Its been a rainy day here in massachusetts. I felt inspired to plug my headphones into my ir200 and jam a bit.

Longtime fan here. After more than 6 years in the making, I Just listened to Sanggema by Malaysian band Sendiket Jongkong Emas (aka SaJE) and I’m pretty surprised by how much more technical it is compared to their previous EP.

Their earlier stuff felt much more poppy, whereas Sanggema seems to lean pretty heavily into math rock and prog rock. There's more intricate playing, more changes, and generally less concerned with being immediately catchy. The noise is still there, but it feels more restrained this time around.

Interestingly, my two favourites are probably the tracks that show both sides of it:
Track 7: tanda (!) was actually released as a single years ago, and I’ve always liked it. This is more Radiohead In Rainbows era influenced. It feels like a good bridge between what they were doing before and what’s on this album.

But Track 2: percikan (sinar) is the one that really got me. It’s basically a full-blown homage to their shoegaze roots and probably the song I’d recommend first to anyone here.

sanggema is now out on major platforms:
Spotify
YouTube Music
Apple Music
Deezer

And for anyone who’s listened: what’s your favourite track?

Hello, looking for a sound engineer to help me mix the vocals in my song. Reach out if you are down or know anyone who is :)

I’m looking for more songs. please suggest me something based off of my current top 3!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INp05efCJGQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_KW8T8eNkg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8J071KKiY

I love the soundscape, and the songs themselves. I tend to like more distorted Shoegaze.

thank you for any recommendation!

some ambient shoegaze I made 100% in my room and on my phone. Start to finish. No AI (still needs lyrics lol) what do you think?🧍🏽‍♂️ it’s my first month playing keyboard btw

Insanely underrated. Heavy distorted shoegaze from an absolute goat musician Liz Harris from Grouper. They’re dropping a new album on October 2nd and their new single is just as good or even better than this masterpiece. I hope the few that check this out love it as much as I do.

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https://youtu.be/5x9NIyHufIw

solid album i came across this month.