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Noxious_Photon
Sep 9, 2015
I was wondering if there are any bands/albums that hit a good sweet spot with a mix of dream pop/shoegaze, I definitely know bands in those two categories separately but I haven't found many with a mix of the two that I enjoy; most lean one way or the other too much.

Closest I found was something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlS247blB2c any idea?

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Noxious_Photon
Sep 9, 2015

funkybottoms posted:

not sure where your dividing line lies, but that link made me think of Kent's "747." i've been listening to No Joy and the first The Joy Formidable (no relation) a lot lately, so you might get something out of them, but i have a feeling that the latter might both have more of an edge than what you're looking for

oh, and maybe check out Beach House, as well

Beach House is great but there definitely dream pop, not really shoegaze.

I rather like both of the "Joy" suggestions you had, though I wasn't to big of a fan of the alt rock edge and I think I may want more walls of noise? None of its bad but feels like all the bands I search for with that combination don't quiet have "the sound" im looking for (granted I myself am trying to articulate what exactly that sound I want is). I think I need something more noisey and less poppy but still very dreamy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=natQF-y0Ez8 Here's I think another great example of the stuff I'm looking for, I probably should have linked this instead actually.

Thanks for your suggestions though.

Noxious_Photon
Sep 9, 2015

Stravinsky posted:

There's a number of Japanese shoegaze bands that would work then. Hold up and I will give you a list tomorrow when I have a computer.

Well it doesn't have to be SPECIFICALLY Japanese as long as it fits in that category sonicaly really but I'm all for rec's


Hooplah posted:

Maybe you would like My Dead Girlfriend?? More japanese shoegaze:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOZmX4mwnQ


Hmm not to bad, a little to indie rock sounding but still some decent stuff; thanks.

Noxious_Photon
Sep 9, 2015

bowser posted:

Looking for some upbeat, guitar-driven rock music with little to no vocals.

Three examples of what I mean:

Ratatat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7wkRET0hbo

Dead Pirates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD1Rrfc0y-M (skip to 1:10)

Fang Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOMldINV8zI

There's a good chance you'd like And So I Watch You From Afar then, their album All Hail Bright Futures is easily one of my favorite instrumental albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBXlZksgnpU (The song says 7 minutes but its actually about 4:30)

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