Shoegaze Starter Pack

An essential introduction to the expansive, texture-heavy world of shoegaze, featuring foundational tracks from the 90s movement alongside influential modern successors.

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Tracks

1. Only Shallow · My Bloody Valentine
2. Alison · Slowdive
3. Vapour Trail · Ride
4. Leave Them All Behind · Ride
5. When You Sleep · My Bloody Valentine
6. Catch the Breeze · Slowdive
7. Sweetness and Light · Lush
8. Cherry-coloured Funk · Cocteau Twins
9. Gold Heart Mountaintop Queen Directory · Guided By Voices
10. Distortion · Pale Saints
11. Leave My Soul With You · Swirlies
12. Pearl · Chapterhouse
13. Drive Blind · Ride
14. Lose My Breath · My Bloody Valentine
15. 40 Days · Slowdive
16. Deity · Medicine
17. Deep Inside · Chapterhouse
18. For Love · Lush
19. Sugar For The Pill · Slowdive
20. Only Tomorrow · My Bloody Valentine
21. Soon · My Bloody Valentine
22. Blue Skied an' Clear · Slowdive
23. In A Room · Pale Saints
24. Cali · Swirlies
25. Nothing · Asobi Seksu
26. Kerosene · Whirr
27. Sway · Whirr
28. I Won't Be Found · The Underground Youth
29. Circles · The Apparitions
30. Between You and Me · Nothing
31. Vertigo Flowers · Nothing
32. My Mind Is Still The Same · The Radio Dept.
33. Space Song · Beach House
34. Silver · Nothing
35. Head in the Ceiling Fan · Title Fight
36. Light Through the Veins · Nothing
37. Gooey · Wolf Alice
38. Moonlight · Beach House
39. Sugar · Slowdive
40. To Here Knows When · My Bloody Valentine
41. Seagull · Ride
42. Thresher · Nothing
43. Dagger · Slowdive
44. Sometimes · My Bloody Valentine
45. Souvlaki Space Station · Slowdive

Based on the prompt: A shoegaze starter pack — wall of sound, washed-out vocals, fuzz and feedback. MBV, Slowdive, Ride, plus modern torchbearers and forgotten gems.