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I was there - great show!

Nice photo!

"Floatland ft. Lake Geneva (ALCATUNE mix)" If a song can tip-toe through the dark, “Floatland ft. Lake Geneva (ALCATUNE mix)” is it. Both guitar and vocals lead the way, an interplay that guides while also evaporating into space above you.

New collaboration from Lisbon's ALCATUNE and Lake Geneva: "Floatland" www.blankmood.com/p/floatland-...

Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler Olympia-5 is a tender collection of songs that grew out of improvised piano recordings sent to a parent during a period of illness.

Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler, about his brand new album Olympia-5 open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation TIDES is a “collective journey through ever-shifting soundscapes, where synthesizers, expansive textures and sparse rhythms intertwine in an emotional flow suspended between intimacy and abstraction”.

Great collection of ambient here, largely from artists in Italy: TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

No Statue by ff8282 No Statue by ff8282 is progressive muscle relaxation for the mind; sounds for a quiet space with emotional neutrality.

New ambient : No Statue by ff8282
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Tijuana Taxi Heavy shoegaze and psych sounds from Toronto

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coming up at Grauzone Festival in Den Haag!

Sunlight Echoes by Whitelands a sophisticated daydream rejecting soft focus in favour of lucidity

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Already a best for 2026

episode 29 of blank mood Listen now to episode 29 with music by: Tijuana Taxi, Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Chainlacing, Emily A. Sprague, Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson, Drexler, and Nadia Struiwigh

this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
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Q+A with Southpacific We dip back into the late 90s and hear from Southpacific in this Q+A.

2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998.
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Star Sailors shoegaze and dreampop compilation Star Sailors: A Shoegaze & Dreampop Compilation is a collection of twenty-three indie tunes, delivering all the glimmers, tight squalls of noise, and moody haze you’d expect from a shoegaze comp.

Finally made my way through Star Sailors vol.4 - some good stuff, an expansive indie comp. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

Get to know Bloom Effect Formed in 2023 from the ashes of a previous project, Bloom Effect is a Canadian shoegaze / dream-pop trio based in Vancouver, BC. Catch them live in Amsterdam in January 2026 at the Automatic Noise Fe...

Get to know Canadian shoegazers Bloom Effect www.blankmood.com/p/get-to-kno...

Love them! ✨

Year in review: blank mood 2025 38 features, 30 songs, four episodes, and 1 AI interview... blank mood favourites of 2025 and thanks to some special people, named and un-named.

Favourites and thank yous... 2025 in review for blank mood open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

Ditching music algorithms? Here are 12 streaming alternatives to explore If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits.

Too bad Mixcloud doesn't get mentioned as an option as there are so many great shows to be found there, produced by independent creators and curators. @npr.org
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👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀

"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit a blend of electronic pop and shoegaze that growls slowly, dissolving into the orbit of Krautrock disco

electro-shoegaze-dream-pop
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...

Q+A with White Flowers "For us, making music is a constant process. We treat recording like diary entries, putting ideas down constantly and letting them evolve organically." White Flowers talk about the 'energy of tragic e...

Q+A with White Flowers
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"Deep Cut" by Glisten Trick Glisten Trick is a project led by Glasán Ghost featuring collaborators from cult drone, neo-psych and garage acts from the US and UK. The band's debut single "Deep Cut" is a slow and gradual burner th...

"Deep Cut" is the debut single by Glisten Trick. It's is a slow and gradual burner. Girded with the solid sparseness characteristic of early Low, the song unfurls with delicate lonesome guitar reminiscent of the Velvet Underground... one that really grows on you.
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A treat to see and hear LA’s @modottiband.bsky.social last night all the way over here in Amsterdam! Perfect set, loud and tight yet still swirling and fuzzy. 🖤

Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin An "improbable mix of folk, ambient, musique concrète and experimental electronics, sprinkled with spontaneous incursions from friends, neighbours, and family members,” Microchimères by Frédérick Dufo...

Something new, relaxing and surprising for your Friday afternoon freak-out... Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin
Nice work @juliendemoulin.bsky.social! www.blankmood.com/p/microchime...

episode 28 Listen now >> episode 28 includes music by: Ghost Mutt | Hazelene | Peel Dream Magazine | So, Reverie | Alphabet| Whitelands | Gold Cage | White Flowers

Enjoy a lunchtime freak-out with a new episode of blank mood.
Full of dream pop from: Ghost Mutt, @hazelene.bsky.social, So, Reverie, @whitelands.bsky.social, Gold Cage, @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social, Alphabet and White Flowers.

www.blankmood.com/p/episode-28

Shoegaze in Amsterdam A new initiative of renowned local concert venue Paradiso will bring a bit of reverb and shimmer to the dark northern November days in The Netherlands. A single, affordably priced ticket gets you acce...

A #shoegaze thing in #Amsterdam to check out…
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"Skinks" by Ghost Mutt A conversation with Annie Bingley of Ghost Mutt about the band's tune on the new Gazed and Bemused shoegaze compilation released by 4000 Records.

Spaced-out group harmonies, cascading drums and a funny little flute showing up makes “Skinks” a plop happily down somewhere in a field of green grass on a sunny day kinda song. Hear it on the new 'Gazed and Bemused' collection compiled by @4000.bsky.social
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"Close My Eyes" by So, Reverie A quick catch-up with Andy Power of So, Reverie about the band's latest single and forthcoming EP.

The story behind Liverpool duo So, Reverie's latest power pop single "Close My Eyes" ... plus a catch-up with Andy Power about what the band's been up to and what 2026 will sound like. www.blankmood.com/p/closemyeye...

Aspirin Age Volume Five (a shoegaze compilation), by Broken Sound Tapes 48 track album

This compilation is out now if anyone is interested! brokensoundtapes.bandcamp.com/album/aspiri...