Drowning in reverb and longing: Montreal's The City Gates deliver a nocturnal, haunting masterpiece on Chimera — pulsing basslines and shimmering walls of sound caught between collapse and transcendence. j.demar sheds all restraint on i remember everything, wrapping reverb-soaked guitars and low-register vocals in a hypnotic, ritualistic dream-pop haze. immortal ebt crafts a devastatingly beautiful shoegaze album about water, while David Von Beahm channels mid-life introspection through his most guitar-driven record yet on Half Life. SLEEP CLUB rounds it out with gleaming post-hardcore and shoegaze guitar lines examining AI's intrusion into everyday life.
The City Gates
Capitol Hill
Montreal's The City Gates deliver a jangly post-punk tune with shoegazed guitar whirls and a driving pulse.