Righto, the melodic aggressive (?) shoegaze thread is doing well, so time to update the old shoegaze thread. As posted on the aforementioned, You’re Jovian have a top Swirlies-esque mini-LP out on bandcamp, a sample of which is here:
and Panda Riot have finally announced the release date for their newie, Infinity Maps, previews of which are on their facebook page:
I always thought of them as shoegazy, but other disagree. Who cares — on a first listen, this is sounding great. Lots of great guitar, though still a few melodic, acoustic-y tracks as well. Closest thing to Leaves Me Blind they’ve done yet.
Check out Glamnesia or Every Sign, if you’re pressed for time.
The Panda Riot album came out a couple of weeks ago and it’s really great.
There is zero chatter about it, which is kinda sad. Even running a Google search for the album only brings up a handful of posts on obscure blogs.
Thanks for posting this one up - ordered my cd a week or so ago, but listened to the album a couple of times and am definitely enjoying it (even if it’s not as immediate as its predecessor). I guess ‘self release’ is the problem with the coverage - do bands even send them out for review? (I think DiS missed Northern Automatic Music and they were signed to a label at the time)…
“kevin is currently finishing an all analog vinyl version of loveless and isn’t anything and is also working on material for a new my bloody valentine album to be released in 2018.”
I mean, I’ll believe it when I see it, especially since those vinyl represses have been in the pipe for ages, but still…