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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
When the chief sent me over this track to blog about, he said “when you see who it is, you’ll know”. How right he was. Lucid Express are five young dreamers creating a stunningly airy blend of shoegaze and indie pop amongst Hong Kong’s skyscrapers, mountains, and packed alleyways. I had been on a massive quest to locate the seven-inch single of "Ado", the band's 2018 single released under their […]
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 […]
