can someone show me a NEW shoegaze band

Malory! Isobella! Paik! Pacific UV!

fucking Clairecords people!!!!

sort yourselves out

I think most bands these days that are labelled "shoegazer" would be better suited to "slowcore" or "dream-pop" labels.

Labelling is wrong.

Coldplay have certainly been influenced by Catherine Wheel, My Bloody Valentine and other bands like that, but that's not to say they're a shoegazer band.

I guess this is a semantical debate. Shoegazer, to me, isn't about an "atmospheric aesthetic", it's much more specific than that.

I declare 2004 the year of the Shoegaze. I'm chinese for sake of argument. With all the discussion around here about it in the last month or so I feel Congress will agree.

A firecracker parade will follow.

this thread is good now

www.theearlies.com

I will now check out melodic.com

I would click the "Free Sample Issue" button on the side and see what happens.

This zine is run by Ryan Anderson who used to play with Fuxa back in the old Michigan space rock days. Each issue comes with a free cd comp that is mostly showgaze and space rock. If you are interested in that sound they are very worth picking up. Ryan keeps the prices dirt cheap, they cost $7.20 a piece and that covers the shipping.

If you do decide to pick up back issues I would recommend that you start with issue three and work your way forward. The first couple issues were a bit patchy but they got better with every following issue.

As far as bands go, I would recommend looking into Tristeza/The Album Leaf, Cerberus Shoal, Landing, Hinterland, and Tex La Homa. ESOJ's(the surface noise) and Ned's picks are both completely otm and I would have recommended them myself if they had not beaten me to the punch.

Readymade isn't exactly new. They were sending out annoying promo stuff 6/7 years ago.

The Meeting Places as well...reasonable enough rotegaze.

M83, now lemme tell ya, I guess I enjoyed the album the one time I heard it, but that was six months ago and I haven't felt any need to listen again.

Fans of the shugazi sound might find this relevant to their interests (which, full disclosure, I contributed to)

https://✧✧✧.un✧✧✧.c✧.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Shoeg✧✧✧@1400x1050-1392x1✧✧✧.j✧✧

https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/blogs/introducing-the-ultimate-genre-guide-to-shoegaze-133706/

Oh nice, that will definitely be one worth picking up when I see it.

Just was recommended this playlist but it seems too long, just shy of eleven hours:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX6ujZpAN0v9r?si=W_C-hMj-SsqIJQ0LBO0AJQ&dl_branch=1

Found strictly by chance -- Lunation Fall out of France, with a debut EP this year. Dreamy with a bit of Lush to it as well, if you like the first track you'll like the whole thing:

https://lunationfall.bandcamp.com/album/near

Wow, the Lunation Fall record is really good. Thanks for the tip. What are everyone’s favorite 2021 shoegaze albums? My top two are definitely Stomp Talk Modstone and Wednesday. I’ve also enjoyed records by Julia Shapiro, Lucid Express, Midwife, Crystal Canyon, Flyying Colours, Submotile, Mint Julep, White Flowers, Cathedral Bells, and alexalone. And although it’s not technically shoegaze, the Fax Gang record scratches the same itch.

I don't think I heard any of those records so thanks for posting. I really liked the Parannoul stuff which I guess is really an emo thing but it's recorded in a very layered shoegazey way

From Spain:
https://dharmacide.bandcamp.com/album/cult-band-member

'Dreams' first caught my ears and is the better single, but 'Filth' has a nicer video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtxeyQeOLVA

eccsame the photon band is the best shoegaze i found lately. better late than never. i find myself agreeing with commentary that describes it as fusing with slowcore.

I don't consider it shoegaze, myself! However I agree it is the best.

v reasonable opinions, both. you asked me elsewhere how i was liking it, i do officially love it now ha.

I've enjoyed the two YouTube videos of tracks from the upcoming SOM - The Shape of Everything.

From last year:
https://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-21/#shoegaze

cloakroom does this heavy melodic thing really well, their new album sounds like if sleep made jangle pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IomuatUhhk

https://boringproductions.bandcamp.com/album/sprout

from china

Agree on the Cloakroom record. I'd been kinda lukewarm on them previously, but some of these new songs are flat-out beautiful. Really enjoying it. I've also gotten way into a record from about 10 years ago by a Japanese band called Sphere. The record is "syvyys." Great stuff. Will dig into those Dharmacide and Sound & Fury records mentioned upstream.

I've been getting huge enjoyment out of the Cloakroom album. Every song is really good, and there's a satisfying variety. It's close to Hum's Inlet at times, but a slightly easier listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMuNjgULtE8

anybody listen to vivienne eastwood? caught a song on WNYU and was hooked, they have some nice EPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj2WSE9_asU

yah the cloakroom record is very much a riyl: hum thing, though hum doesn't really shoot for loveliness and the cloakroom guys def have it in their sights in songs like "doubts"

https://radiichina.com/dreampop-music-china/

So I aimed for the impossible here and created a 21st century shoegaze guide for Shfl

https://theshfl.com/guide/shoegaze-revival

20 choices overall, honestly the merest sampling. My big caveat is that the metal/gaze crossover I just had to separate out, far too big on its own. Some electrogaze standouts made the cut. Ultimately this is just a starter pack and should be recognized as such! But reviewing this thread was helpful for some reminders for sure.

I enjoyed this list and your write up. Good stuff.

Thanks!

Yeah great list. Some favorites and some I’d never heard before. Best discovery so far is Venera 4. Thanks for writing/sharing!

You're most welcome. Pretty sure I learned about Venera 4 from this very thread years back!

Nice work, Ned. I rep for Serena-Maneesh and Pinkshinyultrablast myself.

You should definitely get someone to pay you for a blackgaze piece. :)

If you caught that little aside near the end of the introduction, don't think I'm not thinking about it... (This work is a paying job, I should add.)

I had totally forgotten about Serena-Maneesh. Album holds up pretty well.

does Shfl pay, Ned? if ya don't mind me asking :)

Uh, yes? Sorry if I sound bemused, I did say that!

Ha, you're right. You did. I missed that. Sorry. You should be bemused!

I had totally forgotten about Serena-Maneesh. Album holds up pretty well.

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It's great!

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?