Shoegaze and Dream Pop Essentials

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The meeting point of punk and psychedelia, shoegaze is a safe haven for introverts who’d rather make eye contact with their effects pedals than their audience. In the ‘80s, bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine would douse their melodies in waves of narcotic distortion until only the faintest traces remained (a practice that’s informed alt-rock icons Smashing Pumpkins and black-metal messiahs Deafheaven alike). But peers like Galaxie 500 and Cocteau Twins pursued a quieter path to self-obliterating ecstasy, giving rise to the beautifully enigmatic dream-pop sound that endures through the soft-focus indie of Beach House.
my bloody valentine
When You Sleep
my bloody valentine
Loveless
Cocteau Twins
Cherry-Coloured Funk
Cocteau Twins
Heaven Or Las Vegas (Remastered)
Ride
Vapour Trail
Ride
Nowhere (Expanded)
Galaxie 500
Blue Thunder
Galaxie 500
On Fire
Mazzy Star
Fade into You
Mazzy Star
So Tonight That I Might See
Swervedriver
Duel
Swervedriver
Mezcal Head
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Just Like Honey
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Psychocandy (Expanded Version)
Beach House
Myth
Beach House
Bloom
Lush
De-Luxe
Lush
Gala
Slowdive
Alison
Slowdive
Souvlaki
The Verve
Slide Away (2016 Remastered)
The Verve
A Storm In Heaven
Spiritualized
Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
Spiritualized
Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
Catherine Wheel
Crank
Catherine Wheel
Chrome
Mercury Rev
Chasing a Bee
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
Asobi Seksu
Thursday
Asobi Seksu
Citrus
The Cure
Plainsong
The Cure
Disintegration (Deluxe Edition - Remastered)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Drown (Edit)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits
The Boo Radleys
Lazarus
The Boo Radleys
Giant Steps
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Swallowtail (Live)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Retrospective
Loop
Too Real to Feel
Loop
Heaven's End (Remastered)
Wild Nothing
Chinatown
Wild Nothing
Gemini
Chapterhouse
Pearl
Chapterhouse
The Best of Chapterhouse
A Place to Bury Strangers
To Fix the Gash In Your Head
A Place to Bury Strangers
A Place to Bury Strangers
Stars
Ageless Beauty
Stars
Set Yourself On Fire
The House of Love
Christine (2018 Remaster)
The House of Love
The House of Love (Deluxe Edition)
M83
Run Into Flowers
M83
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Blonde Redhead
23
Blonde Redhead
23 (Bonus Track Version)
DIIV
How Long Have You Known
DIIV
Oshin (Bonus Track Version)
Low
Words
Low
I Could Live In Hope
Teenage Fanclub
Star Sign
Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
Chromatics
Kill for Love
Chromatics
Kill for Love
Bardo Pond
Tantric Porno
Bardo Pond
Amanita
Loop
Straight to Your Heart
Loop
Heaven's End (Remastered)
Deerhunter
Spring Hall Convert
Deerhunter
Cryptograms
Seefeel
Climactic Phase No.3
Seefeel
Quique (Redux Edition)
The Clientele
We Could Walk Together
The Clientele
Alone and Unreal: The Best of the Clientele (Deluxe Version)
Bailter Space
Splat
Bailter Space
Wammo
The Sundays
Here's Where the Story Ends
The Sundays
Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
A.R. Kane
Lollita
A.R. Kane
Lollita - EP
Deafheaven
Near
Deafheaven
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Blur
Sing
Blur
Leisure (Special Edition)
Lilys
Elizabeth Colour Wheel
Lilys
In the Presence of Nothing
Curve
Nowhere
Curve
Nowhere (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Hum
The Pod
Hum
You'd Prefer an Astronaut
The Veldt
Soul In a Jar
The Veldt
Afrodisiac
Beach House
Space Song
Beach House
Depression Cherry
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Rollercoaster
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Honey's Dead (Expanded Version)
The Besnard Lakes
For Agent 13
The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
my bloody valentine
Only Shallow
my bloody valentine
Loveless
Cranes
Shining Road
Cranes
Loved
Mazzy Star
Into Dust
Mazzy Star
So Tonight That I Might See
Dinosaur Jr.
Tarpit
Dinosaur Jr.
You're Living All Over Me
Catherine Wheel
Black Metallic
Catherine Wheel
Ferment
Mercury Rev
Frittering
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
Flying Saucer Attack
My Dreaming Hill
Flying Saucer Attack
Flying Saucer Attack
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
That Girl Suicide
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Methodrone
Lush
For Love
Lush
Spooky
M83
Don't Save Us from the Flames
M83
Before the Dawn Heals Us
The House of Love
Shine On
The House of Love
House of Love
Galaxie 500
Tugboat
Galaxie 500
Today
DIIV
Doused
DIIV
Oshin (Bonus Track Version)
Slowdive
Sugar for the Pill
Slowdive
Slowdive
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Heaven Or Las Vegas (Remastered)
Pity Sex
Wind-Up
Pity Sex
Feast of Love
Nothing
Dig
Nothing
Guilty of Everything
Disco Inferno
Can't See Through It
Disco Inferno
Technicolour
The Clientele
Reflections After Jane
The Clientele
Alone and Unreal: The Best of the Clientele (Deluxe Version)
Low
Lullaby
Low
I Could Live In Hope
Spiritualized
Run (Single Version)
Spiritualized
The Complete Works Vol. 1
The Horrors
Three Decades
The Horrors
Primary Colours
Sianspheric
Watch Me Fall
Sianspheric
Somnium
Chapterhouse
Falling Down
Chapterhouse
The Best of Chapterhouse
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Heart in Your Heartbreak
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Belong
Mojave 3
Love Songs on the Radio
Mojave 3
Ask Me Tomorrow
Ride
Leave Them All Behind
Ride
Going Blank Again (Expanded)
Tamaryn
Love Fade
Tamaryn
The Waves
The Boo Radleys
Does This Hurt?
The Boo Radleys
Everything's Alright Forever
The Verve
She's a Superstar
The Verve
This Is Music - The Singles 92-98
Revolver
Heaven Sent an Angel
Revolver
Baby's Angry (Bonus Track Version)
Acetone
Return From the Ice
Acetone
1992-2001
Title Fight
Head in the Ceiling Fan
Title Fight
Floral Green
Medicine
Miss Drugstore
Medicine
Shot Forth Self Living
Velocity Girl
Crazy Town
Velocity Girl
Copacetic
Pale Saints
Kinky Love
Pale Saints
Flesh Balloon - EP
Swervedriver
Son of Mustang Ford
Swervedriver
Raise
Wild Nothing
Shadow
Wild Nothing
Nocturne
Grouper
When We Fall
Grouper
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Engineers
Clean Coloured Wire
Engineers
Three Fact Fader
Swirlies
Pancake
Swirlies
Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
Ultra Vivid Scene
Mercy Seat
Ultra Vivid Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene
Kitchens of Distinction
Drive That Fast
Kitchens of Distinction
Capsule - The Best of Kod
Ulrich Schnauss
Monday - Paracetamol (2019 remaster)
Ulrich Schnauss
Now Is a Timeless Present: A Retrospective
Bark Psychosis
Absent Friend
Bark Psychosis
Hex
Tears Run Rings
Mind the Wires
Tears Run Rings
Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never
Maps
So Low, So High
Maps
We Can Create
Starflyer 59
A House Wife Love Song
Starflyer 59
Gold (Extended Edition)
Lovesliescrushing
Babysbreath
Lovesliescrushing
Bloweyelashwish
Boris
Farewell
Boris
Pink
This Mortal Coil
Song to the Siren
This Mortal Coil
It'll End in Tears (Remastered)
Yo La Tengo
Nowhere Near
Yo La Tengo
Extra Painful
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