You've gotta review some songs from the holy trinity of shoegaze albums: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Slowdive - Souvlaki Ride - Nowhere

Next stop: Slowdive, literally any song they've ever written is a treat to listen to!

Yes ... Lush was quite a unique band... Miki and Emma’s driving guitar playing is amazing .. Miki’s voice hauntingly soothing.

For me, to be shoegaze it needs to breathe a sense of melancholy and nostalgia but still have some form of resolution. Something ethereal, that crossover from youthful plans to old-age wistfulness. 'When the sun hits' by Slowdive is awesome.

2 guitar players, Emma Anderson and Miki Berenyi, Miki was the main singer and Emma provided the harmony vocals. Miki had the fire-engine red hair. Emma usually played a Fender Telecaster a lot of the time and Miki played a 12-String Gibson 335 a lot of the time. I didn't get to see them live until 1996 but it was a great show, a few months prior to the unfortunate tragedy of their drummer taking his own life.

I've been recommending My Bloody Valentine for weeks man!!! lol

LUSH. My life is blessed by their beautiful sounds.

Ride - Leave Them All Behind. The highest charting Shoegaze song of all time. Reaction video now!

Thank goodness someone finally reacted to LUSH!

Shoegaze? Whaaat? I’ve missed out in life. This is awesome! I used to listen to Joy Division, Depeche Mode, and The Cure. That’s what this band reminds me of.

Lush-Split, The Cure-Paris and Depeche Mode-Violator were the first albums I ever bought. I LOVE Lush. They're so great!

Oh man My Bloody Valentine's Soon would make for a great reaction

My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless' is a shoegaze showpiece :)

Lush is so under rated

'Desire Lines' is my favorite Lush song. I always associate the band, The Stone Roses with shoegaze, and really breaking the sort of '60s retro psychedelic revival.

I'm so excited to hear you talk about shoegaze, Geebz!! I have a few song suggestions that are worth checking out: * Hum - Shapeshifter *Palms - Antarctic Handshake (Chino from Deftones is the vocalist!) * Slowdive - Slomo * The Verve - Already There * Cocteau Twins - Lorelei Thank you for the great videos!

I saw them play Lollapalooza 92. They were the most stand out band, during the grunge era.

Something that often goes unnoticed in this song is Chris Acland's incorporation of a playful _Mersey Beat_ yet, all his ghost notes are rim shots, maintaining that cutting edge!

Underrated. Period. Luckily enough to see them twice. Amazing band , lyrics, music.

Well this was the fastest click ever I think I’ve ever done..

Love Lush! Untogether is my go to song by them. Thinking of the 90s... have you ever heard Curve? Kind of industrial, electronic, shoegaze, dream pop. I discovered them through a song called Lillies Dying. Definitely worth a listen.

I love this band! I had a crush on the singer when I was a teenager and still do!! I think a great shoe gaze band to check out is Swervedriver. The song Duel is still in my top 5 of the album Mezcal Head. It’s one of those albums that you listen to all the way through. 😱

MY BLOODY VALENTINE MY BLOODY VALENTINE MY BLOODY VALENTINE!!!!

Shoegaze is one of the greatest genres ever and it’s been making a comeback these past few years

Slowdive- Alison is one of my all time favorite songs. The feelings and nostalgia that song give me still strikes me to my core to this day

This song was written by Emma Anderson (the dark-haired woman). All musical parts and lyrics. Played live during that era it comprised of a 12-string Epiphone or Gibson on rhythm/lead vocals (Miki), a Stratocaster on lead/backing vocals (Emma), bass (Steve), drums (Chris), and various effects pedals on the guitars. Reverb, chorus, some flange or phaser as heard in the outro. Miki wrote some cool songs herself, but Emma's work is generally my favorite. This song, De-Luxe, Desire Lines, Nothing Natural, Monochrome. All masterpieces, she's an extremely talented musician and composer.

What a great song to react to. About 10 years ago, I compiled a list of my Top 100 songs of all time. This was #3. It's stuck with my since the 90s, and it's gorgeous.

For more shoegaze, you should check out When The Sun Hits by Slowdive! Wouldn’t mind seeing a little thing like Shoegaze Sunday if you end up enjoying the suggestions that people drop in the comments, this is a great genre with so much to dive into. And yes there’s been a sort of resurgence of a shoegaze music scene in the past decade or so, so there are plenty of older as well as more recent bands in the genre.

Definitely gotta do my bloody valentine

Man, I'm listening to this and getting a real vibe similar to the old 80's goth bands.

i love how music video were shot back then it fits shoegaze so well..

This was not the full album version. There's a chaotic noisy breakdown that should have started at around 8:15 on this video, but was removed from this version for some reason. This may have been a radio edit.

You should do "Alcest", a French shoegaze-post black metal band!

It was big in the UK in the 90s geebz, My Bloody Valentine, and Cocteau Twins later stuff, check out Cocteau Twins for sure

Ride - Leave Them All Behind is a perfect song to do a reaction to.

great job, shoe gaze is a big influence on post rock and post metal. ill highly recommend, again, Worthless Animal by Deafheaven. I promise you will love it.

I saw LUSH all the way back in 1992 at Lollapalooza, but don't ask me about it because I was 12 years old, it was my first concert and due to the thick haze that lingered over the crowd I dont remember all that much 🤣

Souvlaki Space Station by Slowdive

you gotta do horrorhead by curve after this!

I love the way you described the way the track made you feel with the "lava-lamp" comment! that's how this genre always makes me feel. super cool, super chill!

Yaaayyyy! One of my suggestions!

I don't think Shoegaze is as prominent as it once was but it's definitely still a thing (Eyedress had a pretty decent hit with "Jealous" recentlyish), and a few of the bands you've been decomposing recently like Deftones definitely take a lot of inspiration from the genre.

the verve's first album is shoegaze "A storm in heaven" super underrated

I’ve become more of a lyrics guy, but I always found this (as well as some of their other tracks) so beautiful, I didn’t even care what the words were (other than the ones which were more obvious to understand).

Love it. This song has been my ringtone for four years. More shoegaze please.

Slowdive - "Souvlaki Space Station" - the crown jewel of shoegaze

Horror Head by Curve Coming up Roses Or Turkey Crossing are good too Also the band Cranes Try song Everywhere

I'd describe shoegaze as a blanket of noise surrounding you, covering you in it's sound vocals become another instrument, love to see you check the genre some more.

Bjork - Joga I can keep this up forever! lol

For shoegaze you cannot miss out on Slowdive. As songs I would recommend Souvlaki Space Station or Slowdive.

Great description of the song: "Like staring into a lava lamp".

My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow Also, some more experimental tracks: my bloody valentine - to here knows when slowdive - souvlaki space station

It is exciting to see you reacting to one of my favorite bands... unfortunately the video version of this trims out a minute of this song, including a long instrumental "breakdown" pre-guitar solo that is very chromatic on guitar that is super interesting, literally a chord moved up the neck with no barre (I typed that well before you even addressed the subject, haha!) that was very influential on my songwriting style, teaching me to think WAAYYY outside the box. Also, shoegaze is EXCELLENT for vocals as an instrument. For a little proto-shoegaze/dreampop that you get vocals as an instrument, check out Cocteau Twins haha!

Evokes Ones Imagination ..L𝄞ve it!☁️

Ooh you gotta do some my bloody valentine

Found Lush's Mad Love and Scar E.P.'S several years ago at a small record shop. The pride of my vinyl collection. Check out their songs De-Luxe or Leaves Me Cold.

And as always...good morning sir! Great pick!

A couple great Lush songs: Desire Lines, and Light From a Dead Star

Sounds like 80's emo rock like the cure with a 90's pop style

I'm getting a real Harriet Wheeler Sundays vibe here. I mean, this could be on a Sundays album somewhere and it wouldn't sound out of place.

Oh, Shoegaze is absolutely alive and well. I find more and more contemporary bands as the days go by and it's my favorite thing to see happening. I commented this list on your Primus video when you first mentioned wanting to look into Shoegaze, but I'll put it here again as it's more relevant here obviously. :) Some essentials from some of the OG bands: - When the Sun Hits by Slowdive - Only Shallow by my bloody valentine - Rave Down by Swervedriver - Black Metallic by Catherine Wheel - Pearl by Chapterhouse And then some from my favorite, more contemporary/modern bands: - The Memorymaker by The Daysleepers - 500 Deep by Airiel - Mind by Death of Heather - Innervisions by Mascara - Red Oval by Closedown - My Cabal by School of Seven Bells - Nothing's Wrong by Tearwave - Heila by Mainlight - Candy by Holy Fawn - Out of the Angeles by Amusement Parks on Fire - Forgotten, Fossilized, Archaic by Autumn's Grey Solace

Thanks for getting to some Shoegaze! MBV, Slowdive, Ride and Lush are all classic, but don’t sleep on bands like Alcest, Nothing, and Deafheaven…

The word I use for the "drone" is "shimmer" because it's layers of noise and they move around.

Ride’s “Leave Them All Behind” is the best example of a shoegaze bass line having a ball.

I have had so many amazing flashbacks of fake memories, situations/places that never actually happened, yet so vivid in my mind, like being at a house party with loud music, people talking, laying under a bed, holding hands with a girl i just met, just embracing sounds and sight, can even remember sensing the scent of the wood of the underside of the bed... Shoegaze just puts me in this imaginary, daydreaming mood like no other:) As many others have said, you have to check out some of these: Slowdive: When the sun hits; Alison (OR ANYTHING from the album "Souvlaki Space Station") My Bloody Valentine: When you sleep, Only shallow (OR ANYTHING from the album "Loveless") Deafheaven: Unrequited (you could even check the live version from Pitchfork festival) Swervedriver: You find it everywhere, Duel, Duress, Last day on earth, Never lose that feeling, Everso (OR ANYTHING from the album "Mezcalhead" or "Rave Down") Cocteau Twins: Pearly dewdrops drops - it's probably more just "dreampop" but who cares...:)

To this day I have such a deep emotional connection to this song, unlike anything else. I would chalk it up to puberty, hormones, nostalgia etc, but very few songs from that same time in my life evoke the same response.

How do we get the Cocteau Twins into your list? (Carolyn's Fingers, Blue Bell Knoll, Suckling the Mender...etc)

Love Lush!!!!! Next: Cocteau Twins!!

I was actually just about to comment on your Primus video to check this song out after you mentioned Shoegaze. You read my mind haha! Love the lava lamp comment.

More Lush, Please? Hypocrite is a great song. It ROCKS!!!

Thanks Gee for keeping it fresco and awesome:):)

One of my fave shoegaze groups along with curve and my bloody valentine.

Thanks for you reaction, interesting to get a composer's viewpoint. That mix must be a US single mix or something - it misses out the 'noise' break before the solo and the end is shorter than the UK version that I'm used to. And yes, there are two guitarists in the band, Miki the singer plays a 12 string.

Alcest - "Percées de lumière" Black Metal with Shoegaze, Post-Rock and Dream Pop. ;)

Incredible song, and it was also my first experience with Shoegaze. Saw them live in the 90's. Check out "Leave them all behind" from Ride. It's just a flood of beautiful sounds, and another great example of Shoegaze.

I LOVE THEM..TOP 15 GROUP FOR ME!

One of my all time favorite bands! You need to check out their song "De-luxe"!

I saw Lush live a few times in the early 90s, don't recall them ever gazing at their shoes

Lollapalooza 1992. Lush was the opener on the tour. A 3pm slot. Go back and switch their time w the 1 dimensional red hot chili peppers. Lush is meant to be played in the dark.

I really enjoy how much new-to-me music I get exposed to both by the videos and the comments. Lovely stuff!

Some other bands and good songs to react to: Cocteau Twins (Proto-Shoegaze / Dream-pop, they helped lay down the foundations for the genre) - "Carolyn's Fingers", "Aikea Guinea", "Iceblink Luck" My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow, To Here Knows When, Soon Slowdive - 40 Days, Allison Ride - Vapour Trail, Taste, Seagull, Leave Them All Behind

Love the shoe gaze melodies

HUM has a new album out and they're better than ever. Kind of the on the other side of the Shoegaze Spectrum. I am bad with song titles so I don't know which ones to recommend other than maybe Desert Rambler?

'Like staring into a lava lamp', yeah that's pretty much what shoegaze is about. The genre got its nickname from a music journalist describing how the band looked like they were staring at their feet all the time, mainly because the guitarists were using so many effects pedals they were looking at them more than the audience. To me, shoegaze is about ethereal and fuzzy guitars and bass. Silversun Pickups is a great shoegaze band, tons of heavy distorted bass and bright guitars, Rusted Wheel, Well Thought Out Twinkles, and Melatonin are some great tracks by them. Another band that's got some shoegaze influences I'd say to check out is Scarling, their songs Crispin Glover, Alexander the Burn Victim, and Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole are great to dip your toes into.

Ok . . . PUHLEEZE... Do Pantera - Floods !?!? Come on people help me out here! 😁 (I know that ain't the same genre haha) P.s. I liked this song! This is my first experience with "shoegaze" (that I know of) It kinda reminds me of The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary 👍

Great to see this! Would love to see some more shoegaze reactions in the future.

Very cool to see shoegaze covered in this channel...(note that Shoegaze & Noisy Pop & New wave are often mixed or quite close in style). I like LUSH but as many shoegaze bands the debt sound wise they owe to COCTEAU TWINS (which is an interesting band imho, way beyond one of their styles which is shoegaze, while they started as a Cold Wave band, btw...) is immense. MY BLOODY VALENTINE is something you should react to, especially their use of dissonance, but also RIDE, SLOWDIVE, CATHERINE WHEEL, THE SUNDAYS and many others...Cheers ! PS: One very special band (alas disbanded since the suicide of the guitarist/signer/leader) is THE ANGELIC PROCESS, mixing shoegaze, drone, progressive metal, ambient, industrial & God knows what else...check out the song : 'The Promises of Snakes

Definitely down for you to do more shoegaze! Love how you do other genre and non main stream things that others just aren't doing. Please do Hot Water Music!!! Not shoegaze but super melodic, orchestrated emo-punk stuff.

Shoegaze is alive amd well in much of the Deftones material...in my opinion

This is a sliced up 'single version' of the song. Usually to please the radio station. The longer version is much more complete a song. Thanks for your great take on this band and song.

This song is like cotton candy for the ears.

Holy cow, shoegaze now too? I love you Geebz. You should try some Cocteau Twins, a good place to start would be 'Heaven or Las Vegas'!

ShoeGaze Suggestion-- Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast

Definitely a very popular genre with the kids today. It's kind of the go-to genre for bands to blend with in order to try something new. Just an observation (so tell me if im wrong), but the resurgence of the genre started to come about around 2006-2009. It was bubbling up in the underground scenes for a few years, but a band called Deerhunter shined a new light on it. Would love to hear you decompose one of their tracks called "Cryptograms".

i wonder if this band pulled massive influences from the cure. the guitar lead tone sounds similar to something you'd hear on a cure album.

I love Lush. One of my favorite 90s bands. They came back and put out an EP about 6 years ago, before Miki moved on to Piroshka. But you need to do My Bloody Valentine .. Loveless or the less talked about 2013 release MBV, another long delayed (22 years!) follow up. (Check out track "Only Tomorrow") ... Or Slowdive who did the same thing, following up Souvlaki Space Station with their eponymous album a couple years ago, which was absolutely amazing (I think it's the best thing they've ever done: Slomo - especially the KEXP live version, No Longer Making Time (World Cafe performance), Sugar for the Pill, Star Roving... what a great album).

Shoegaze is a wonderful genre! As you said the genre is very diverse, Lush and Slowdive are somehow at the "mellow" edge of the style, with very atmospheric arrangements, while bands like My Bloody Valentine or Ride are usually more hard-rocking (kind of distortion and reverb all the way together ;)). Sometimes people distinguish between dream pop and shoegaze, I always thought that the mellow side of it is more dream pop and shoegaze is the harder version, but the boundaries are veeeery blurred. The genre had its greatest moment in the '90s, but it is somehow alive and well today. Maybe in its pure form it is rare, but it is omnipresent in many mixed genre (metal and shoegaze, punk and shoegaze, grunge and shoegaze and even techno and shoegaze in the case of Kelly Lee Owens). Hope this helps. I recommend Kely Lee Owens ;)

I feel like Lush is almost setting the table for shoegaze, they were their own thing and early

My favorite...

Gotta check out Ride. Not just the shoegaze, but their journey through sounds and styles with each album, and absolute mastery of all of them. Charlatans "Then" & Primal Scream trip inside this house are 2 more I'd suggest. Man that was such a great creative few years for British music... How about some Stereolab too?