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
- Only Shallow · My Bloody Valentine
- Alison · Slowdive
- Vapour Trail · Ride
- Leave Them All Behind · Ride
- When You Sleep · My Bloody Valentine
- Catch the Breeze · Slowdive
- Sweetness and Light · Lush
- Cherry-coloured Funk · Cocteau Twins
- Gold Heart Mountaintop Queen Directory · Guided By Voices
- Distortion · Pale Saints
- Leave My Soul With You · Swirlies
- Pearl · Chapterhouse
- Drive Blind · Ride
- Lose My Breath · My Bloody Valentine
- 40 Days · Slowdive
- Deity · Medicine
- Deep Inside · Chapterhouse
- For Love · Lush
- Sugar For The Pill · Slowdive
- Only Tomorrow · My Bloody Valentine
- Soon · My Bloody Valentine
- Blue Skied an' Clear · Slowdive
- In A Room · Pale Saints
- Cali · Swirlies
- Nothing · Asobi Seksu
- Kerosene · Whirr
- Sway · Whirr
- I Won't Be Found · The Underground Youth
- Circles · The Apparitions
- Between You and Me · Nothing
- Vertigo Flowers · Nothing
- My Mind Is Still The Same · The Radio Dept.
- Space Song · Beach House
- Silver · Nothing
- Head in the Ceiling Fan · Title Fight
- Light Through the Veins · Nothing
- Gooey · Wolf Alice
- Moonlight · Beach House
- Sugar · Slowdive
- To Here Knows When · My Bloody Valentine
- Seagull · Ride
- Thresher · Nothing
- Dagger · Slowdive
- Sometimes · My Bloody Valentine
- Souvlaki Space Station · Slowdive
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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.