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
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Kill for love Chromatics
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Star Sign Teenage Fanclub
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Let Me In R.E.M.
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Cherry-Coloured Funk Cocteau Twins
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Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins
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Carolyn's Fingers Cocteau Twins
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Souvlaki Space Station Slowdive
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Duress Swervedriver
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Plainsong The Cure
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Deeper into Movies Yo La Tengo
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Tarpit Dinosaur Jr.
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Chasing a Bee Mercury Rev
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Hazel St Deerhunter
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Don't Save Us from the Flames M83
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Tell Me Galaxie 500
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Leave Them All Behind Ride
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Fade Into You Mazzy Star
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Reflections After Jane The Clientele
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Star Sail The Verve
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De-Luxe Lush
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Boys Turn Into Girls (Initiation Rites) A Sunny Day in Glasgow
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Hyperventilation The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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When We Fall Grouper
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Gila Beach House
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Kaleidoscope Ringo Deathstarr
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Soon My Bloody Valentine
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Sight of You Pale Saints
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Myth Beach House
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Here's Where the Story Ends The Sundays
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Nowhere Near Yo La Tengo
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Sometimes My Bloody Valentine
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Mire (Grant's Song) DIIV
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Reverence The Jesus and Mary Chain
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Under the Sun DIIV
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Run Into Flower M83
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To Fix the Gash in Your Head A Place to Bury Strangers
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Sleep Apnea Beach Fossils
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When the Sun Hits Slowdive
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Only Shallow My Bloody Valentine
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Blue Thunder Galaxie 500
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Doused DIIV
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Horror Head Curve
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Vapour Trail Ride
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Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Spiritualized
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Close Chorus A Sunny Day in Glasgow
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Three Decades The Horrors
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Faît Accompli Curve
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Shoot Speed/Kill Light Primal Scream
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Whirring The Joy Formidable
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Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain