Maud Anyways was formed by French musician Maud Platiau-Bourret as a solo project in march 2021. She started by making songs on her own which quickly had some recognition and was played on indie pop radio shows. With the help of Casper Blond, a very talented multi intrumenalist young man from Denmark who also did the drums, additional guitars and bass, backing vocals, mixed and mastered her debut album, she managed to achieve a 9 tracks LP with shoegaze indie pop sounds. “I started music on my own only 3 years ago” she reckons “Before that I was a bassist in a post-rock band for 2 and a half years. We stopped rehearsals because of COVID and I was so frustrated that I started composing my own songs playing almost every instruments. Then Shore Dive Records contacted me; I wasn’t even looking for a label as I didn’t even dare dreaming of releasing my own LP. Since I had a lot of songs I had first thought about an EP which is quite logical for beginners, but with the help of Casper, and with the value he brought to my songs, the idea of an album imposed itself. He also made some backing vocals on two tracks, and I have the privilege of having Thierry Haliniak from My Raining Stars doing some backing vocals on one of the tracks“. Impermanent Lane is out today, September 27th, on Brighton’s Shore Drive Records.

Seablite is a four-piece pop band from San Francisco inspired by 80s/90s indie and shoegaze. Seablite was formed in 2016 when Lauren Matsui (vocals / guitar) and Galine Tumasyan (vocals / bass) bonded over a mutual appreciation of early 90’s Britpop and UK underground music. The pair began writing songs and soon after Jen Mundy (ex-Wax Idols) joined on second guitar and Andy Pastalaniec (Chime School) would eventually join on drums. They have released an LP (2019’s Grass Stains and Novocaine) and 7″ single (Breadcrumbs c/w Ink Bleeds) via Emotional Response Records and a 10″ EP (High-Rise Mannequins – recorded and produced by Alicia Vanden Heuvel of the Aislers Set) in conjunction with Spain’s Meritorio Records. The new album, recorded over the summer of 2022 and mastered by Mark Gardener of Ride, contains twelve dreamy pop tracks showcasing the group’s continued growth and maturity and marks a strong progression from their debut album. Lemon Lights is out tomorrow, September 29th, on Mt.St.Mtn.