Productive and promising American shoegaze band The Loud Bangs presented their new EP 'Why Things Fray' on May 16. This mini-album consists of 5 tracks that introduce a kind of width, all-absorbing system of dream pop.

The well-known veteran of the noise rock and shoegaze scene Spencer Moody is back in the spotlight and now with a new project M.Krebs which also includes Brian Yeager and Jeff Alvarez. On February 9, the band M.Krebs released their debut album called 'Peggy Lee'.

On March 3, the debut single of the New York band Side Bangs was released. The song is called 'Wedding Season' and it was inspired by the appropriate romantic mood created by a couple in love walking through a foggy city.

The band Elohyek is preparing to release their debut album on March 3rd. Their latest single 'What's the Use?' announces the release of a full-length album and gives us another chance to look behind the scenes of this original musical project.

The Italian band Merrymount! is back with a new single 'The State I'm In' that was released on December 9. This song gathered the rock group to creative work, and the result was not long in coming.

Canadian band 5th PROJEKT released their new single 'Vagabond' on November 15. This musical composition was inspired by the band members' journey to the Camino Santiago de Compostela, the westernmost point in Spain, where the Atlantic Ocean carries its thousand-year-old waves to the shores of old Europe.

The American band Waves Crashing based in Olympia, Washington, where they write and record their own music inspired by the alternative scene of the 80s and 90s. Their latest release is mini-album 'high/low' which includes three tracks with elements of dream pop and shoegaze music.

On June 1, a new single from the Australian music project Fleeting Persuasion was released. The composition is called 'Night Arrives' and it has become a real decoration in Fleeting Persuasion's music catalog.

Welcome Strawberry debuted with the single 'No One Online'. The song was released on June 10 via San Francisco label Cherub Dream Records. Welcome Strawberry is an interesting music project created by Cyrus VandenBerghe.

Los Angeles band Collective Fear recently shared their new work consisting of five tracks. The release of the EP 'Foster' took place with the help of Candlepin Records and it portends the appearance of the album on physical media.