Returning with their sophomore album, Possessions, is Austin’s Blushing. Now mainstays in the shoegaze and dream pop landscape, I was ready for more of their dreamy brand of song smithery. I should add it’s not for no reason they find themselves synonymous with the term dream pop. They have crafted a sound built on the foundations of all that we loved about those 90’s acts. Lush, Ride even Ultra Vivid […]
When you think of the UK shoegaze scene there’s only a few names in there that merit being dubbed legends. Amongst that righteous few you’ll find Presents For Sally. Since releasing their debut single, ‘Catch Your Fall’, back in 2009 they’ve amassed a back catalogue bursting with shoegaze classics. Fast forward to today and the band have released a retrospective of deep cuts and lost tracks called Look Skyward and […]
It’s been a year since their stunning debut album Death of a Very Good Machine and Eep are back with their sophomore release Winter Skin. Bands tend to place a bit more time between albums but with a global pandemic stopping live shows and a band full of creative minds there’s no stopping Eep. The debut album predominately featured the lush vocals of Rosie Varela. This time the band have […]
After delivering one of 2019’s seminal albums in Brickbat, Piroshka returns for an even deeper dive. For those unacquainted, Piroshka is a collective of some of the nineties' foremost musical figures. Featuring Miki Berenyi of Lush, KJ “Moose” McKillop of the band Moose, (a live review of the band in Sounds magazine infamously coined the term “shoegazing”). If that were not impressive enough, also included is Mick Conroy of classic […]
After three exquisitely crafted single releases in "Night Drive" and "Day by Day" and "Within a Dream", Preston’s White Flowers finally release their debut album, Day by Day. White Flowers is made up of Katie Drew and Joey Cobb who together weave the most wonderful soundscapes blending post-punk, goth, dreampop and shoegaze in their own unique way. The atmosphere created across these ten tracks is one of sheer escapism and […]
Hailing from Lisbon in Portugal, DIY bedroom pop artist Guilherme Correia writes and records as Hause Plants. Ranging from themes like social anxiety, careless coming-of-age and nights out in a big city, Hause Plants' songs are bedroom pop in their essence, but are meant to be heard and played live, combining the urgency and vitality of 80’s post-punk with the ethereal landscapes of dream pop and shoegaze. After two lush […]
I’m a huge post rock fan and can find myself wallowing in fifteen-minute-long instrumental tracks and loving every minute. What I really enjoy though is when post rock merges with other genres to create something new and exciting. This is exactly what UK-based producer/musician Jamie Duddy has achieved with his musical project Dreamback. You may remember hearing his DKFM debut on The Velvet Hum Goes to England a few weeks […]
Close observers of the shoegaze scene will have picked up the last two singles from Puerto Rico’s Un.Real. “Blue Garden” and “Lovely One” heralded a band arriving fully formed and ready to conquer the world. The band have had an ever-evolving list of members around main man Gardy Perez-Ruiz. With influences ranging from The Cure to My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive they have forged their own unique brand of dream […]
Doncaster's 93MillionMilesFromTheSun have been responsible for some of the most effervescent sounds of recent years. The self-titled debut (2008) and Northern Sky (2011) brought them to our ears here at DKFM, and we have been enthralled by their sonic explorations ever since. Nick Noble, founder of the band, now returns with his latest creation, Why Do We Fall Apart, his eighth full-album release. As usual, Noble has penned all the […]
