Human Colonies are: Giuseppe Mazzoni, Sara Telesca, Andrea Guardabascio and Zannunzio. Born in Bologna in 2013 and currently based between Valtellina and Mantua, Human Colonies is a shoegaze/noisepop band. Since the very beginning, they played with shoegazey sounds and post-punkesque lyrics, resulting in a s/t short demo [2013]. After performing several live gigs throughout Italy, they recorded a bunch of new songs at VDSS Recording Studio run by Filippo Strang. That’s how Big Domino Vortex (2017, MiaCameretta Records/Lady Sometimes Records) came to life. It’s a journey back to 90s indie lo-fi dirty sounds filled with drowned lyrics. Their first full-lenght album Midnight Screamer (2018, MiaCameretta Records/Lady Sometimes Records) shows off since the very beginning how to perfectly balance some shiny catchy melodies with a rather coarse, tough background. Its cover art was drawn by Travis Millard (Dinosaur Jr., Primus, Get Up Kids). Real 90s fans will be captured by the overall atmosphere reminding of Dinosaur Jr., Rodan and more. In November 2019 Human Colonies published a new EP Cloudchaser and Old Songs (again on MiaCameretta Records/Lady Sometimes Records).
On September 22nd Human Colonies second album, Kintsukuroi was out on Custom Made Music / Shore Dive Records / Waddafuzz Records.

Echo Ladies are Matilda Bogren, Mattis Andersson and Joar Andersén, three school-friends who, after playing together in a few different bands, realised that they worked best on their own. In 2014, after looking for “a name that represented our sound”, they became Echo Ladies, partly inspired by the name of the drum machine from another of their favourite bands, Echo & The Bunnymen. With the luxury of developing the music over several years, their second album Lillies is built on the same foundation that Echo Ladies laid during their past releases, but with a more unyielding presence—though you still find clear inspiration from shoegaze greats Jesus and the Mary Chain, A Place To Bury Strangers, Slowdive, and many more. Echo Ladies have always tried to balance juxtaposing emotions on their songs, but commenting on the new album they say: “While our past material conveyed feelings of nostalgia and hope for the future mixed with worries and anxieties about defining who you are and what you will become, Lillies instead tries to balance the emotions of sorrow and loneliness, with anger, frustration, and the determination to make a change for the better. This album really carries the Echo Ladies mantra that ‘Nothing Ever Lasts’—good things can come to an end, but bad things will also pass.”. Their debut album Pink Noise was out in 2018 on Sonic Cathedral and was one of Rough Trade’s albums of the year. Their second album, Lillies, recorded and mastered by Joakim Lindberg at Studio Sickan in Malmö, was released on 8th September 2023 via Rama Lama Records / Gazehop Records.

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.

The Garment District is the project of musician and songwriter Jennifer Baron, who has deep roots in independent music, including being a founding member of The Ladybug Transistor (Merge Records), and having worked with English musician Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum) and Jowe Head (Swell Maps, Television Personalities). The Garment District brings Baron’s extended musical circle to the fore by featuring Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor), Kyle Forester (Crystal Stilts), Shivika Asthana (Papas Fritas) and her cousin Lucy Blehar (vocals). Adding to the sonic depth are contributions from Jennifer’s close collective of musicians, including Dan Koshute, Corry Drake, Sean Finn and Alex Korshin. There’s an archival pleasure to be found in the music of The Garment District, which makes sense if you consider Baron’s background in museum education, independent crafts and photography. Their second full-length LP, Flowers Telegraphed to All Parts of the World, out on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records on September 22nd, was recorded in a friend’s home studio nestled in the labyrinthian hills of Western Pennsylvania during the time warp surrounding the pandemic. For composer and arranger Jennifer Baron (who plays numerous instruments on the album) working with her cousin Lucy Blehar, who supplies lead vocals, continues her family music-making heritage (she plays in The Ladybug Transistor with her brother Jeff).