London, UK dreampop / shoegaze band... 

Headlining shows at cult venues in London and touring across the UK, Toothpaste have previously supported scene giants Slowdive, Swervedriver, bdrmm, sunnbrella, Froth, and countless others. Toothpaste have quickly become an essential component of shoegaze’s latent revival. 

Recorded by Daisy Edwards Mixed by Ruby Smith Mastered by Simon Scott (Slowdive, Three Quarter Skies) 

Additional recording on 'Hazlewood' by Aryanne Maudit. 

Additional vocals + guitar on 'Hazlewood' by Gaby Elise Monaghan. 

 

releases May 9, 2025

 

 

 
(EP - Toothpaste)

2) cosmicdust - Sweet Dreams

 

 

News from Japan dreampop project (Yasuo Fujita). 

 

Album "Melancholy"💖

 

Cosmicdust is a one-man shoegaze band, influenced by My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. The band's lone member calls himself "Y.A.F." and describes his music as atmospheric, booming and downy with sweet melodies. He plays all the instruments, sings and produces his albums by himself. 

 

releases May 3, 2025 

 

(digital - UndePanDante)

3) Softie - SOMERSAULT

 

 

News from Oakland, California shoegaze band... 

 

All songs by Nicholas Coleman Recorded at Deathbed Studios Engineered and Mixed by Brad Lincoln Mastered by Curt Walls Artwork by Nyle Rosenbaum 

 

releases May 9, 2025 

 

 

(EP - Cherub Dream)

4) ADORER - Sway / Loathe 

 

 

News from Sydney, Australia shoegaze band... 

 

Hailing from Sydney (Eora), ADORER is a mesmerizing 4-piece shoegaze band that formed in 2022. 

 

released May 7, 2025 

 

 

(digital - ADORER)

5) highspire - Gloria

 

 

News from Lancaster, Pennsylvania dreampop / indie-rock / shoegaze band...

 

Highspire are back with their first release in 15 years with the “Gloria" 7” single. 

 

Formed in 1999 Philadelphia, this latest incarnation sees the constant duo of Alex White & EJ Hagen joined by Laura Watling of Tears Run Rings, original drummer Guyton Sanders, and John Loring of Fleeting Joys. The 7” is a limited pressing for first single “Gloria" off their upcoming album on Shelflife Records. Also included are two songs, “Drifting” and “Pray,” that are exclusive to the single. As a special bonus, one copy of the 7" will include a ticket to win a vinyl test pressing of the new album and three copies include a ticket to win the CD version of the album. 

 

releases May 9, 2025

 

 

 

 
(EP, 7" vinyl - Shelflife)
 

vinyl:
IRKED - The Hardest Man In Billingham (7")
Kill Your Boyfriend + Neu Oscuro - split (12")
EPs:
Saline / Collective Fear - split /EP/
the unit circle - Gravity /EP/
Chapterhouse - White House Demos /EP/
Strayline. - Dissolve /EP/
Social Order - Miss You /EP/
Joe Goddard - Kinetic /EP/
digi single, video:
The Haunted Youth - Emo Song
Hibou - A Sweet Thought
ghost days - Red Incarnate
Welcome Strawberry - Memory Cube
Wildernesses - Four Hour Drive
Sugar For The Pill - Cherry Blossom
seventeen years - Ginger Ale
The Sun Days - In My Dreams
Treechangers - Palmer
country girl - Ring My Bell (feat. Melody English)
Porch Kiss - Medicine (feat. link3)
Palinopsia - Into The Light
Glasscastle - Within Deluge (i was left to drown)
A Place To Bury Strangers - Make Me Feel Anything
Ariel Void - Freefall
Hushhh - Poison Glass
Doused - Fake Flowers
Diamond Dog - Solar Waves
Gvllow - Cold World
Real Burn - Shiner
Beyond Sadness - Desvanecer
Twin Rains - The Evil That You Know
Atomy Nevadí - Somnia
Austin Rios - Bottom of This Bottle
One Step Closer - Jinx
20:02 - Rose Tinted Glasses
Ida Maria - Lazy
Floresta - Romaní
Lawn - Sports Gun
Black Massive Sun - Headlights Eye
Molly Nilsson - Un Po' Più Vicino Al Cielo (from 7" Certe Notti out 21/6/25)
Pictureplane - Heaven is a State of Mind
HEALTH - Mean (feat. Chelsea Wolfe)
Jonny L - In Mind
Alan Fullmer + Maia Swan - Bleed Colors (Miami Mix)