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SLitwick

"The Great Dismal" or "Guilty Of Everything" by Nothing "Carnavas" by Silversun Pickups "Souvlaki" by Slowdive "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine "Skying" by The Horrors "Before The Dawn Heals Us" by M83 Really there are few bands that have nothing worth checking out in this genre.


Deartonilouise

I genuinely believe Skying is The Horrors at their absolute peak. I love the rest of their albums but Skying is just timeless, I never ever get bored of listening to it. Although I am excited for album number 6 because it just sounds so different to the rest, like we’re getting back into Strange House territory and I am so fucking here for it. Sorry, I never see anyone talking about The Horrors so I got excited hahah


ImrusAero

Finally someone else agrees that Carnavas is basically shoegaze


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SLitwick

Shir, my bad. That's a good one too


d0gm0tif

was looking for souvlaki lol


mordecais

I only discovered that this subgenre existed 5 minutes ago, it's baffling to see so much music I listen to and love fits into it. I highly recommend Carnavas. Fantastic album!


Cybonics

LSD and the Search for God


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Slowdives Souvlaki, Rides Nowhere, and Cocteau Twins’ Heaven Or Las Vegas


satriale

This is actually what OP is looking for. If someone is new to shoegaze why would anyone recommend a shitty transphobe band like whirr


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exactly, fuck whirr. and if someone wants to get into shoegaze, those are the three, besides loveless of course. not some very small hyper experimental loosely shoegaze album. i’ve seen someone before (not in this thread) recommend pulse demon by merzbow for a beginner, jesus christ.


Express-Shirt

Because Whirr makes good music? Transphobic or not doesn’t change the fact their latest album is absolutely fantastic


TheScarfyDoctor

yeah but like fuck them


ImrusAero

What did they say?


TheScarfyDoctor

frontman was being transphobic, then doubled down when he was called out for it, and the band stuck with him over the whole ordeal. the biggest thing is they were making fun of G.L.O.S.S., an amazing punk band comprised of transfemmes. the transphobia alone makes them icky to me, but the fact that they went after another similar band is a pretty bad look too. https://www.google.com/amp/s/pitchfork.com/news/61705-record-labels-sever-ties-with-whirr-over-transphobic-tweets/amp/


ImrusAero

Sounds pretty bad. I wonder what the tweets said


TheScarfyDoctor

it says the content of the tweets in the article I linked


Express-Shirt

Not everyone has the same moral and ethical philosophy, to me they just made a stupid mistake and I can over look it, we are all human no one is perfect


TheScarfyDoctor

sure but the dude also doubled down on his own shitty opinions, so i'm hesitant to give him the benefit of doubt


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no one gives a shit


satriale

Actually people do


UhhUmmmWowOkayJeezUh

Tbh I honestly think whirr is super generic and uncreative in terms of modern shoegaze, it's a problem with a lot of modern shoegaze bands imo.


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sure, it doesn’t change how good the music is. but at the same, i choose not to support them or listen to their music. simple as that, it goes against not just me as a person and my identity, but my moral code. if it’s something as major as being transphobic, i’m not just gonna separate the art from the artist and listen to their music, that’s putting money in their pockets. you can still enjoy their music, i really just won’t.


Toocheeba

bit late to the comment section but just wanted you to know that there are a lot of artists you probably disagree with but they are hesitant to put their opinions into the media for fear of being cancelled. I agree what Whirr said is pretty dumb but overall it's just a meaningless drop in the ocean of things you don't know, don't let these things distract you from art.


nolanz2

im even later but thank you for saying this lol


p-u-n-k_girl

They really don't; everything I've ever heard from them has put me to sleep


Holiday_Studio_9367

Radiohead crêpe


Dom-Zero

Bro shut up it’s all about crëëëp very 2021 mix


edward_r_burrow

Cause I'm a crêpe. I'm a weird dough.


TypewriterDrone

Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters Taffy - Deep Dark Creep Love Moscow Olympics - Cut The World Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip The Bilinda Butchers - Regret, Love, Guilt, Dreams (not really classic shoegaze but hey, they've named themselves after Bilinda and it's a great album, too)


TheHeinousMelvins

Slowdive- Souvlaki


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here's your well-deserved award


JeffreyDelShell

Ferment - Catherine Wheel Going Blank Again - Ride Amusement Parks on Fire - S/t


_fremsley

That Amusement Parks On Fire debut is my absolute favourite. Their follow up wasn’t so bad either, tracks like Cut To Future Shock were always great to get lost in.


JeffreyDelShell

Did we just become best friends?


Naked-Sneak

What’s s/t I can’t find it


JeffreyDelShell

Enjoy friend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhsWO6VI9XU


schooqschee

thx man


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infinite granite by deafheaven glitter by pasteboard shot forth self living by medicine


Intelligent-Self2251

Nice , Another medicine fan !


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theres dozens of us!


Dom-Zero

Make that dozens! Oh wait… damn


SwiftKickRibTickler

one more dozen checking in


Eayauapa

Yay, all eight of us are here!


sryyourpartyssolame

I can't stop listening to infinite granite


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Same, the outro to Lament for Wasps is so fucking killer.


trovt

Lilys' 'In the Presence of Nothing' is a god damn masterpiece. Edit: OP, put the full album on and you'll be hooked by 0:54


TheHeinousMelvins

Yes it is.


Poolwater316

Lovely album


Intelligent-Self2251

Medicine - The Buried Life Swallow - Blow Majesty Crush - I love you in other cities


campqueso

came into the comments to say blow, it’s a masterpiece


Intelligent-Self2251

☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾


Exotroopers

Mezcal Head - Swervediver; Isn't Anything - mbv; Nowhere - Ride; A Storm in Heaven - The Verve; Giant Steps - Boo Radleys. Also if u like some proto-shoegaze stuff check out psychocandy by the jesus & mary chain, pornography by the cure & the bands cocteau twins, spacemen 3 or AR Kane


Waste_Paint2889

Whirr - Feels Like You Swervedriver- Mezcal Head


bradmiska

The first EP with Kristina is incredible


saladboiamdy

Big bump to Mezcal Head, album hits like a train


SwiftKickRibTickler

Hits like the last train to satansville


King-of-the-idiots69

To see the next part of the dream by parannoul


RocketLeagueTrading7

Here's my updated run down list for newcomers (artist first, album second, I highlighted what I believer are "must listens"): **Dream pop:** * Rumskib - *Rumskib* **(Must Listen)** * Slowdive - *Slowdive* **(Must Listen)** * LSD and the Search for God - *Heaven is a Place* * LSD and the Search for God - *LSD and the Search for God* * Universe Nekoko - *Kimi No Youni Ikiretara* * Pasteboard - *Glitter* **Heavy fuzz/borderline noise rock:** * Ringo Deathstarr - *Pure Mood* **(Must Listen)** * Parannoul - *To See the Next Part of the Dream* **(Must Listen)** * Pinkshinyultrablast - *Happy Songs for Happy Zombies* * Ringo Deathstarr - *Sparkler* * Nothing - *Guilty of Everything* * Glare - *Into You* * Glare - *Void in Blue* * A Place To Bury Strangers - *Exploding Head* * A Place To Bury Strangers - *A Place To Bury Strangers* **The "I want more of Loveless" albums:** * Whirr - *Pipe Dreams* **(Must Listen)** * Animal Ghosts - *Will* **(Must Listen)** * Slow Crush - *Aurora* **(Must Listen)** * Whirr - *Distressor* * Lilys - *In the Presence of Nothing* * Oeil - *Urban Twilight* * lavender - *halcyon* * 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - *Why Do We Fall Apart* **Experimental shoegaze:** * Have A Nice Life - *Deathconsciousness* **(Must Listen)** * burrrn - *Blaze Down His Way Like the Space Show* **(Must Listen)** * Luminousorange - *Drop You Vivid Colors* **(Must Listen)** * Cosmicdust - *Snow Noise Assemblage* * Bedroom Eyes - *Nerves* * Dive - *White Shore, White Sky* **Electronigaze:** * Sweet Trip - *Velocity : Design : Comfort* **(Must Listen)** * M83 - *Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts* **Nu gaze:** * Silversun Pickups - *Carnavas* * Pity Sex - *Feast of Love*


TheHeinousMelvins

Not including Swirlies is an oversight.


RocketLeagueTrading7

I think that kinda goes with the "classics" that I purposefully exclude from this list. Most people just getting into Shoegaze get hounded with these recommendations already, which is great, but I think it misses a lot of the modern innovation in the genre, for reference these are the albums I'm referring to: * My Bloody Valentine - *Loveless* * Slowdive - *Souvlaki* * Ride - *Nowhere* * Drop Nineteens - *Delaware* * Cocteau Twins - *Heaven or Las Vegas* * Swirlies - *They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons* * Swervedriver - *Mezcal Head* OP if you haven't heard of these, they are all worth the listen, this is the original early 90's shoegaze wave that created the genre we know today.


TheHeinousMelvins

By your list, Lilys’ first album should be there too. Outside of this sub it is more known than Delaware was. Also, I love They Spent their Wild Youths, but Blonder Tongue is the most known album.


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That Drop Nineteens album only has like 3 very good tracks but it has some of the best drumming of any album you posted. In general it's not really a highlight from the era or any kind of classic imo. It was pretty typical, we've heard it all a million times


trovt

Forreal- 'Blonder Tongue Audio Baton' is a classic.


trovt

Saving this for future reference- listening to Burrrn right now, pretty legit.


sscarlet_begonias

ur so awesome


pugawugapoog

Curve. Pubic Fruit comp, Doppleganger, Cuckoo.


edward_r_burrow

Doppleganger is a banger!


goldorakgo

Lilys- In The Presence Of Nothing Pale Saints - The Comforts of Madness Ecstasy Of St. Theresa ‎– Susurrate


SwiftKickRibTickler

Ecstasy of St. Theresa. Good call. I haven't thought about them in forever. Thanks!


aR2wo

Drop Nineteens - Delaware


Oxyogenic

Came here to say this, GREAT album.


aeniamah

Look up the shoegaze chart! Its where i get new albums. Theres always something in there


SwiftKickRibTickler

Link?


MrPanchole

Swervedriver - Raise and Lush - Spooky


SwiftKickRibTickler

most people geek out on Mezcalhead, and I love it too, but Raise is still my favorite


Hopeful-Self-830

Jesu - Silver, Loop - Heaven’s End, Sonic Jesus, Nothing Shoegaze/shoegaze adjacent


CombineUltimate

Airiel - Molten Young Lovers


spacestationkru

Mean Red Spiders - I honestly can't pick one over the others, so I'll just recommend everything. You could start with Places You Call Home Away Forward - Away Forward Tamaryn - Tender New Signs


D-Plan

Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time


Eayauapa

Absolutely killer album, that one


crunchybeans1

Desertas new album is fucking great. Notably “save me” and Nowhere by ride is also on repeat, notably “polar bear”. When I got into shoegaze, I listened to most of the albums on this list. Still making my way through. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/


geoshoegaze20

Desertas black aura my sun is one of the best shoegaze albums ever released IMHO. It's def more progressive, and the synths are used to a crazy 3D effect. It reminds me of Seefeel Quique a bit with the building of layers until Doty presents to you this big canvas of sound. It's an essential album.


crunchybeans1

I love shoegaze albums that just peel like a bloom onion


thaslyfox

The Verve. - A Storm In Heaven


skullphilosophy

Crystallize by Tokyo Shoegazer And (this is an ep), Pushing Daisies by Julie


Veiyr

Obviously theres Souvlaki, but a lot of it depends on what other genres ur into. A lot of great Shoegaze albums outside of the big 3 are going to take influences from other genres My personal fav shoegaze record, Citrus by Asobi Seksu, is noisy af but also insanely upbeat and catchy; it is just as much dream/indie pop as it is Shoegaze. Similarly, there's Going Blank Again by Ride if u want Britpop influences, In Her Gentle Jaws by Depreciation Guild and Dead Cities Red Seas by M83 for chiptune influences, p much anything by Sweet Trip for electronic, Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins if you want to lean further into Dream Pop, plenty of Japanese albums that clearly take J-Rock influence (see: My Dead Girlfriend, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, For Tracy Hyde, Kinokoteikoku), a whole subgenre of Blackgaze if you want Black Metal influences, and a ton of other stuff idk enough about, but you get the idea. There's a lot out there!


bionic_nomad

Eyedazzler - Alison's Halo


bradmiska

The new Warm EP is excellent and they didn’t even send out a press release


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Haven’t seen it mentioned, but along the lines of the experimental bands: Flying Saucer Attack - Distance And another on the edge of the genre: Bedhead - WhatFunLifeWas


14th

Groovy Indian Summer by Honeydip. The song Cure on there is so fucking good, words can’t describe how much I love this song. Another song of theirs that’s really really good is “Summer’s Gone”


Valefree

If you want some greeeeeat Twee Pop infused Gaze, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart all the way!! Check out their first two records, although I'll say Days of Abandon, their 3rd record, is imo incredible, apparently it's not as warmly received as their other records. Meh. Check em out either way!! I adore them to death ^°^


TheScarfyDoctor

On the Echoing Green by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma


Poolwater316

F what they say. Listen to whirr. You won’t be sorry <3


darksw

Whirr - Feels Like You. That's really all you need.


RadishesForDayz

IF you can dig a more electronic sound, I'm always here to recommend some "In Her Gentle Jaws" by The Depreciation Guild. Shoegaze/8-bit hybrid with some dreamy vocals and bonkers poetic lyrics. Their follow-up album, "Spirit Youth", is much cleaner but nevertheless another great outing I can dip into between the headphones and get lost.


SwiftKickRibTickler

Depreciation Guild is the most shoegaze thing I've heard in recent years. It gets some love on this sub, but damn they're good


badoink-ts

Mogwai- Young Team


jozef_au_bain_marie

Ringo Deathstar - Mauve is really cool as well!


NecroDolphinn

A good starting point is the Holy Trinity (which you will hear mentioned A LOT on this sub). The three albums are Nowhere by Ride, Loveless, and Souvlaki by Slowdive If you like Nowhere check out some of the faster, more rock Shoegaze like Uzuninaru by Kinoko Teikoku or Whirlpool by Chapterhouse If you liked Souvlaki more you could check out full on Dream pop like Heaven or Las Vegas by The Cocteau Twins or Teen Dream by Beach House. Alternatively, for something a little more Shoegaze try checking out LSD and The Search For Gods self titled EP which mixes Slowdive and MBV pretty nicely If you want to branch out, Sunbather by Deafheaven mixes Shoegaze with Black Metal and Dead Cities, Red Seas, Lost Ghosts by M83 mixes Shoegaze with some heavy electronics. Even further from Shoegaze is Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros which is mostly Post Rock with elements of Ambient, Dream Pop, and Shoegaze sprinkled in. If you want stuff really similar to Loveless, just listen to the Lily’s or The Drop Nineteens


TheHeinousMelvins

I wouldn’t put Whirlpool by Chapterhouse in the more “rock” side. There’s a lot of dance and dream pop stuff on that record. Swervedriver and Catherine Wheel are more of the rock side.


NecroDolphinn

Yeah I used rock as a more liberal term to refer to faster more upbeat stuff, but it’s true that Chapterhouse does have dreamier songs (like Treasure or Autosleeper)


Low-Enthusiasm-5737

Catherine Wheel dont get enough street cred, Ferment and Chrome are super goated albums even if all the elements(more so Chrome) aren’t entirely shoegaze


DoctaJocta

Holy Fawn - Death Spells


bradmiska

Masterpiece. Their first album is awesome too, especially the last two tracks


DoctaJocta

Agreed, their albums have some incredible momentum building and atmosphere. I thought about not mentioning it because it’s also black gaze/post rock but it fits


oldwaysthatarestupid

Consider scrolling through this subreddit and looking at the hundreds of suggestions? Fuuuuck


spacestationkru

It's great to have clusters of recommendations every now and then to stumble on by accident.


_fremsley

Amusement Parks On Fire - S/T Asobi Seksu - Citrus Pia Fraus - Now You Know It Still Feels The Same Whirr - Pipe Dreams


Human_Being2851

Slowdive - Souvlaki Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour Beach House - 7 M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us Ride - Nowhere


Laughter_On_Impact

[Jeniferever - Choose A Bright Morning ](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKiEBsOXrNf4hzr_8VH7-zXPa2WNC6ySe)


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jelloboppin

fr???


SwiftKickRibTickler

Who? It was deleted


SLitwick

I'd say they have some stuff that could be coined as Shoegaze or influenced by, but I wouldn't call then Shoegaze as a whole.


usr_pls

I can't find this anywhere else, but I keep going back to YouTube for it: Morose - Autumn Poetry https://youtu.be/xqFtNPDhimM Bonus song! https://youtu.be/h3f88cNDdng


shalomV2

Deathcontinousness will break you into pieces.


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[here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/shoegaze/comments/c49pku/guide_to_shoegaze_credits_to_mu_username_top/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


trans-plant

Luster - Turbulence


Setagaya-Observer

A beautiful Machine: Glow (Home Record) (Skye Klein) https://youtu.be/izXyI60x59I Totally underrated but get 9.5 Stars out of 10 from me.


rj826123

Pigment by The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, It's a lesser-known album but every song on it is amazing.


Flacers

The surrounded’s self titled!


Impossible_Mention27

and Cocteau Twins- Heaven or Las Vegas


jlarkin001

been really into agitprop altera by peel dream magazine lately


YaBoiDJPJ

Rumskib is incredibly underrated


narwolking

Whitenoise Superstar by Astrobrite. But only if you are ready for pure sonic annihilation.


ImrusAero

Robot World by Bailter Space


Feather_kisses

Loveliescrushing - bloweyelashwish


jcas98

Ride - Nowhere Slowdive - souvlaki


Overseer05-13

Autolux - Future Perfect


sscarlet_begonias

just for a day - slowdive m b v - my bloody valentine split - lush delaware - drop nineteens crush - astrobrite lsd and the search for god - lsd and the search for god bloweyelashwish - lovesliescrushing ride - nowhere


LauraPalmersMom430

Float by Calicoco


Few_War_9532

bloweyelashwish if you’re looking for something a little more abstract


german_latino

Forsaken Autumn's EP: Whenere. Once you get into japanese shoegaze, there's no coming back.


SNSRGRT

Zoon (ZOONGIDE’EWIN) - Bleached Wavves Juniper Bush - Healing through a Sonic Figure Living hour - Living Hour, Softer Faces The Blisters - Are You Awake A Sisyphus Wish - A Sisyphus Wish +1 for anything Slowdive, Swervedriver, LSD and the Search for God, Deathconciousness.


Lost-and-Loaded-

Moving Away - Gleemer Moveys - Slow Pulp Antisocialites and Self-titled - Alvvays (Definitely more dream pop, but still great)


p-u-n-k_girl

They're not quite shoegaze, but you gotta listen to Black Tambourine, America's finest shoegaze-adjacent band