Psychedelic gazers The Stargazer Lilies returned in 2022 with a new studio album three years after their outstanding 2019 release, Occabot. The album was recorded over those few years in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, in Austin, TX, and Central Florida. Cosmic Tidal Wave was one of my albums of the year and remains a firm favourite to this day. The band have teamed up with the good folks over […]
As 2021 draws to a close, we look forward to a new year and more great new music. But wait! 2021 has one more surprise tucked up her sleeve. Hogmanay will see The Voices return with their penultimate album We Just Want To Be Ourselves. The psychedelic gazers have very kindly granted me an exclusive preview of the album so, without any further ado, let’s dive in! The opener ‘Feel’ […]
Figureheads of the new wave of British shoegaze, Southampton three-piece Superdrone have just released their fifth album to the world. The title is an enigmatic inverted triangle, the sign for water. I can’t wait to dive in so let’s drop the needle. Aptly, our introduction to this album is called "Descent into the Blue". Immediately you get a feel for the scale of the music on show here. This feels […]
