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
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 December 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
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.
― CalmAsAnAngel, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 20:36 (two years ago) link
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
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
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
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 17 January 2022 12:58 (two years ago) link
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.
― The Hon. Christian Sharia (R - MO) (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 00:00 (two years ago) link
I don't consider it shoegaze, myself! However I agree it is the best.
― Evan, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
v reasonable opinions, both. you asked me elsewhere how i was liking it, i do officially love it now ha.
― The Hon. Christian Sharia (R - MO) (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 00:45 (two years ago) link
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
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 04:27 (two years ago) link
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
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 01:47 (two years ago) link
https://boringproductions.bandcamp.com/album/sprout
from china
― 龜, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
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.
― CalmAsAnAngel, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
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.
― jmm, Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMuNjgULtE8
― 龜, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:55 (two years ago) link
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
― 龜, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
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"
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
https://radiichina.com/dreampop-music-china/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 March 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
I enjoyed this list and your write up. Good stuff.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 7 March 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
Thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 March 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah great list. Some favorites and some I’d never heard before. Best discovery so far is Venera 4. Thanks for writing/sharing!
― Skrot Montague, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 03:36 (two years ago) link
You're most welcome. Pretty sure I learned about Venera 4 from this very thread years back!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 04:16 (two years ago) link
Nice work, Ned. I rep for Serena-Maneesh and Pinkshinyultrablast myself.
You should definitely get someone to pay you for a blackgaze piece. :)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 04:32 (two years ago) link
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.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 04:48 (two years ago) link
I had totally forgotten about Serena-Maneesh. Album holds up pretty well.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:15 (two years ago) link
does Shfl pay, Ned? if ya don't mind me asking :)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 04:34 (two years ago) link
Uh, yes? Sorry if I sound bemused, I did say that!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 05:26 (two years ago) link
Ha, you're right. You did. I missed that. Sorry. You should be bemused!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 06:16 (two years ago) link
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, March 8, 2022 10:15 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
It's great!
― Evan, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
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.)
― CalmAsAnAngel, Monday, 13 June 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
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
― Evan, Thursday, 14 July 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Hadn’t heard that before. It’s really good, wow. Thanks for sharing.
― Skrot Montague, Friday, 15 July 2022 02:56 (two years ago) link
Very welcome!
― Evan, Friday, 15 July 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
I've been digging what I've heard from Tan Cologne quite a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVk9p5l-S0
― Chris L, Friday, 26 August 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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
― into the crypt of ray reardon (Matt #2), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:32 (one year ago) link
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete a couple weeks ago in Sacramento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7zl49joZg
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 27 February 2023 00:39 (one year ago) link
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
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
Sounds great
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 4 March 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
The new Tanukichan album is pretty good:https://tanukichan.bandcamp.com/album/gizmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEWuhSiKGQ
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 11 March 2023 06:49 (one year ago) link
New Flyying Colours rips:
https://flyyingcolours.bandcamp.com/album/you-never-know
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link
stoke is real
― liberal with a capital LIE (Hunt3r), Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:53 (one year ago) link
Giving this a relisten today and it's better the second time!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 March 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
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
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 19 March 2023 08:02 (one year ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 19 March 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
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)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 04:20 (one year ago) link
Went to see You Said Strange (French, currently touring the west coast) knowing basically nothing about them, thought they were great live!
― JoeStork, Thursday, 23 March 2023 06:07 (one year ago) link
Hm! Keeping that in mind, though sadly it seems like they're skipping the Bay Area altogether?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 March 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
https://motifs.bandcamp.com/album/remember-a-stranger
Singapore-based shoegaze/dream pop, pretty great
― omar little, Sunday, 30 April 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
Digging the new one from Uniforms: https://uniformsband.bandcamp.com/album/trance (they're from Almería, Spain)
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 30 April 2023 23:55 (one year ago) link
Twin Drugs from Richmond sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnTfL6B0PM
― Chris L, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link