Numero Group have announced the pre-order for a new compilation for Majesty Crush.

Driven by lust-fueled limerence and drifting far from conformity, Butterflies Don’t Go Away captures Majesty Crush’s transient, yet subversive mark on the landscape of American shoegaze to come. Tracked between 1991-1995, the quartet reimagined the collapse of the American rust belt as a late-night, nail biting fever dream/revenge fantasy. This deluxe 2xLP compiles their Love 15 album, singles, EPs, and rarities, all remastered from the original tapes, with thorough annotation and visual documentation in a 24-page booklet. An immortal transcendence if there ever was one.

Majesty Crush was filed and misfiled in one category or another throughout their brief but extraordinary career. They answered the call to open up for just about every dream pop, paisley, or shoegaze band that made it to the Midwest in the early part of the 90s… Mazzy Star, The Verve, Julian Cope, Chapterhouse, Curve and My Bloody Valentine just to scratch the surface. This linked them with a scene and a sound not necessarily their own…they were far too ambitious to gaze at any shoes, especially their own, and with a frontman, David Stroughter, who sometimes seemed to channel Syd Barrett, they were not hiding behind layers of guitar. Their less-told dimension is that they also shared stages and collaborators with uncategorizable locals like Laughing Hyenas, His Name Is Alive, and Jack White (in Goober & the Peas)… members also grew up around Motown royalty, and at any show you might find kin to Diana Ross, or P-Funk members, or Marvin Gaye songwriters.

Pre-order from Numero Group: Release date is March 29, 2024 – Begins shipping in mid-March

Tracklist:

Boyfriend *
Uma *
No. 1 Fan *
Brand *
Purr (Interlude) *
Seles *
Grow *
Pretty Head (Interlude) *
Cicciolina *
Penny For Love *
Skin (Interlude) *
Feigned Sleep *
Horse *
No. 1 Fan (EP Version)
Worri
Horse (EP Version)
Sunny Pie
Cicciolina (7″ version)
Purr (7″ version)
Space Between Your Moles
Seine
If JFA Were Still Together
Ghost Of Fun

[* from the 1993, Love 15 album]

Available again on vinyl for the first time since its 1998 release, it’s Swervedriver’s 4th album, 99th Dream!

Soon after its initial release, the band broke up and this classic LP was lost to the ages. Now reissued as a proper double LP, with a bonus 4th side of remixes from Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, etc) 99th Dream is back in print.

99th Dream has been remastered and is being re-released as a limited-edition, ‘coke bottle green’ (available on bandcamp), extended double vinyl LP in a gatefold sleeve with three new Alan Moulder remixes! Also available is a red limited-edition.

The official announcement comes tomorrow, on 11/3/2023, and will be available for pre-order. The release date is expected to be Jan. 19, 2024.

https://swervedriver.bandcamp.com/music

Previously released albums may also be available here:

• deepdiscount
• popmarket

Curve were an English alternative rock and electronic music duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005. Doppelgänger is their debut studio album from 1992 and is a continuation of the musical idiom established by the group on it’s three earlier EPs. Doppelgänger combines elements of dance music and alternative rock with the reverb-laden and distortion-heavy stylings of shoegaze.

The album reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart and spawned the two singles “Faît Accompli” and “Horror Head”.

Many credit Curve for heavily influencing Garbage’s sound.

Limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on translucent orange marbled 180-gram audiophile vinyl.

Available for preorder from many sites now, including:

• popmarket
• deepdiscount
• roughtrade

Boston’s Drop Nineteens, originally active from 1991 to 1995, have announced a new album, Hard Light. The release date is November 3, 2023.

They were one of the few U.S. based bands who styled themselves on the UK’s distinctive shoegaze sound, taking their inspiration from bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Bleach.

Drop Nineteens 2023 tour dates:

October 10 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis *
October 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer %
October 12 – Boston, MA – The Paradise *
October 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw *
October 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco ^
October 22 – Oakland, CA – The New Parish ^

* with Greg Mendez
% with Horse Jumper of Love
^ with Winter

Order the new album:

• popmarket
• deepdiscount
• Drop Nineteens-Hard Light Exclusive LP Color Vinyl With Autographed Postcard
• https://dropnineteens.bandcamp.com/album/hard-light

New track from the soon to be released EP An Object In Motion, called The Skin and the Glove.

Musically it’s reminiscent of Lush, perhaps with some M83 drums sprinkled in.

Proper Records has pre-orders up for Catherine Wheel’s first 3 albums, Ferment, Chrome and Happy Days.

The have a listed release date of August 18, 2023.

I’m curious if Chrome will have the original cover or will follow the 2017 reissue and use the image from the 1993 CDs, which was different from the original vinyl release.

The original 1993 UK record cover is on the left, above, and the 2017 MOV reissue on the right. Can you spot the difference?

Note: 2023.09.29 – We’ve ordered 2 copies of this press of Chrome, from 2 different stores, and 1 of Ferment and all 3 have manufacturing defects. There are tiny scratches on every single record that reveal themselves under a bright light and are definitely audible. Unless Proper Records does a repress to fix this, we can’t recommend this version unless perhaps you get it for an incredibly low price, like under $15-20. Others are reporting the same problem here.

Pre-order links:

US

• popmarket (ferment, chrome, happy days)
• deepdiscount (ferment, chrome, happy days)

UK

• ebay.com presale
• https://propermusic.com/collections/catherine-wheel
• https://www.limitedadditionrecords.com/search?q=Catherine+Wheel
• https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/artist/catherine-wheel
• https://www.normanrecords.com/artist/1831-catherine-wheel
• https://www.horizonsmusic.co.uk/collections/all/artist_catherine-wheel
• https://www.juno.co.uk

Lush, the British alternative rock band formed in London in 1987, is often hailed as one of the pioneers of shoegaze and dream pop. Comprising Miki Berenyi, Emma Anderson, Phil King, and Chris Acland, Lush created ethereal and atmospheric music that resonated with a generation of listeners. Through their mesmerizing melodies, lush harmonies, and evocative lyrics, the band established themselves as a significant force in the alternative music scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Their albums have seen limited reissues, a box set titled Origami in 2016, and a Ciao Best Of in 2015, until now.

With a release date of 8/11/2023, multiple Lush vinyl reissues are available for preorder now.

Spooky (1992 debut studio album produced by Robin Guthrie) and Split (1994, produced by Mike Hedges) in their original sleeve designs.

Lovelife (produced by Pete Barlett + track feat Jarvis Cocker) uses the artwork from the 2016 boxset to keep 1996’s collectible tracing-paper sleeve exclusive to initial pressing.

https://lush.ffm.to/splitspookylovelife

Order Here:

• Popmarket (Spooky, Split, Lovelife)
• DeepDiscount (Spooky, Split, Lovelife)

The fifth album from shoegaze giants Slowdive will be released on September 1, 2023. The title is Everything Is Alive.

It began with Neil Halstead in the role of producer and writer, working on demos at home. He experimented with modular synths and originally conceived of the new album as a, “more minimal electronic record.”

Slowdive’s eventually steered the album back towards the usual reverb-drenched guitars, but that first concept colored the compositions. “As a band, when we’re all happy with it, that tends to be the stronger material,” Halstead says. “We’ve always come from slightly different directions, and the best bits are where we all meet in the middle.” The convergence of five unique characters has made the sound. “Slowdive is very much the sum of its parts,” Goswell adds. “Something unquantifiable happens when the five of us come together in a room.”

It’s available for pre-order now at popmarket and bandcamp

Tracklist:

Tour Dates:

• September 23: Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• September 25:  Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston
• September 27:  NYC, NY – Webster Hall
• September 28: NYC, NY – Webster Hall
• September 29: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
• September 30: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
• October 2: Cleveland, OH – The Roxy @ Mahall’s
• October 3: Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
• October 4: St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
• October 6: Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
• October 7: Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
• October 9: Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
• October 10: Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
• October 12: San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
• October 14: Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
• Oct 30 – Glasgow, UK – QMU
• Oct 31 – Manchester, UK –  02 Ritz
• Nov 1 – Bristol, UK – SWX
• Nov 3  – London, UK – The Troxy
• Nov 5 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall
• Nov 6 – Dublin, Eire – National Stadium

Pasteboard was a Japanese Shoegaze band based in Saitama. It was formed by Makoto Igarashi and Mihoko Tanoue.

They only released one album before switching to another project, Roly Poly Rag Bear.

7th Heaven is releasing their only album, Glitter, on vinyl. It goes on sale tomorrow, April 14th.

It’ll be available in black and galaxy blue swirl, 100 of each. It’s also getting a cassette release. There will be exclusive t-shirts as well.

Available via the 7th Heaven links here when it goes on sale at 10:30 AM PST.

Check out this Spotify playlist for more Shoegaze, both classics and new.

Cherry Red Records is releasing Cherry Stars Collide – Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995, a 4CD Box Set.

Buy: Popmarket, Cherry Records UK, Amazon US

• 4CD Journey Through Key Tracks, Lesser Known Half-Lit Gems and Sleepy Pop Nuggets of the 1980s and 90s.

• Featuring Mazzy Star, A.R. Kane, Cocteau Twins, Spiritualized, This Mortal Coil, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Bel Canto, Julee Cruise, The Chameleons, Dead Can Dance, Talk Talk, Lush, Low and many more.

• A Companion Set to 2016’S ‘Still in a Dream’ Set.

During the latter half of the 1980s, a wave of alternative artists began to explore a gentler, more ethereal sound, bringing a dream-like aesthetic to the rock and pop idiom. Taking its lead from the UK (and the 4AD label in particular), this refined approach soon spread, particularly to the United States, slowly picking up the moniker “dream pop” – a catch-all term rather than a genre within itself.

Curated by the same team as our successful ‘Still In A Dream’ 2016 shoegaze set, ‘Cherry Stars Collide’ explores that sound as it emerged in the mid-80s and proceeded to define a less grounded, more thoughtful approach to musical expression than was offered elsewhere. Fusing and blending with other genres along the way. – from the guitar driven shoegaze movement and proto-Britpop to the post ‘C-86’ generation and the nascent leftfield clubbing scene – that sound both drew in artists already operating elsewhere and inspired new artists to embark their own journey.

Best listened to in the dark!

Track Listing:

DISC ONE:

AR KANE – LOLLITA
FRAZIER CHORUS – SLOPPY HEART
AREA – WITH LOUISE
LOUIS PHILLIPE – WHEN I’M AN ASTRONAUT
THE CHAMELEONS – I’LL REMEMBER
DEAD CAN DANCE – IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND THE ONE-EYED ARE KINGS
14 ICED BEARS – HAY FEVER
TALK TALK – EDEN (EDIT)
SHELLEYAN ORPHAN – TAR BABY
ULTRA VIVID SCENE – A DREAM OF LOVE
THIS MORTAL COIL – DRUGS
DAVID SYLVIAN – POP SONG
JULEE CRUISE – FALLING (TWIN PEAKS THEME)
COCTEAU TWINS – ICEBLINK LUCK
ETERNAL – SLEEP
THE DREAM ACADEMY – LOVE

DISC TWO:

LUSH – BREEZE (GALA VERSION)
THE WAKE – ENGLISH RAIN
BLOW-UP – HEAVEN TONIGHT
HIS NAME IS ALIVE – AS WE COULD EVER
PENELOPE’S WEB – LOWSUN
CRANES – TOMORROW’S TEARS
THE HEART THROBS – KISS ME WHEN I’M STARVING
BREATHLESS – OVER AND OVER
KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION – HYPNOGOGIC
THE INNOCENCE MISSION – EVENSONG
THE TELESCOPES – CELESTE
SECRET SHINE – GREY SKIES
THE CHARLOTTES – PRAYER SONG
SPIREA X – SIGNED D.C.
THE CRANBERRIES – THEM
DROP – WITHIN AND BEYOND

DISC THREE:

SPIRITUALIZED – FEEL SO SAD GLIDES AND CHIMES
THE OCEAN BLUE – BALLERINA OUT OF CONTROL
LYCIA – IONIA
CHAPTERHOUSE – MESMERISE
THE SWEETEST ACHE – IF I COULD SHINE
LEVITATION – ROSEMARY JONES (COPPELIA VERSION)
FOR AGAINST TODAY TODAY
RED HOUSE PAINTERS – JAPANESE TO ENGLISH
SMASHING ORANGE – STRANGE YOUNG GIRLS
ALL ABOUT EVE – SOME FINER DAY
THE DARLING BUDS – ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
SWEET JESUS – YOUR BABY LOVES ME (ORIGINAL VERSION)
THE SUNDAYS – GOD MADE ME
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS – STIR ABOUT THE STARS
ALISON’S HALO – SUNSHY
INSIDES – YES

DISC FOUR:

MAZZY STAR – SHE’S MY BABY
BEL CANTO – UNICORN
SWALLOW – CHERRY STARS COLLIDE
THE ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA – FLUIDUM
AN APRIL MARCH – ALL THE FLOWERY
SLOWDIVE – IN MIND
HALF STRING – SUN LESS SEA
TSE TSE FLY – DOG-EARED
ST ETIENNE – CALIFORNIA SNOW STORY
BLIND MR JONES – HEY
DRUGSTORE – SUPERGLIDER
PALE SAINTS – FINE FRIEND
LOW – STAY
DUBSTAR – JUST A GIRL SHE SAID
MOJAVE 3 – WHERE IS THE LOVE
THIS ASCENSION – AUGUST RAIN
THE AUTUMNS – ABBEY IN AN OAK TREE

£27.99 Released March 31, 2023 (Buy: Cherry Records UK, Amazon US)