can someone show me a NEW shoegaze band

It's been a little quiet on this thread lately, so I figured it might be a good time to take a leap of faith and mention that the first single from my upcoming album is out now: https://angelcalm.bandcamp.com/releases (I promise this'll be the only time I self-promote on ILM.)

Posted about this one many years ago. I still consider it "new" because it's not from the 90s

https://shesir.bandcamp.com/album/who-cant-say-yes

Hadn’t heard that before. It’s really good, wow. Thanks for sharing.

Very welcome!

I've been digging what I've heard from Tan Cologne quite a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVk9p5l-S0

https://theyareguttingabodyofwater.bandcamp.com

Also known as TAGABOW. Recommended if you like the eclectic punk-spirited shoegaze of Swirlies, also hear some similarities with contemporaries Ovlov at times.

Moose plus others talk about the shoegaze scene (such as it was) from a 1992 issue of MM. Can't disagree too much with their peer summaries!

https://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/whatever-happened-to-shoegazing-part-1-12th-september-1992.jpg

https://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/whatever-happened-to-shoegazing-part-2-12th-september-1992.jpg

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete a couple weeks ago in Sacramento

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7zl49joZg

Hard to tell if this band has been mentioned before, but some songs by Wednesday remind me of Lilys circa Brief History...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDwDF-uKyk

Sounds great

The new Tanukichan album is pretty good:
https://tanukichan.bandcamp.com/album/gizmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEWuhSiKGQ

New Flyying Colours rips:

https://flyyingcolours.bandcamp.com/album/you-never-know

stoke is real

Giving this a relisten today and it's better the second time!

Can’t believe Bleach Lab hasn’t blown up yet. On the dreamier and janglier side of shoegaze, with some clear traces of the Smiths. Absolutely love them

New Flyying Colours is indeed Stoke City on this. I haven't been shown many NEW shoegazers that aren't afraid to go Swervedriver/riff-mongers and they're experts at it.

can someone show me a OLD shoegaze band that stopped being a shoegaze band for a long time but now they are back to being a NEW shoegaze band?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmcJUwNjKU

(excellent video imho)

Went to see You Said Strange (French, currently touring the west coast) knowing basically nothing about them, thought they were great live!

Hm! Keeping that in mind, though sadly it seems like they're skipping the Bay Area altogether?

https://motifs.bandcamp.com/album/remember-a-stranger

Singapore-based shoegaze/dream pop, pretty great

Digging the new one from Uniforms: https://uniformsband.bandcamp.com/album/trance (they're from Almería, Spain)

Twin Drugs from Richmond sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnTfL6B0PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe1Xurn12dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFXZOwEZu0

Anyone here rate the band Knifeplay? They were mentioned to me in this context (a modern MBV-influenced band), and they def sound up that alley...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UAmQDjeIEU

hotline tnt album sounding like an instant classic to me

^It's so good!!!

I really must investigate this.

There are some really nice moments on this. I like the little break beat moment.

yeah i like it ok, what kept me interested was listening for the odder stuff tossed into the stew, like "huh strong keys line"

Yeah initially it felt a little same-y to me but there little moments that you start to notice after a bit.

Agree the Hotline TNT is excellent. Didn't know it but I needed this album rn.

I saw Margaritas Podridas (Sonora, MX) at a tiny local bar last week and their live show was really great... I wasn't as wowed by the few studio songs I'd heard.

Sidenote: A few days earlier I saw The Umbrellas (not shoegaze) perform as 1987-1988 MBV for an outdoor halloween show and that life-affirming.

"Spot Me 100" is my early favorite on the Hotline TNT. That middle section with the drum n bass breakbeat is killer.

some pretty good songs on the hotline tnt album and some that are just kinda nothing

This sounds like Ride, which is not a bad thing. I enjoyed this and will play it again.

Hotline TNT in case that wasn't clear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1txICBt0Y

(^Korean shoegaze that popped up on my radar today)

Anyone into Hotline TNT should check out Will Anderson’s previous band Weed. Criminally overlooked. 90s alt rock anthems brutalized by distortion blankets. Really lovely sad boy melodies throughout.

Devotion is a great record to start with, specifically the song Silent Partner.

Or maybe Set Me Back. Or Your Right. Or Granted…

https://weed.bandcamp.com/album/deserve

https://theyareguttingabodyofwater.bandcamp.com

Also known as TAGABOW. Recommended if you like the eclectic punk-spirited shoegaze of Swirlies, also hear some similarities with contemporaries Ovlov at times.

― Evan, Monday, 16 January 2023 16:27 (nine months ago) link

Feels like Hotline TNT is from the same universe as this^

enjoying this hotline TNT, thx for rec

co-sign, especially the love for "spot me 100."

"brutalized by distortion blankets" is a good way to describe TAGABOW, who rule.

i thought the last Hotline TNT album (Nineteen In Love, below) was a close cousin to TAGABOW, but this new one seems quite a bit "cleaner" ... admittedly, i have only listened once.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rFAFl4iK9U

Not sold on HTNT - feels pretty generic - but what really turns me off is the lifeless mastering, could this be an Apple Music issue?

True the last one definitely felt closer. In general the whole Smoking Room Label roster has a similar sound

xp

Intrigued by this article about Filipino shoegaze/dream pop. Anyone familiar, have recommendations?

https://billboardphilippines.com/culture/scenes/the-most-popular-genre-youve-never-heard-of-filipino-shoegaze-and-dreampop/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

not new but +/- always had a shoegaze side to them*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWSCmIBbbM

*James Baluyut of versus

More ideas here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jm5fk2JbnfgdpwWuQmc40?si=622df9e80e874390