Foliage – Take
Coming off of 2018’s III and a successful split single with Andrew Younker, Foliage aka Manuel Joseph Walker appeared to be ready to take the …
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Tennis System – Lovesick
It’s been a quiet five years since we’ve last heard new music from Tennis System with the exception of a couple of singles. Five years …
An Interview with Teen Body
On a humid summer night I stood in a dark alley in northeast Washington DC outside a 19th century carriage house turned DIY music venue. …
Foliage – In Reference To
Foliage have shared a new single titled “In Reference To” this week. It’s the second single following “Pattern” from their upcoming 4th album. Building on …
Swimming Tapes – Morningside
London quintet Swimming Tapes has been quite a prolific group delivering no less than nine singles and two EPS since they first surfaced in 2016. …
Teen Body – Dreamo
Brooklyn four piece Teen Body return after three years with the release of their sophomore album Dreamo. The title is a reference to a friend’s …
Living Hour – Softer Faces
Winnipeg’s Living Hour return with their first collection of new material in three years and as you might expect their sound has evolved in the …
Fanclub – All the Same
Last year we were introduced to Texas trio Fanclub who landed on the dreampop scene with three singles of catchy electronic tinged dreampop. Some bands …
Tallies – ST album & Interview
We introduced Tallies earlier last year with their single “Trouble” here on FAR. Our “correspondent” Dane Di Pierro recently went to see them and probed …
Elsa – ST
In the summer of 2012 Toronto’s Jonathan Rogers began recording his solo music under then moniker Elsa, named after his brother’s pet cat. Over the …
Foliage & Andrew Younker – Split EP
Andrew Younker and Manuel Joseph Walker (AKA Foliage) have charted a similar course in the world of bedroom produced indie pop so perhaps it was …
Fanclub – Stranger
Austin based trio Fanclub have released their third in a series of brilliant singles titled “Stranger”. Building on a simple synth motif and guitars urged …
Softer Still – Nuances
Surrey’s purveyors of gentle blissed out indie pop, Softer Still have been teasing us with singles and EPs the last couple of years, but this …
The Daysleepers – Creation
In 2005 I was twenty years old and just starting my love affair with shoegaze and dream pop. While swapping CDs and mp3s with my …
Barrie – Singles EP
Barrie are new kids on the scene (not new to FAR), but already carving out a name for themselves with their laid back and dreamy …
The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
What do you get when you take some university jazz students and a former folk singer and put them in a band together? If you …
Sobs – Telltale Signs
The on the far side of the world lies a small record label in Singapore called Middle Class Cigars. With only four artists on their …
Summer Singles: Part 1
Summer is halfway over already and maybe you’ve been busy enjoying the pool and barbecues too much to notice all of the brilliant singles released …
Young Scum S/T & Interview
Last year while trying book my band a show in Richmond I was furiously searching the Internet for some exciting bands to share the stage …
Snail Mail – Lush
Bedroom diary confessionals in indie music can be a risky path for a songwriter to venture down. The wrong delivery can easily put listeners off …
The Catherines S/T
Before you’ve even heard a note of The Catherines music you can almost imagine what you’re in for. The monotone covers displaying a young Catherine …
Foliage – III
From the slums of a broken city, Manuel Joseph Walker finds solace in a quiet bedroom crafting the lush world of Foliage that seems a …
Stephen’s Shore – September Love
September Love by Stephen’s Shore Summer might be a few months away, but Stephen’s Shore is here to fill that void for you with breezy …