blank mood
@blankmood.com
music blog + podcast: #shoegaze, ambient, dream noise, loud calm sounds. compiled by wendy
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For those in the US & Canada, it's almost Labor Day weekend and yer gonna wanna leave work early after this 33-minute lunchtime freakout soundtrack. We begin and end with #shoegaze, but take a short diversion under the mild influence of psychedelia >>
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episode 32
Labor Day weekend edition, featuring music by Boy With Apple, Chaton Laveur, Mark Peters, Malory and Tess Parks.
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September 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
For those in the US & Canada, it's almost Labor Day weekend and yer gonna wanna leave work early after this 33-minute lunchtime freakout soundtrack. We begin and end with #shoegaze, but take a short diversion under the mild influence of psychedelia >>
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Four not-quite-new albums to get on this Bandcamp Friday for your dream pop, shoegaze, electronica collection.
✨ Destiny Waiving by Mark Peters & Ulrich Schnauss
✨ Lyra by Rachel Love
✨ Rose Main Reading Room by Peel Dream Magazine
✨ Let Go Your Fear by Jo Johnson
✨ Destiny Waiving by Mark Peters & Ulrich Schnauss
✨ Lyra by Rachel Love
✨ Rose Main Reading Room by Peel Dream Magazine
✨ Let Go Your Fear by Jo Johnson
August 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Four not-quite-new albums to get on this Bandcamp Friday for your dream pop, shoegaze, electronica collection.
✨ Destiny Waiving by Mark Peters & Ulrich Schnauss
✨ Lyra by Rachel Love
✨ Rose Main Reading Room by Peel Dream Magazine
✨ Let Go Your Fear by Jo Johnson
✨ Destiny Waiving by Mark Peters & Ulrich Schnauss
✨ Lyra by Rachel Love
✨ Rose Main Reading Room by Peel Dream Magazine
✨ Let Go Your Fear by Jo Johnson
New single and video from @gloriadeoliveira.bsky.social
Gloria talks about the new track, plus what listeners can expect from her forthcoming album in this quick read...
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Gloria talks about the new track, plus what listeners can expect from her forthcoming album in this quick read...
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"Fading Faces" by Gloria de Oliveira
Gloria de Oliveira discusses her forthcoming album The Lying Swans with the release of its debut single "Fading Faces".
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July 22, 2026 at 8:21 AM
New single and video from @gloriadeoliveira.bsky.social
Gloria talks about the new track, plus what listeners can expect from her forthcoming album in this quick read...
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Gloria talks about the new track, plus what listeners can expect from her forthcoming album in this quick read...
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“The Thousand First” is a lonesome but content tune from Cindy’s latest album Another Country. Karina Gill provides some background to the tune...
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"The Thousand First" by Cindy
"It's about the nature of repetition and also scenes I pass by on the street that connect ideas in their own way,” said Karina Gill, lead songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Cindy.
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July 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“The Thousand First” is a lonesome but content tune from Cindy’s latest album Another Country. Karina Gill provides some background to the tune...
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A new selection of songs to stare out a train window with. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
episode 31
Listen now | episode 31 of blank mood includes music by Soft Science, Velveteen, Cindy, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Userband, Ghost Mutt, Herbal Tea, Edith Frost, and The Ladybug Transistor.
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July 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A new selection of songs to stare out a train window with. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
From the blank mood archive, the last 3 minutes of Slowdive playing Souvlaki Space Station on 25 September 2023 in Boston... youtu.be/yFtKdvXkz_8?...
Souvlaki Space Station | Slowdive | Boston, 25 September 2023
YouTube video by Wendy Morrill
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July 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
From the blank mood archive, the last 3 minutes of Slowdive playing Souvlaki Space Station on 25 September 2023 in Boston... youtu.be/yFtKdvXkz_8?...
Q+A :: The Interlaken Tapes
“The title was there before I even made a single track. But it stands for the general idea to move The Interlaken Tapes even further away from rock music sounds and pop song structures into more electronic areas.”
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“The title was there before I even made a single track. But it stands for the general idea to move The Interlaken Tapes even further away from rock music sounds and pop song structures into more electronic areas.”
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DANCE by The Interlaken Tapes
The Interlaken Tapes is the project of bedroom producer Gorden Spangardt (ex-Kirmes). A new release for summer 2026 titled DANCE is the project's latest “imagination of a different future”.
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July 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Q+A :: The Interlaken Tapes
“The title was there before I even made a single track. But it stands for the general idea to move The Interlaken Tapes even further away from rock music sounds and pop song structures into more electronic areas.”
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“The title was there before I even made a single track. But it stands for the general idea to move The Interlaken Tapes even further away from rock music sounds and pop song structures into more electronic areas.”
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My mid-year picks for 2026... no bests or rankings, just some albums, eps and songs I've enjoyed this year.
My mid-year picks for 2026... no bests or rankings, just some albums, eps and songs I've enjoyed this year.
Mid-year picks 2026
Looks like we’ve made it half way through 2026.
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June 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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My mid-year picks for 2026... no bests or rankings, just some albums, eps and songs I've enjoyed this year.
My mid-year picks for 2026... no bests or rankings, just some albums, eps and songs I've enjoyed this year.
New music out today from brightmoon, First Light (Noon Records).
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Q+A with brightmoon
You'll hear streaks of Lush and Throwing Muses, as well as the influence of 90s indie rock in Becca and Billy Mohler's brightmoon.
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May 22, 2026 at 10:56 AM
New music out today from brightmoon, First Light (Noon Records).
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If you happen to have three stereo systems set up, here's a challenge for you...
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The hidden Auburn Lull suite
A micro Q+A with Jason Kolb of Auburn Lull about the “Untitled” mystery tracks on their albums.
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April 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
If you happen to have three stereo systems set up, here's a challenge for you...
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Vargkvint is the ambient folk project of Sofia Nystrand. In this Q+A she talks about her forthcoming album Jorden kallar, a collection of whisper-light songs of ecological lament and wonder.
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Jorden kallar by Vargkvint
If you’ve ever felt a desire to disappear with the gentle but formidable force of nature, Jorden kallar is the perfect soundtrack to vanish with.
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March 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Vargkvint is the ambient folk project of Sofia Nystrand. In this Q+A she talks about her forthcoming album Jorden kallar, a collection of whisper-light songs of ecological lament and wonder.
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New collaboration from Lisbon's ALCATUNE and Lake Geneva: "Floatland" www.blankmood.com/p/floatland-...
"Floatland ft. Lake Geneva (ALCATUNE mix)"
If a song can tip-toe through the dark, “Floatland ft. Lake Geneva (ALCATUNE mix)” is it. Both guitar and vocals lead the way, an interplay that guides while also evaporating into space above you.
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February 23, 2026 at 2:26 PM
New collaboration from Lisbon's ALCATUNE and Lake Geneva: "Floatland" www.blankmood.com/p/floatland-...
Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler, about his brand new album Olympia-5 open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler
Olympia-5 is a tender collection of songs that grew out of improvised piano recordings sent to a parent during a period of illness.
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February 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Q+A with Adrian Leung, a.k.a Drexler, about his brand new album Olympia-5 open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Great collection of ambient here, largely from artists in Italy: TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation
TIDES is a “collective journey through ever-shifting soundscapes, where synthesizers, expansive textures and sparse rhythms intertwine in an emotional flow suspended between intimacy and abstraction”.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Great collection of ambient here, largely from artists in Italy: TIDES Inglorious Ocean compilation open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Toronto’s Tijuana Taxi open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Tijuana Taxi
Heavy shoegaze and psych sounds from Toronto
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February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Q+A with Toronto’s Tijuana Taxi open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
coming up at Grauzone Festival in Den Haag!
Incredibly excited to welcome legendary artist Budgie to Grauzone, the groundbreaking drummer/percussionist of Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits & The Creatures. More info: grauzonefestival.nl/budgie
January 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM
coming up at Grauzone Festival in Den Haag!
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Already a best for 2026
Already a best for 2026
Sunlight Echoes by Whitelands
a sophisticated daydream rejecting soft focus in favour of lucidity
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January 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Already a best for 2026
Already a best for 2026
this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
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episode 29 of blank mood
Listen now to episode 29 with music by:
Tijuana Taxi, Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Chainlacing, Emily A. Sprague, Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson, Drexler, and Nadia Struiwigh
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January 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM
this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998.
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific
We dip back into the late 90s and hear from Southpacific in this Q+A.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998.
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Finally made my way through Star Sailors vol.4 - some good stuff, an expansive indie comp. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Star Sailors shoegaze and dreampop compilation
Star Sailors: A Shoegaze & Dreampop Compilation is a collection of twenty-three indie tunes, delivering all the glimmers, tight squalls of noise, and moody haze you’d expect from a shoegaze comp.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Finally made my way through Star Sailors vol.4 - some good stuff, an expansive indie comp. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Get to know Canadian shoegazers Bloom Effect www.blankmood.com/p/get-to-kno...
Get to know Bloom Effect
Formed in 2023 from the ashes of a previous project, Bloom Effect is a Canadian shoegaze / dream-pop trio based in Vancouver, BC. Catch them live in Amsterdam in January 2026 at the Automatic Noise Fe...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Get to know Canadian shoegazers Bloom Effect www.blankmood.com/p/get-to-kno...
Favourites and thank yous... 2025 in review for blank mood open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Year in review: blank mood 2025
38 features, 30 songs, four episodes, and 1 AI interview... blank mood favourites of 2025 and thanks to some special people, named and un-named.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Favourites and thank yous... 2025 in review for blank mood open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Too bad Mixcloud doesn't get mentioned as an option as there are so many great shows to be found there, produced by independent creators and curators. @npr.org
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Ditching music algorithms? Here are 12 streaming alternatives to explore
If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Too bad Mixcloud doesn't get mentioned as an option as there are so many great shows to be found there, produced by independent creators and curators. @npr.org
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👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀