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Indie Shoegaze

Lounge Act Jam – Let Me Be The One You Want Me to Be: Despondency Laced-Shoegaze

Posted on 19 February 2020

Any fans of Slowdive are definitely going to want to check out the standout single “Let Me Be The One You Want Me to Be” from up and coming Portland, US-based artist Lounge Act Jam.

Their distinctive brand of ‘Underdog Pop’ offers all of the dreamy, gritty and despondency-laced effect-glazed guitar tones and the bleeding vocals which you’d expect to hear from Shoegaze pioneers.

Yet, with a stunning contribution of Psychedelic Rock on the outro and slight nuances of Jangle Pop, they’ve more than made their abstract mark on the genre.

You can check out Let Me Be The One You Want Me to Be for yourselves by heading over to SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Charcoal Burners – Days Behind: Hypnotically Melodic Indie Shoegaze

Posted on 8 June 2019
The Best Day You Could Imagine by Charcoal Burners

As soon as you hit play on the latest single “Days Behind” by Charcoal Burners you will be grounded by the same atmospheric punch as when you listen to the Cure, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and Slowdive. The mesmeric Post Punk Shoegaze single may carry plenty of reminiscence to pioneering artists, but that’s not to say there isn’t plenty of distinction found within the revival of Alt 90s. The extended instrumental outro allows you to get lost in the sticky-sweet reverb-laden melodies which offer a unique sense of rhythmic catharsis which you’d be hard pressed to find in any other artists work. The instrumentally led single allows plenty of focus to remain on the guitar progressions with the vocal and lyrics effortlessly fade in and out to add layers of harmony to the already transcendental single.

You can check out Charcoal Burners’ latest single Days Behind from their album “the Best Day You Could Imagine” for yourselves by heading over to Bandcamp now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast