Dream Pop

i'd say some poppier Dead Can Dance stuff would fit in here as well, too. though most of their output is rather all over the place, when they pop, they most definitely dream-pop. probably mostly cos of the hypnoticness that is Brendan Perry's voice.

certain My Bloody Valentines songs could even work in this category, although i know a lot of people would say they're too noisy to really be "pop." but "Sometimes" immediately comes to mind. "Soon" would probably work as well. i might even say "Glider." and for more creepy dreams, "No More Sorry" would work.

Um, what a lot of other people said. But since nobody's mentioned A R Kane yet and they actually coined the term in the first place, them. Look for sixty-nine, 'i' and the Americana comp.

There's some great dreamy momments on _Switched On_ and _Peng!_ (particularly "Super Falling Star", or whatever it's called). There might even be a couple on _Random Transient..._, but if there are, i've forgotten 'em.

Don't forget the first This Mortal Coil album, _It'll End in Tears_, which is totally essential. There were two others, which would probably fit the bill, but they never grabbed me the way that the first one did.

The first Blind Mr. Jones album is great for some of this sorta stuff, in a shoegazery vein, natch. Seek out _Stereo Musicale_, but avoid the tepid follow-on album _Tatooine_.

Oh yeah, the most recent Cowboy Junkies album opens with a great gauzy, echoy bit. Album's called _Open_ (i think, it's not sitting here in front of me_.) Seek it out for the first two tracks alone.

_Treasure_ by the Cocteau Twins would probably work well for this. Maybe even the first couple Flying Saucer Attack albums, too (though they spread the noise pretty thick at times, which might be a turn-off.)

That should keep ya busy for a little while, anyways.

I haven't been able to find 69 or 'I'. What about New Clear Child, how is that album?

A pale shadow. Some nice moments but I would not recommend it as a place to start.

I think that album is them at thier most dream poppy.

Tons more to add here... Alison's Halo, Shallow, the first Bowery Electric album. And I'd pick The Church's cover of "The Porpoise Song" instead of the Monkees original for maximum float.

also, if you're bringing up Smashing Pumpkins, "Glynis" is also really dreamy and pretty. oh, and their collaboration with Red Red Meat on that Sweet Relief comp, "Sad Peter Pan." their take on it is lovely.

i forgot earlier, when running down My Bloody Valentine suspects: "Lose My Breath." STUNNING.

Any Cocteaus, esp. "Treasure", "Head over Heels" and "Victorialand"; Slowdive's "Souvlaki", any early Lush stuff. I agree with Chris re Mercury Rev's "See you on the Other Side", lovely trippy album, the one after that was nice too (though I prefer their earlier, heavy work)

No ones mentioned Godspeed! You Black Emperor - for shame. "Slow Riot For Zero Kanada" is wonderful. Perhaps more "prog rock orchestral" than "dreampop" but I like it in that sense.

Also add: Mean Red Spiders either the albums StarsandSons or the more Lushlike Still Life Fast Moving specially for the wonderful "Awkward Over Coffee".
Toss in the occaisional King Cobb Steelie tune since it has nowhere else to go other then right next to Triumph 2000's album.
The Church, mmmmmmmmmm, yummy. (Chris has already been but Kate to thread)
Steal 'Car Wash Hair' from Mercury Rev's major label version of Boces.
King Black Acid's '60 Cycles Numb' may be the best song to come out of PDX in the 90s. The Dandy Warhol's cover of Little Drummer Boy is close though. As is several tunes from Swoon23's albums. All dreampop I supose.
I also really dug Hopewell's album The Curved Glass. Im willing to give them a second chance live I loved it so much.
What about Helium? Whatever happened to Ash after Libarness?
If your enjoying This Mortal Coil, don't forget to pick up Chris Bell's I Am The Cosmos which is surely one of the most wonderful things Rykodisc has dug up.

Thats enough out of me. Time for bed. Its -15 for chrissakes.

Yeah, Cowboy Junkies to a point. 'Lay It Down', from 1996, has some good stuff in that vein.

The Melody Unit, from Seattle, are one of the best new dream-pop bands going. Find their 'Choose Your Own Adventure' album, then get the earlier stuff. They're actually my definition of the term...

Can I add The Sundays?

The really, really long track from the Drop Nineteens "Delaware" record.

Two hot dream pop numbers right there... might go listen to them myself.

Yes. Especially Blind, which is way underrated. In fact, it's probably my favorite album for this "genre"

pah, 'home is in your head' is their only perfect record. but the bit about the later releases being patchy is overly generous, post 'fort lake' they have been a disaster.

One of the first dreampop singles I reckon, from an unjustly forgotten album. Produced by Martin Hannett with Vini Reilly on guitar. The single version is better than the one on the album though.

I'm digging so much of the new dream-pop floating about... Asobi Seksu, Je Suis Animal, A Sunny Day In Glasgow. It's a good time to be liking this stuff.

how the fuuuuck were Cranes not mentioned anywhere in this thread?? i mean, there are several songs from Wings of Joy, Forever and Loved that are among the best dream pop songs ever recorded!

They were always accused of being a poor-man's Smiths, but I've always considered The Ocean Blue's Cerulean more of a dream pop record than anything else. "When Life Was Easy," "Breezing up," "Falling Through The Ice" are the most obvious examples.

Modern dream pop:

Engineers ("One In Seven"; "Thrasher")

Citified ("Weddings"; "March Through Mayday"; "There's A Way To Make You Try")

The Clientele?

Dreampop seems to mean so many different things to different people.

Dreampop seems to mean so many different things to different people.

You said it.

Does Hood count? Destroy All Dreamers, epic45, Lanterna, Manual, Ulrich Schnauss ...

I like when it's dreamy because of some musical "talent" (for lack of a better word I promise!) rather than dreamy because it's sloppy and drained in grungy delay. Does that mean I'm confined to the obvious picks, like Cocteau Twins?

it does not get significantly dreampoppier than Ariel Pink, in my estimation...

It seems to be this catch-all term that means, like... girly but not twee, shoegazey without the noize or the 60s affectations... though it also seems to be applied to stuff that's too electronicky to be shoegaze or nu-gaze. I'm still confused by people who actually try to retroactively apply some kind of genre statement to Shoegaze (I read somewhere recently a "history" of shoegazing trying to propose that My Bloody Valentine were not a seminal shoegaze band, that the first shoegaze band was Ride. Um, what?)

also not mentioned but worth contemplating is hex. haven't heard that album in years but i rembember it fondly.

July Skies newest one. Sounds a bit like Manual in some spots.

charmparticles = dream pop luv

Sorry for the thread necromancy, but thought the self-titled album by sister duo 2:54 deserved more attention than a blurb in the faves of 2012 thread, but perhaps less than its own thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWbL8uXonQ8

http://foxesinfiction.bandcamp.com/album/ontario-gothic

Moka was asking about this record. I worked on it. I love the record so much I basically gave them a standing offer to sit in at a gig whenever they wanted. I'm not at all into modern dream-pop or this style of production usually, but something about the stateliness and simplicity of this guy's songs destroys me. It's on Orchid Tapes which means it's pwyc on Bandcamp and 500 copies pressed (and it sold out quick).

oh hey, did not know that my dude beau (fantastic engineer who mixed my first LP) played on this.

This is really nice, thanks!

Oh, so that's why there's so little information about the release! They're fantastic, I just checked and the album is on Spotify so I'll be giving it a spin later this night. Their music reminds me of Atlas Sound at certain points so it's definitely the sort of modern 'dream pop' that's up my alley.

Swung from the Branches (2010) was gorgeous, although they could have trimmed many of the ambiance of the first half and I find it odd that one of my favorite tracks by them, 'Flashing lights have ended now', only appears as a bonus track.

The new one seems like it's only 8 tracks long so it should definitely be more concise than the past album. Will report back.

Already took a first listen and I'm loving it. My favorite song was Altars because I'm a sucker for women voices in dream pop, makes me wish he added a female singer as a permanent band member. March 2011, Shadow Song and the title track are great. Nice work on those ones Owen! Specially in Shadow Song, love the string crescendos throughout the track.

Thx. My favourite part is the Maurice Deebank-y solo on Into The Fields, gets me every time.

Ha, I hadn't even listened to that one. I had Spotify on shuffle by accident and it sent Fields and V079 to the bottom. Is that you as well? I thought Hildebrand was using some synths at first.

Nope it's all Warren

http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-17/#dream

Brilliant, thanks dude!

You missed Star Tropics:
https://star-tropics.bandcamp.com/album/lost-world