Some pointers for Ragnaris, starting from Love Spirals Downwards.
Often accused of being an LSD tribute band, but they took things in a little different direction:
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Yeah, since I don't listen to as much of the dreamy, atmospheric side of things my stable of obscurity isn't very deep on that side. Of course, shoegaze is closing in on 30 years old, so folks that have followed it closely like you have had plenty of time to root out lesser-known participants. Plus, you were active on the same shoegaze board as I was back in the day (Just checked and it's still there and not quite dead) so there's a lot of overlap in information.@dteowner; - huh!! I knew all of them and love malory!
Yeah, since I don't listen to as much of the dreamy, atmospheric side of things my stable of obscurity isn't very deep on that side. Of course, shoegaze is closing in on 30 years old, so folks that have followed it closely like you have had plenty of time to root out lesser-known participants. Plus, you were active on the same shoegaze board as I was back in the day (Just checked and it's still there and not quite dead) so there's a lot of overlap in information.
Showing my age, but I did my best "mining" back in the MySpace days. Got personal responses from many bands, and the networking of groups with a similar style was excellent. You could start with a band you knew and after an hour of "link madness" could have a dozen new bands with similar sounds worth checking out. And if you did check them out and give them a little love, they'd reach out. I'm a pissant nobody, but I had probably a dozen different bands send me CD's or MP3 files or similar after I'd put one of their songs in my MySpace Top 10. Even "normal people" seemed to be paying attention to the songs and bands I'd put in the list. Very cool. I was certainly no GroovyJim, though.
Funny that. Seeing Lush's "For Love" on 120 Minutes was my introduction to shoegaze and got me going on the whole scene.That was how I first heard of Lush
I'm amazed either one of those were still available. I need to send you a couple MP3s from cork. Unreleased tracks that they made available for a very short time on MP3.com (another internet blast from the past!). Google pointed me to Soundcloud, so maybe those songs are out in the wild again and not as exclusive as I thought. https://soundcloud.com/misty-murphy-3/sets/cork-unreleased-tracksIn that last set loved honeybreath and cork. I can find where to buy honeybreath but can't find cork, any ideas???
Alright, Ragnaris, I can work with that. You definitely seem to prefer the dreamy side of the spectrum.
You definitely should dig deeper into Malory when you get a chance. Songs like "Dany" and "I Can't Stand" would probably be right in your range.
Anyhoo, let's see what other stuff I can toss out there. Hmmmm.
Certainly. I enjoy the moody, atmospheric approach, I suppose it's often attributed to dark wave.
Malory definitely caught my interest. I'd like to see what else they have and I'll be looking into them this evening.
Daniel Land and Scarlet Youth seem to be a bit more my style. I don't know if I'm very fond of the other two, but I'll browse around some of of their other work and see if anything stands out.
I’d also suggest first two Tamaryn albums, almost anything by Daysleepers, first 4 Air Formation, these are all on the dreamy side. There are also several south American bands whose names I can't remember