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music blog + podcast: #shoegaze, ambient, dream noise, loud calm sounds. compiled by wendy. www.blankmood.com
Four not-quite-new albums to get on this Bandcamp Friday for your dream pop, shoegaze, electronica collection. ✨ Destiny Waiving by Mark Peters & Ulrich Schnauss ✨ Lyra by Rachel Love ✨ Rose Main Reading Room by Peel Dream Magazine ✨ Let Go Your Fear by Jo Johnson
New single and video from @gloriadeoliveira.bsky.social Gloria talks about the new track, plus what listeners can expect from her forthcoming album in this quick read... open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
"Fading Faces" by Gloria de Oliveira
Gloria de Oliveira discusses her forthcoming album The Lying Swans with the release of its debut single "Fading Faces".
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“The Thousand First” is a lonesome but content tune from Cindy’s latest album Another Country. Karina Gill provides some background to the tune... open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
"The Thousand First" by Cindy
"It's about the nature of repetition and also scenes I pass by on the street that connect ideas in their own way,” said Karina Gill, lead songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Cindy.
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A new selection of songs to stare out a train window with. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
episode 31
Listen now | episode 31 of blank mood includes music by Soft Science, Velveteen, Cindy, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Userband, Ghost Mutt, Herbal Tea, Edith Frost, and The Ladybug Transistor.
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From the blank mood archive, the last 3 minutes of Slowdive playing Souvlaki Space Station on 25 September 2023 in Boston... youtu.be/yFtKdvXkz_8?...
Souvlaki Space Station | Slowdive | Boston, 25 September 2023
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Q+A :: The Interlaken Tapes “The title was there before I even made a single track. But it stands for the general idea to move The Interlaken Tapes even further away from rock music sounds and pop song structures into more electronic areas.” open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
DANCE by The Interlaken Tapes
The Interlaken Tapes is the project of bedroom producer Gorden Spangardt (ex-Kirmes). A new release for summer 2026 titled DANCE is the project's latest “imagination of a different future”.
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open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo... My mid-year picks for 2026... no bests or rankings, just some albums, eps and songs I've enjoyed this year.
Mid-year picks 2026
Looks like we’ve made it half way through 2026.
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New music out today from brightmoon, First Light (Noon Records). open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with brightmoon
You'll hear streaks of Lush and Throwing Muses, as well as the influence of 90s indie rock in Becca and Billy Mohler's brightmoon.
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If you happen to have three stereo systems set up, here's a challenge for you... www.blankmood.com/p/the-hidden...
The hidden Auburn Lull suite
A micro Q+A with Jason Kolb of Auburn Lull about the “Untitled” mystery tracks on their albums.
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Vargkvint is the ambient folk project of Sofia Nystrand. In this Q+A she talks about her forthcoming album Jorden kallar, a collection of whisper-light songs of ecological lament and wonder. www.blankmood.com/p/jorden-kal...
Jorden kallar by Vargkvint
If you’ve ever felt a desire to disappear with the gentle but formidable force of nature, Jorden kallar is the perfect soundtrack to vanish with.
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New collaboration from Lisbon's ALCATUNE and Lake Geneva: "Floatland" www.blankmood.com/p/floatland-...
"Floatland ft. Lake Geneva (ALCATUNE mix)"
If a song can tip-toe through the dark, “Floatland ft. Lake Geneva (ALCATUNE mix)” is it. Both guitar and vocals lead the way, an interplay that guides while also evaporating into space above you.
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Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler, about his brand new album Olympia-5 open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler
Olympia-5 is a tender collection of songs that grew out of improvised piano recordings sent to a parent during a period of illness.
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Great collection of ambient here, largely from artists in Italy: TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation
TIDES is a “collective journey through ever-shifting soundscapes, where synthesizers, expansive textures and sparse rhythms intertwine in an emotional flow suspended between intimacy and abstraction”.
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coming up at Grauzone Festival in Den Haag!
Grauzone Festival@grauzone-festival.bsky.social · 7mo agoIncredibly excited to welcome legendary artist Budgie to Grauzone, the groundbreaking drummer/percussionist of Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits & The Creatures. More info: grauzonefestival.nl/budgie
this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime. www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
episode 29 of blank mood
Listen now to episode 29 with music by: Tijuana Taxi, Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Chainlacing, Emily A. Sprague, Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson, Drexler, and Nadia Struiwigh
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2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998. Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific
We dip back into the late 90s and hear from Southpacific in this Q+A.
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Finally made my way through Star Sailors vol.4 - some good stuff, an expansive indie comp. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Star Sailors shoegaze and dreampop compilation
Star Sailors: A Shoegaze & Dreampop Compilation is a collection of twenty-three indie tunes, delivering all the glimmers, tight squalls of noise, and moody haze you’d expect from a shoegaze comp.
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Get to know Canadian shoegazers Bloom Effect www.blankmood.com/p/get-to-kno...
Get to know Bloom Effect
Formed in 2023 from the ashes of a previous project, Bloom Effect is a Canadian shoegaze / dream-pop trio based in Vancouver, BC. Catch them live in Amsterdam in January 2026 at the Automatic Noise Fe...
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Favourites and thank yous... 2025 in review for blank mood open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Year in review: blank mood 2025
38 features, 30 songs, four episodes, and 1 AI interview... blank mood favourites of 2025 and thanks to some special people, named and un-named.
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Too bad Mixcloud doesn't get mentioned as an option as there are so many great shows to be found there, produced by independent creators and curators. @npr.org www.npr.org/sections/wor...
Ditching music algorithms? Here are 12 streaming alternatives to explore
If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits.
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👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀
Steve Queralt@stevequeralt.bsky.social · 8mo agoGonna start counting down tomorrow
electro-shoegaze-dream-pop "Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit
a blend of electronic pop and shoegaze that growls slowly, dissolving into the orbit of Krautrock disco
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"Deep Cut" is the debut single by Glisten Trick. It's is a slow and gradual burner. Girded with the solid sparseness characteristic of early Low, the song unfurls with delicate lonesome guitar reminiscent of the Velvet Underground... one that really grows on you. www.blankmood.com/p/deep-cut-b...
"Deep Cut" by Glisten Trick
Glisten Trick is a project led by Glasán Ghost featuring collaborators from cult drone, neo-psych and garage acts from the US and UK. The band's debut single "Deep Cut" is a slow and gradual burner th...
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A treat to see and hear LA’s @modottiband.bsky.social last night all the way over here in Amsterdam! Perfect set, loud and tight yet still swirling and fuzzy. 🖤
Something new, relaxing and surprising for your Friday afternoon freak-out... Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin Nice work @juliendemoulin.bsky.social! www.blankmood.com/p/microchime...
Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin
An "improbable mix of folk, ambient, musique concrète and experimental electronics, sprinkled with spontaneous incursions from friends, neighbours, and family members,” Microchimères by Frédérick Dufo...
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Enjoy a lunchtime freak-out with a new episode of blank mood. Full of dream pop from: Ghost Mutt, @hazelene.bsky.social, So, Reverie, @whitelands.bsky.social, Gold Cage, @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social, Alphabet and White Flowers. www.blankmood.com/p/episode-28
episode 28
Listen now >> episode 28 includes music by: Ghost Mutt | Hazelene | Peel Dream Magazine | So, Reverie | Alphabet| Whitelands | Gold Cage | White Flowers
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