Shoegaze / Dream Pop
Shoegaze and dream pop are two subgenres of alternative rock that are often confused and mixed. It is not easy to distinguish them. After all, some sound elements are common to both and the main artists of these styles are generally associated with both.
Some scholars of pop music consider that the elements that gave characteristics to dream pop were born in the 1960s and 1970s with works by bands like Beach Boys and Velvet Underground, and albums produced by Phil Spector, like All Things Must Pass of 1970 by George Harrison . It is understood that dream pop acquired a sound form in the early 1980s, mainly with the Scottish band Cocteau Twins. Many consider shoegaze to be a derivation of dream pop.
But, what is the difference between them? In a brief and simple way, shoegaze presents a harsher sound, in which the ethereal vocals are buried under layers of guitars, creating nebulous songs. In dream pop, there is more clarity in vocals and melodies, with soft sonorous textures that evoke dreams.
Their experiments gave an air of renewal to the aesthetics and sound structures of pop music. Their influence, over the years, contributes to the emergence of bands, which, although not labeled within these styles, flirt with their elements.
Featured Tracks
- Alison Slowdive
- Kill for love Chromatics
- When the Sun Hits Slowdive
- Nowhere Near Yo La Tengo
- Soon My Bloody Valentine
- Miss Drugstore Medicine
- Mire (Grant's Song) DIIV
- Only Shallow My Bloody Valentine
- Mesmerise Chapterhouse
- Close Chorus A Sunny Day in Glasgow
- Sleep Apnea Beach Fossils
- Leave Them All Behind Ride
- Carolyn's Fingers Cocteau Twins
- Myth Beach House
- Kaleidoscope Ringo Deathstarr
- Fade Into You Mazzy Star
- Sight of You Pale Saints
- Horror Head Curve
- Sweetness and Light Lush
- De-Luxe Lush
- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Spiritualized
- Gila Beach House
- Blue Thunder Galaxie 500
- Vapour Trail Ride
- Boys Turn Into Girls (Initiation Rites) A Sunny Day in Glasgow
- Shoot Speed/Kill Light Primal Scream
- Words Low
- Chasing a Bee Mercury Rev
- Cherry-Coloured Funk Cocteau Twins
- We Could Walk Together The Clientele
- Deeper into Movies Yo La Tengo
- Reverence The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins
- When We Fall Grouper
- Souvlaki Space Station Slowdive
- Plainsong The Cure
- Duress Swervedriver
- Reflections After Jane The Clientele
- Pearl Chapterhouse
- Hyperventilation The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Run Into Flower M83
- Sometimes My Bloody Valentine
- To Fix the Gash in Your Head A Place to Bury Strangers
- Near Deafheaven
- Star Sign Teenage Fanclub
- Faît Accompli Curve
- Doused DIIV
- Let Me In R.E.M.
- Tell Me Galaxie 500
- Star Sail The Verve