Five albums to lose yourself in.
The globe-spanning networks of musicians, label owners, fans, and songwriters that make up the shoegaze community can withstand most things.
Now on to its sixth (or is it seventh?) wave, shoegaze has moved from early hype to critical derision, learning to survive both in the limelight and on the fringes. Indeed, it’s little wonder that the Scene That Celebrates Itself has developed such in-built capabilities of providing access to mutual support.
Recent years have been a boom time for the genre, with returning greats and new generation acts providing some sensational releases. We’ve had new albums from Swervedriver and Wild Nothing, aan album that displayed the darker side of DIIV, some excellent work from Ride (and its subsequent modern-classical re-working), The Telescopes first new album in three decades, the emergence of Australian artist Hatchie, and a lot more besides.