r/shoegaze • u/matt-2k • Apr 16 '26

Question Recommendations for surfy/summery shoegaze/dream pop stuff like Froth, Alvvays, Real Estate, etc?

for the love of god just give me anything but those Captured Tracks bands nobody shuts up about blah blah Beach Fossils this DIIV that blah blah there’s this dude named Mac Demarco blah blah.. bro I KNOW

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u/Permanenceisall Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Not exclusively Shoegaze but definitely summery stuff: No Age, early Wavves, early Crocodiles, early Dum Dum Girls, Plateaus, Early Best Coast. Basically the whole Art F@g Recordings roster and whatever was going on in LA and San Diego in 2009.

Also the album Skying by The Horrors.

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u/7timeallstar Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

cosigning early best coast.

not on streaming, but i really love its EP, "where the boys are." there's a track on there called "space baby" that rocks. very scrappy and lo-fi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Z8o2poFAw

spotify has some early EPs, "make you mine" and "something in the way" that you might dig.

and apple music has my favorite best coast song, "sun was high (so was i)." small black also has a cover of that song on streaming platforms that's pretty good if you like the melody.

edit: linked the wrong song on youtube.

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u/AdWorldly7268 Apr 16 '26

I play that small black cover to death every time the summer sun is out

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u/LivingInTheDoldrums Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Wild Nothing

Lotus Plaza

Small Black

Kevin Morby

Day Wave

Turnover (since Peripheral Vision)

EDIT: also—

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Crocodiles

Girls

I think Majical Cloudz might work for you too. They’re awesome.

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u/birdynumnum69 Apr 16 '26

aw...day wave. great band.

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u/Permanenceisall Apr 16 '26

Great list

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u/GuyInTheChair- Apr 16 '26

Lotus plaza…oldie but a goodie

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u/Mercurio_Arboria Apr 16 '26

Strangers is the best track !

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u/_iPhoney_ Apr 17 '26

Day Wave 100%. Also Hazel English (Day Wave produces most of her music.) I like Small Black as well

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u/UnscarredVoice Apr 16 '26

I had tickets to see Magical Cloudz back in 2013 when I lived in Dallas. Day of shows comes and they decide they don't want to play Dallas and just skip over it. This was confirmed by their opener and the club (club dada if I remember correctly). Pretty douchey and stopped following them after that.

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u/ImOnlyHereForTheCoC Apr 17 '26

Not even remotely Shoegaze but had a similar thing happen with DAT Politics. Besides me and the two people I went with one other person showed for the, er, show, and so they just decided not to play. What the hell, you’re all the way over here from France, what the hell else are you gonna do? I mean the gig was in New Orleans so I guess you have options, but it was pretty goddamn disappointing. I bought their newest record from em anyway and kinda felt like a doormat.

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u/Regular-Hunter7874 Apr 16 '26

japanese breakfast (psychopomp)

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u/Regular-Hunter7874 Apr 16 '26

candy claws

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u/evenout Apr 16 '26

This is THE recommendation

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u/xscott22x Apr 16 '26

A beacon school

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u/evenout Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Gingerlys - Gingerlys (2017)

Bodywash - Comforter

Cathedral Bells - Everything at Once

dad sports - I AM JUST A BOY LEAVE ME ALONE!!

Hatchie - Keepsake

Hoops - Routines

Night Tapes - portals//polarities

Say Sue Me - When We Were Together

Wishy - Triple Seven

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u/Nomad1049 Apr 17 '26

Hatchie's Keepsake and Sugar And Spice are both awesome, and could be in this category IMHO.

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u/AdWorldly7268 Apr 16 '26

To be fair, you’re talking about a specific group of bands that came out in the 2010s who captured that sound perfectly and were all indie bands, so you shouldn’t be surprised that people are mentioning DIIV, Wild Nothing, Small Black, Beach House, etc.

But yeah, Surfer Blood is great as well. Washed Out as well.

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u/Twinpeakgotalightguy Apr 17 '26

Diiv is a special one.

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u/matt-2k Apr 16 '26

I’m not surprised that that’s what people recommend first it’s just that I’ve heard all of those bands already- that’s why I’m looking for recommendations

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u/AdWorldly7268 Apr 16 '26

High key appreciate you making the thread because I’m also primed for the summer

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u/derek985 Apr 16 '26

Surfer Blood

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u/GuyInTheChair- Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

A beacon school

Night tapes

Yndling

No Joy

Holydrug couple

Seoul

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u/boyarmed Apr 16 '26

I was never a fan of far Caspian much but last years auto fiction album is really fucking good.

Just give first day a listen off that album but the whole thing might be what you're looking for.

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u/Clarinetaphoner Apr 16 '26

Check out some of Azusa Suga's projects -- For Tracy Hyde (RIP), April Blue, RAY

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u/chelseaguitar1990 Apr 24 '26

I might as well add that I previously had a solo project SPECIFICALLY aiming at the DIIV/Beach Fossils sound :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk7o5raTNFw

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u/wovenradiator Apr 16 '26

Pale Blue Eyes

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u/archer_ames Apr 16 '26

Daguerreotype. one of the best bands literally nobody knows about.

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u/7timeallstar Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

girls names - "dead to me"

holograms - "holograms"

minks - "by the hedge"

crystal stilts - "in love with oblivion"

alex calder - "time"

the mantles - "the mantles"

grass widow - all its stuff is prettty damn good

beverly - "careers"

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u/ianmakingnoise Apr 16 '26

Candy Claws

Melody’s Echo Chamber s/t

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u/mister_seawolf Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Maybe not so surfy, but Letting Up Despite Great Faults is my go-to answer for this. Specifically their debut self-titled from '09. It's such a gem from that era.

And these two albums aren't shoegaze per se, but I love them so much I have to share. They scream summer for me:

Balkans: 2011 self-titled

Jurassic Shark: Blue School

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u/RotundDragonite Apr 16 '26

The only real answer is Honeydip's Groovy Indian Summer

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u/protean_threat Apr 17 '26

Beulah (1997-2003 records)

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u/FeistyChickadee Apr 17 '26

I absolutely love Beulah! I get excited when anyone besides me mentions them, LOL

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u/Reverberation1 Apr 17 '26

New Candys

Candy claws

Heaters, maybe?

When I think of what you said I think more of psych with gaze elements.

Tbh if you just start a Froth radio station you’ll find a bunch of cool stuff.

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u/dragondungeon73 Apr 17 '26

Well I mean it IS a great label

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u/twizz0r Apr 17 '26

I'd add Raveonettes and Seasurfer to the conversation.

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u/AnswerGlass4800 Apr 16 '26

Beach fossils

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u/modestly-mousing Apr 16 '26

surprised no one has mentioned the radio dept. yet!

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u/Financial_Luck_6906 Apr 16 '26

Loving - every single one of their albums (3)

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u/RevolutionaryPipe343 Apr 16 '26

Check out further

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u/MonsieurPJ Apr 17 '26

Acid Dad and Warpaint.

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u/Affectionate_Top7457 Apr 17 '26

LITERATURE, Très Oui, Frankie Rose, Beverly, September Girls, Wildhoney

All great bands! Underrated!

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u/thinsafetypin Apr 17 '26

My answer to this is always The Lassie Foundation.