dream pop

WENDY BEVAN UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “INNOCENCE” FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ALONE WITH THE UNKNOWN, produced by Nick Rhodes. Wendy Bevan today has announced her new album , Alone With The Unknown, due out September 18th, 2026. The forthcoming LP is an intimate, hypnotic exploration of love, desire, and vulnerability. The announcement is accompanied by the release of lead single “Innocence”, which […]

John Beckmann, the songwriter, producer, and restless architect behind The Mortal Prophets, announces Utopia PKWY, a new project that marks a decisive turn toward brighter weather. The debut album, Debut, due for release November 6th, reframes Beckmann’s long-standing fascination with haunted atmospheres, poetic instability, and cinematic sound design through a more melodic, optimistic, and sunstruck lens. Named in reference to Utopia Parkway, […]

Jeris Johnson and Sueco discuss Fued and new collaboration “Are You Entertained” on The Popdust Podcast.

Los Angeles-based post-rock/shoegaze band Young Lovers have long been one of the best-kept secrets of the city’s DIY scene. Comprised of guitarist Mikey Macapagal, drummer Eddie Ramos, bassist Josh Solomon, and vocalist Jonny Higa, the group—whose members come from Filipino, Japanese, and Mexican-American backgrounds—first connected attending and organizing backyard DIY shows in the San Fernando Valley, and quickly earned a reputation as one of the city’s […]

ZOON, the Anishinaabe-Canadian musician, makes music that feels like storytelling. Today, ZOON returns with their highly anticipated third full-length album, HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL, out now via Paper Bag Records alongside the release of focus track, “You Can’t See Me (This Low).” Across the record, ZOON refracts heartbreak, relapse, racial trauma, and spiritual recalibration through a cosmic blend of moccasin-gaze and dream-pop […]

Austin-based band Strange Lot today have announced their debut self-titled LP, due out August 14th via Greenway Records. The announcement is accompanied by the release of the video for their ethereal, fuzzy single “Nobody Seems To Do The Math.”  The band is currently on a U.S. tour supporting Melody’s Echo Chamber, with dates including NYC‘s Webster Hall (5/15), LA’s The […]

At the start of the summer, Canadian dream-pop duo sundayclub released their debut single, “Bannatyne,” via Paper Bag Records — a love letter to the city that shaped their sound. Today, the pair announce their debut EP, Bannatyne, out October 31st, alongside their timely second single, “Halloween Mask.” Formed in the stillness of rural Manitoba, Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St.Pierre started sundayclub as a way of processing […]

Spaceface — the groovy neo-psychedelic dream pop outfit fronted by Jake Ingalls (ex-The Flaming Lips) and Eric Martin — returns with their highly anticipated third LP, Lunar Manor, out August 22, 2025, via Mothland. The announcement follows the blissful groove of single “Be Here Forever,” and the satirical, anti-capitalist anthem, “Everything is Money.”  Today, the band shares the record’s focus track, “Beach Within Reach” — a dreamy, […]

The Cocteau Twins’ 1990 masterpiece is still the blueprint for dream pop.

Nuanced soundscapes infused with lush textures.