“A slow, atmospheric alt-indie track about survival, finding clarity, and finally touching down on solid ground.”
Reverb-drenched and relentless: The City Gates blend post-punk urgency with shoegaze atmospherics on Chimera, brooding rhythms meeting shimmering walls of sound in a nocturnal landscape of isolation and memory distortion. Danila Kozyrev unleashes a jangly cacophonous mess bustling with melody and psychedelic production on wraith, while j.demar fuses dream pop haze, post-punk energy, and breakbeat velocity into soaring crescendos on artifacts. SMIC strips things back with a slow, atmospheric meditation on survival and clarity, and Yama Uba floats haunting vocals over dreamy ambience in the liminal space between hymns and mantras.
“A slow, atmospheric alt-indie track about survival, finding clarity, and finally touching down on solid ground.”
“the world you don't see is the world you won't see, but it isn't the world you can't see.”
“On the critically acclaimed new album 'Chimera,' The City Gates blend post-punk, shoegaze, and darkwave into a reverb-heavy, atmospheric sound driven by pulsing basslines and cinematic intensity.”
“The second chapter in a three-part collection of instrumental reworks and reconstructed demos by The Cavemen”
“Gleaming and powerful post-hardcore and shoegaze style guitar lines fill 'Dweller', the first single off of SLEEP CLUB's upcoming debut album that examines the intrusion of AI into our everyday l...”
“Auckland-based Stars and the Underground return with a new single blending post-punk, indie rock, and shoegaze influences. RIYL: The Mission UK, The Chameleons, The Church”