GVTH DVDDY • Who Knows How It Ends ? • 2026

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Young Lovers • Mourning Routine • 2026

 

For Los Angeles-based post-rock/shoegaze band Young Lovers, love has always been a hard thing to write about. As Baldwin notes, love is inherently tied to growth – it is growth. And this growth can only ever be found within the inevitable, mysterious, and painful process of maturation, a process that can only ever be completed if one is ready to go through it. For Young Lovers, this process, with all its uncertainties, dead ends, and unbreakable cycles became the band’s own portrait in 2026, crystallized in their upcoming LP, The Circle’s End.

"balancing emotional weight with expansive instrumental storytelling"
-The Daily Music Report

"‘Back Again’ arrives as a striking instrumental piece, moving from hazy, atmospheric passages into a powerful crescendo of layered guitars and percussion. The track reflects a more expansive and emotionally direct direction for the group as they move toward their second full-length release."
-Psychedelic Baby Mag

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ifitbeyourwill #167 • Sister Ray Davies

ifitbeyourwill Podcast sits down with Adam Morrow of Sister Ray Davies — a shoegaze duo based in the legendary music town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. They dig into the making of their debut record Holy Island, the duo's deep love of ambient and post-punk sounds, and an upcoming remix EP dropping April 20, 2026. Plus, a  track from Holy Island closes out the episode. Essential listening for fans of atmospheric, genre-defying music.

 

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Sister Ray Davies • Holy Island Baby • 2026

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Holy Island is a rare debut. Thoughtful, melodic and full of intent without ever becoming heavy handed. The lads have built something that feels as if it has always existed. You sense the fun they had making it and the meaning they found inside it. I really struggled to find musical parallels to help you understand who they are and the noise they make. I can only think of the Beachy Head project for a couple of the songs. Other than that, this is very much its own thing and if you let it, it might very well become yours too. SSClub

Spoils System • Hall of Forgotten Names • 2025

The New York band Spoils System was formed in 2021 by Dan Coutant (vocals, guitar, keys), Sean Hansen (guitar, background vocals), David Fateman (bass) and Mark Frankel (drums). Notably, Dan and Sean have roots in the indie/emo outfit Joshua (Doghouse Records) in the early 2000’s. Tours included The Get Up Kids, At the Drive-In, The Stereo, Jets To Brazil, Shift and many more

Mappe Of • Happiness In The Singularity • 2025

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With a brand new track, “Happiness In The Singularity,” released today via Paper Bag Records, Mappe Of is stepping into the post-apocalyptic musical space. Within the modern tradition of post-apocalyptic art—perhaps even post-earth-as-we-know-it art— definitely post-pandemic - there's an increasingly tangible feeling like these works are no longer fictitious, but are instead a very real and present depiction of our lives on this planet. And yet, these works are most often defined by hope, and resilience, comradery, and faith. They pose to us, one of the most difficult questions we can face: Can we continue in the face of oblivion?

“Happiness in the Singularity” is a cyborg of a song, marrying pieces of the real with the ethereal in a shimmering, stuttering-then-smooth 7/8 waltz through a graveyard of VHS memories and corrupted .mp4 files. Theres a piano part playing counter to the artificial pings and clicks that swirl around—it feels as if one is in an existential behind-the-scenes control room. With the song, Mappe Of is imploring us to preserve our sanity and ourselves.

best of 2024 • This Is Lorelei • I'm All F****d Up

you little sick thing you had your fun

you hide the dead like you always said you would

baby you can hear the bass and the pounding of the drum

yea you’re gonna bang it out cause the sick’s so good like

you hit the gas yea your heart’s all play

you cut the line baby there’s no more tears

you know some people’d wanna go yea they’d wanna run away

but you’re all fucked up and you wanna stay here with me

“‘I’m All Fucked Up’ is just me trying to diagnose/comfort/scold my younger self — an amalgamation of real experiences I had jumbled and reset in inaccurate but contextually relevant locations,” Amos explained in a statement. read more

ifitbeyourwill S03 E32 • Good Looks

Good Looks, a band spearheaded by Tyler Jordan, is back with a bunch of new songs with their upcoming record “Lived Here For A While (June 7th). Tyler's multifaceted musical journey began by chance encounters at the Kerrval Folk Festival, surviving a band’s metamorphosis, all the while adapting to the new era in the music business, lend themselves to this amazing episode. The bands collaborative process, honed through vocal care and a shared passion for experimentation, culminates in a dynamic fusion of Americana and post-punk. As they navigate the challenges of a delayed release amidst the pandemic, Good Looks anticipates a transformative musical journey, with a European and US tour on the horizon to showcase their evolution. Enjoy 🎙️ 

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Explosions in the Sky • "Moving On” • 2023

Texas post-rockers Explosions in the Sky are releasing a new album, End, on September 15 via Temporary Residence. Now they have shared its second single, “Moving On.” Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

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Silver Moth • Mother Tongue • 2023

A leap of faith reaps extraordinary rewards on Black Bay, an album of depth, atmosphere and daring from the collective known as Silver Moth. Recorded under unusual circumstances, Black Bay is the sound of seven storied musicians yielding to shared goals; a policy of trust in action. Between hushed incantations and molten guitars, 15-minute noise-rock epics and healing psalms, the record is a testament to connectivity and receptivity: to a union of disparate minds committing to something greater than the sum of its parts.

True Body • "Jade Green" • 2022

"True Body are gorgeous new(ish) entrants in the diverse modern scene encompassing post-punk, goth, dream pop, synth pop and related genres" - Revolver "Ten wide-eyed, fence-swinging songs that divinely balance post-punk tradition with anthemic ambition" - FLOOD "A lighter, dreamy tone and a deep, baleful mood amid glimmers of reverberating guitar chime and miasmic washes of synths, and airily sighing backing vocals" - The Big Takeover

The Ember Glow • Silent Love • 2022

“The Ember Glows is just such a time-shifting device powered by the spiraling lead lines reminiscent of the early Cult sound, woven of the same ornate intricacies as Echo and The Bunnymen, as anthemic as The Mission at their most bombastic best" ~ The Big Takeover

"At the intersection between post-punk intensity, the romanticism of new wave and trippiness of psychedelic rock... their sound is more akin to late 20th century northern England" ~ The Spill Magazine

"Moodily brooding to dynamically vibrant songs that are drenched in ruminative baritone vocals, darkly shining guitars, low-register bass lines, and pushing drum beats" ~ The Record Stache

Montreal-based indie rock / post-punk quartet THE EMBER GLOWS (formed of members of Montreal-based indie artists ROOM CONTROL, REPO, SCENE NOIR and CITYLAKE) will soon release their 'Where Spirits Play' EP, teasing this 4-track offering with the single 'The Mirror'. Frontman MARTIN SAINT says, "This song is about how most nations carry skeletons in their closets - even the so-called peaceful ones. Sooner or later, we must face the weight of history and the past hits us hard collectively... The lyrics are only a personal reflection that came about some two years ago after some of my work in association with APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), but prior to the ghastly Canadian Residential School mass grave revelations."

Cold Cold Nights • (The) Last Summer • 2022

GmBt Life • His Voice Is Sweet • 2022

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GGGOLDDD • "This Shame Should Not Be Mine" • 2022

Unwed Sailor • "Lilith" 2021

"...has an elegiac Joy Division/New Order procession to it...Truth or Consequences is poignant and poised, intimate but ambitious in its pursuit of connection."- Under The Radar

"...still finds the band making compelling instrumental rock, but this time they sound like they're pulling from the jangle pop of The Smiths and the breezier moments of The Cure"- Brooklynvegan

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The instrumental post rock ambience of Unwed Sailor has been guided by the vision of Johnathon Ford (Pedro the Lion/Roadside Monument). Since starting the band in Seattle in 1998, Ford has combined elements of post rock, new age, new wave, ambient, shoegaze & film music to create the unique sound and vision of Unwed Sailor.

Soft Kill • "Sky" • 2021

"Much like a dealer will place themselves on the fringes of social graces, Soft Kill operates outside of the industry laws with no care for opinions of genre cops. They run their business like rappers, tour with hardcore bands, and sound like a rock bottom Morrissey. If you are unfamiliar or curious about the seedy underbelly of post-punk, [Soft Kill] is your gateway drug." - Clint Gee, Outburn Online

The Declining Winter • Occupying The Blanks • 2020

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The Room in the Wood • Charmed • 2019

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"Candid and catchy.. between Wall of Voodoo’s Stan Ridgway, The Fall and more folk-pop territory with The Doors also a likely deeper influence" – Big Takeover Magazine

"Brilliant offering, loaded with optimism and wit. This lush and highly memorable music calls to mind other local bands like The Railway Children and Echo & The Bunnymen... gives every indication of a band that is going places" – Louder Than War