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Should - Like a Fire Without Sound, 2011
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The third full-length album by the indie dream-pop/space-rock band Should, released after a long hiatus. The album merges hazy, slow-burning garage and dream-pop aesthetics, drawing comparisons to artists like Brian Eno and Yo La Tengo. Recorded over a five-year period, it steps back from heavy lo-fi fuzz in favor of a cleaner, more spacious balance between soundcraft and songcraft.

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Essential ‘Numero Group’ shoegaze albums you should own.

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#shoegaze #vinyl #shoegazer #dreampop #vinylcollector

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🎠 Our broadcast of ETERNITY RADIO is tomorrow at 11 am ET via @electromagnetic_radio -- link to stream in our bio! 🎠

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The Numero Group Guide to Shoegaze

One of those genres that needs no introduction, “the scene that celebrates itself.” Shoegaze started in the mid to late 80s in Britain when bands like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Ride were pushing sonic landscapes through reverb, fuzzed out and feedbacking guitars, walls of distortion and ethereal vocals. Blending dream pop, noise rock, neo-psychedelia, ambient and indie rock, we have a guide of some lesser known but equally as influential Shoegaze bands you need to know about.

Majesty Crush

Majesty Crush emerged from Detroit in the early 1990s, developing a sound that was far too ambitious to be confined to shoegaze or dream pop or any other genre defier. Their 1993 debut, Love 15, became an identifying document of American guitar music at the time, balancing psychedelic textures, melodic songwriting, and David Stroughter’s unmistakable vocals. They shared stages with Mazzy Star, The Verve, Chapterhouse, Curve, and My Bloody Valentine, but their connections stretched just as deeply into Detroit’s punk and experimental scenes with members growing up around Motown royalty and collaborators ranging from His Name Is Alive to Jack White.

Lovesliescrushing

Scott Cortez and Melissa Arpin Duimstra transformed the bedroom recording into something almost weightless with Lovesliescrushing. Recorded at home in the early ‘90s using a 12-string guitar, four-track recorder, looping pedal, and seemingly endless reverb, their music blurred the boundaries between dream pop, shoegaze, ambient music, and experimental guitar. Arpin Duimstra’s wordless vocals floated through Cortez’s dense layers of guitar, creating an ethereal sound that dissolves into the atmosphere. Albums like Bloweyelashwish and Xuvetyn established Lovesliescrushing as one of the most singular projects to emerge from the American shoegaze / dream-pop underground.

Should

Austin trio Should were formed in the early ‘90s by brothers Marc and Eric Ostermeier and Tanya Maus. Originally performing as shiFT, they built their hazy, minimal sound from guitar loops, samplers, distortion, and the limitations of an overloaded four-track mixer. Their 1995 EP A Folding Sieve

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On social media, shoegaze is often defined by a small list of names from the 90s that are repeated over and over—primarily the British "Big Three" (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Ride).

However, across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia, independent artists have continuously shaped their own takes on heavy guitar textures, ambient pop, and noise.

Here are 10 hidden gems from across the globe that expanded the boundaries of shoegaze and dream-pop.

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260717 - basement!basement!basement! @radio80000

The show is back @radio80000 on with Alma & Kathrin! Listen back on SoundCloud (through our Linktree). 🪗🪗🪗

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Join me tonight at 9pm ET for another episode of shoegaze and dreampop! We will hear a couple new songs: one from the angel voiced, Kid Tigrrr and another from the heavy melodies of Whirr. Some classics and maybe a song you haven't heard before, who knows? 🤔❤️

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Should - Feed Like Fishes, 1998
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Fav Track: Sarah Missing, It Still Would, It’s Pull Is Slight, Aside, Both Eyes Open
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Like I said before, i love this record, it has great tracks. Listening feels like a long drive you didn’t plan on taking-windows down, cigarette burning too fast, and a heartbreak you can’t quite name sitting in your chest. “Sarah Is Missing” is the one that lingers the most. There’s something raw about this album, almost like it was never meant to be fully put together-and that’s what makes it hit. It feels unfinished in the same way some relationships are... like something that could’ve been more if it had just had a little more time.

from @thenumerogroup

#should #band #record #vinyl #mycollection

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new @dream_acquaintance radio! ft. a very special guest mix by @litttlegerm, now up on kpbj.fm 🎈

[collage & photo by @litttlegerm]

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Shoegaze Babies, get ready! Tonight, Tuesday, May 26th, an all new episode of Aspirin Age airs on DKFM where the floor is the limit. 🌙

Tune in for a premiere from Biatlón, plus tracks from Grivo 🖤 Midrift🖤 Should 🖤 and so many more. The perfect vibe for your Tuesday evening is locked and loaded 🖤

*Notice the time change* Showtime is 7PM PST | 10PM EST. Listen live at www.decayfm.com or grab the app. Can’t make it live? No worries, catch the replay 12 hours later on Mixcloud.

Thanks for listening, and as always, keep gazing. 🖤

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Should - Feed Like Fishes, 1998
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Listening feels like a long drive you didn’t plan on taking-windows down, cigarette burning too fast, and a heartbreak you can’t quite name sitting in your chest. “Sarah Is Missing” is the one that lingers the most. There’s something raw about this album, almost like it was never meant to be fully put together-and that’s what makes it hit. It feels unfinished in the same way some relationships are... like something that could’ve been more if it had just had a little more time. If you enjoy something that sits between slowcore and shoegaze, or are looking for a band that balances somewhere between Duster, Galaxie 500, and My Bloody Valentine, Yo La Tengo they’re worth a listen. Originally released in 1998, and reissued by Numero Group in 2026.

From @thenumerogroup

#should #band #record #vinyl #mycollection

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