can someone show me a NEW shoegaze band

not strictly "shoegaze", but an excellent record from this year that seems likely to appeal to fans of the genre:

https://soundcloud.com/flenserrecords/botanist-rhizophora

Yeah, the Botanist record is gorgeous. Love it.

gr8080: Thank you for mentioning Vaadat Charigim. I checked out the album and it's quickly become one of my favorites of the past few years. Nothing particularly groundbreaking about it, but great guitar tone, great songs, tight playing, really nice downer vibe. They seem like interesting dudes, too, based on the few interviews I've read.

OTM it's been the soundtrack to my autumn '14 so far

2014 Shoegaze World Tour:

Spain: Linda Guilala - Verano (from their Xeristar debut):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpdI7UFmEI8

Rakovník, Czech Republic: Manon Meurt - Glowing Cityscape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkt7_FYBdOw

Warsaw, Poland: Evvolves - Emma (from Hang mini LP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uODiNwxWGgM

St. Petersburg, Russia: Pinkshinyultrablast - Umi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAVYbf9CBL4

Beijing, China:Dear Eloise - Vanishing Winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loXcgbJGKOA

I kinda like Aerofall (from Russia). This track in particular reminds me of early Moose: https://soundcloud.com/handsandmoment/i-turned-a-blind-eye?in=handsandmoment/sets/aerofall-aerofall

Discovered these guys when I was looking for Stargazer (the metal band):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfh_2a-QWo0

I'm not sure if younghusband exactly count as shoegaze...they sometimes sound like the shoegaze bands just as they started to move into other areas and transcend the genre, but anyway I've been really obsessed with their "Dromes" album of late, which I missed in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7-hApWeYY

i have a lot of time for them, the two singles they did before dromes are excellent too. they have gazey elements though i think calling them a shoegaze band is a stretch.

I saw the Stargazer Lilies a year ago - liked them a lot.

Venera 4 from France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knHC1yUWH60

Stargazer Lilies sound pretty good. Didn't realise they were a followup after Soundpool.

Still hoping to hear a dreampop band with ambitious symphonic structures.

really enjoying the pinkshinyultrablast album. not a shred of anything new or original really but it does sound very lovely

Me too on pinkshinyultrablast. Also maimaiscripting. These two could tour as a lexical double-bill...

i cant really find a thread where ppl talked about whirr except this one so excuse the derail

being contacted about booking whirr - not sure what all was up with that whole shitstorm except that they made fun of a dude for having the last name "lemmon" and called people pussies a lot. was there a lot of homophobia or sexism going down? should i avoid these ppl?

i cant look at tumblr at work which is apparently where all this shit is being archived, curated and commented on, so

one interview deep and they sound like massively tedious people at the absolute least so avoid away

yeah p sure im gonna pass

https://soundcloud.com/vaadat-charigim/ein-li-makom-1

new Vaadat Charigim. pretty awesome.

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

they've got a new album out next month (this is the lead single).

new and very good Vaadat Charigim:

https://soundcloud.com/vaadat-charigim/hashiamum-shokea/s-lx2oE

I see Venera 4 was mentioned a little bit upthread, but this album is amaze!

http://venera4band.bandcamp.com/album/eid-lon

If you need me, I'll be listening to this and nothing else for the next two weeks.

I am still working through my first listen of Eidôlon and HOLY SHIT this band is breaking my heart they're so good.

^ this is great

YAY! Love Venera 4. Love the new album. Love that folks are discovering them.

thanks, great recommendation.

jeez, this is really shoegaze

kinda the precise intersection of schnauss the cure and a.m.p. who's with me here

I like Nothing, local (for me) Philly boys on local (for me) metal label Relapse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9UIdlXhrBQ

^ thinking about seeing them live, could see their show either being great or real boring/samey... recommended?

Unfortunately I have yet to see them live other than an acoustic in-store they did for Record Store Day this past weekend but it was nice enough for that sort of thing, though I wished it was a bit louder.

That ain't shoegaze. That's Hum worship.

You're not a Fever. You're barely a cold.

Don't shoot the messenger, friend.

AN INTERVIEW ABOUT NOTHING: PHILLY'S BEST SHOEGAZE BAND IS HERE TO KNOCK YOU OVER

You and Noisey both can call them a shoegaze band, but that doesn't make them one. Unless you also think Hum were a shoegaze band, in which case the world has gone to hell.

It's not one or the other, though. It's got a good amount of both elements.

nothing have almost a pop punk feel at times. sometimes like a less sugary version of ringo deathstarr

I just skimmed through the Nothing album on Spotify. They don't sound as much like Hum as I remember Hum sounding, but also there was really only one song that I'd feel in any way comfortable classifying as shoegazey. I mean, I guess in 25 years, the parameters of the genre have been pushed in all directions, but I still adhere to the original signifiers when I'm labeling something as shoegaze.

Venera 4 are really, really shoegaze

add SVIIB to the list of things they sound a bit like, maybe

Yeah, SVIIB were one of the first things I thought of re: Venera 4, but I think they're even more consciously rooted in 1990-92 era shoegaze at every angle.

"I still adhere to the original signifiers"

What exactly are they in your opinion? We can all agree on stolen MBV guitar tricks for sure.

Heavily affected guitars, sleepy and/or angelic voices, super-compressed drums (not "live" sounding at all), equal parts washes of distortion and very clean crystalline sounds.

Too much of nu-gaze focuses on the noisy and forgets the beautiful.

Too much of nu-gaze focuses on the noisy and forgets the beautiful.

Agreed.

"Yeah but what if I play these basic Bob Dylan folk progressions with a ton a reverb... that makes it shoegaze, right?"

If you told me this Venera 4 record was 25 years old I would have believed you.

touched on upthread last august, the debut album by wildhoney dropped, it's very pleasant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CexoHoJGmv4

That's good stuff.

OMG to 11

https://youtu.be/XH96I8k5KpA

uh will this work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=XH96I8k5KpA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH96I8k5KpA

Venera 4 is clearly godhead among contemporary shoegaze.