Shoegaze
Mirrortalk
Birmingham, UK four-piece Mirrortalk mix post-hardcore, grunge and shoegaze into heavy, melodic alt rock. After the I Didn't Mean To Make It This Far and Rest Assured EPs...
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Shoegaze
The best shoegaze artists featured on Release Wave
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Shoegaze
Sidewave
Denver project Sidewave pairs heavy, layered guitars with soaring melody, shoegaze atmosphere and widescreen space-rock dynamics. Led by songwriter and multi-instrumental...
Dream Pop
smush
Brooklyn-based shoegaze band smush pair hazy, melodic guitars with noise-rock weight and increasingly adventurous electronic production. Their second album, i’ll always w...
Shoegaze
Empty Nesters
Empty Nesters is the Montreal-based project led by Eric Liao, moving from its lo-fi, shoegaze and indie roots into hardcore and emo leaning post-hardcore. The six-song No...
Dream Pop
Deux Visages
Philadelphia-based trio Deux Visages pair dream-pop atmosphere and shoegaze texture with sharp indie-rock dynamics and emotionally direct songwriting. Featuring Daphney H...
Shoegaze
Oversize
OVERSIZE, an alternative band from Southwest England, showcases a unique blend of post-hardcore, alternative metal, shoegaze, grunge, and emo in their debut album, Vital...
Shoegaze
Siilk
Formed in Kansas City in 2022, Siilk fuse the grit of ’90s grunge and heavy alternative rock with the atmospheric textures of shoegaze, nu-metal grooves, and post-hardcor...
Shoegaze
Glittermouth
Formed in Peoria, Illinois by Chris Bayless and Jacob Heflin, Glittermouth play heavy, atmospheric alternative rock that pulls grungegaze and shoegaze into alternative me...
Indie Rock
Underlined Passages
Baltimore indie rock band Underlined Passages pairs layered guitars and shoegaze haze with a strong melodic core, drawing on touchstones including Nada Surf, American Foo...
Shoegaze
Dosser
Dosser are a Baltimore, Maryland alternative rock band whose sound pulls from the heavier side of ’90s alternative, grunge and shoegaze, pairing thick, layered guitars wi...
Shoegaze
Sleepwalk
Chicago’s Sleepwalk pair shoegaze haze and ’90s alternative rock weight with the urgency of post-hardcore, drawing comparisons to Hum, Failure and Quicksand. Their fourth...
Dream Pop
M83
M83, spearheaded by Anthony Gonzalez, underwent sonic evolution from shoegaze and synth-heavy soundscapes to ambient synth work and lounge-pop with releases like Hurry Up...
Shoegaze
Day Aches
Day Aches are a DC/VA-area heavy alternative rock band blending grunge, shoegaze, nü metal and post-hardcore with thick distorted guitars, gauzy melodies and heavy groove...
Indie Rock
Menderbug
Menderbug is an emerging Swedish alternative rock, shoegaze and post rock duo based in the rural region of southern Sweden, near the Malmö area.Band . Formed by musicians...
Shoegaze
Chastity
Chastity is the Whitby, Ontario project led by Brandon Williams, channeling suburban isolation and resilience through melodic hardcore, shoegaze, punk, emo and heavy alte...
Shoegaze
Paerish
Paerish are a four-piece alternative rock and emo band from Paris, France, featuring Mathias Court (vocals/guitar), Frédéric Wah (guitar), Martin Dupraz (bass) and Loïc F...
Indie Rock
Fraternal Twin
New York slowcore and indie-rock project led by Tom Christie, joined by Marco Spodek, Mariah Houston, and Forrest Philpot. Fraternal Twin pairs shimmering guitars and gla...
Shoegaze
Doom Mutual
Doom Mutual unifies the musical endeavors of Nashville-based musicians Daphne Browdy and Davis Gestiehr, constructing familiar but eccentrically fascinating rock qualitie...
Shoegaze
MX LONELY
Brooklyn heavy alternative band MX LONELY fuse shoegaze, grunge, post-punk and hardcore into a dense, cathartic sound. Following 2026 debut album ALL MONSTERS , they retu...
Shoegaze
Despire
Despire are a four-piece grungegaze band from Vacaville, California, formed in 2026 by Wesson Markowski (rhythm guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Denis (lead guitar), Jesse Broyle...