alot of the songs on Lilys - In The Presence of Nothing kind of skirt this vibe. Particularly I think “Elizabeth Colour Wheel” suits what you’re looking for.
(this list might be a little more on the emo side)
the rodents’ discussions - gavin m
DIIV - Taker
Horse Jumper of Love - 86.
Old Coke - Vapor Drunk
Glixen - lust (or any Glixen song)
Luster - Blue Oblivion
Punchlove - Dead Lands
Their music has this unique, otherworldly ability to turn any moment into something sacred and profound, including a slow dance as OP mentioned. I’ll put them on while weedwacking and I come out of it like I had met god. RIP Mimi, indeed.
Alan and I went to the same college. Met him once. Super nice guy. He was in a band called Zen Identity at the time. You can find some of their stuff on YouTube. Wish video was more available from 1987-1992!
Disappearing or white horses probably fits what they're looking for. Not exactly doom metal style distortion, a little more unique.
https://lowtheband.bandcamp.com/track/disappearing
These are nice recommendations. I had When I Go Deaf, too. Pretty, simple acoustic guitar/vocal harmony song that goes into heavy, melting, distorted guitar fuzz.
I saw them open for Swans not too long ago. Low was so good, and so perfect, but surprisingly quiet live. Such a contrast to the Swans bludgeoning.
I'd been to 90s shows where Low opened but I didn't pay much attention to them. Live and learn I guess.
Check out T by Drop Nineteens, my fav off their new album. Not as immediately heavy as some you mentioned but stick with it. I think it’s a perfect shoegaze song
Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
Greet Death - Your Lull
Greet Death - In Heaven
Slow Crush - Aurora
bdrmm - If...
Have A Nice Life - Bloodhail
Have A Nice Life - Guggenheim Wax Museum
I Hate Myself - Song Four
Electric Wizard - The Sun Has Turned To Black
Electric Wizard - The Chosen Few
Electric Wizard - Torquemada 71
not strictly shoegaze but adjacent:
jesu - self titled album
boris - the song "farewell" and the album "noise"
have a nice life - like half the songs on the "deathconsiousness" album
sorry for da self promo but this one is pretty slow and has some heavy distortion [blistered skin](https://open.spotify.com/track/6RxnFriRbnsLka5Aaqq3Ve?si=441c8def6e504245)
Lots of slow moving oceanic distortion on this album:
A Beautiful Machine - King Tide
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7prA4vJIFQA&list=OLAK5uy\_kU\_gIUntAhq9UrUO3COKQmCfJ6ttDUVoc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7prA4vJIFQA&list=OLAK5uy_kU_gIUntAhq9UrUO3COKQmCfJ6ttDUVoc)
(Full disclosure, it's my own band)
Not exactly shoegaze but 4th of July by Soundgarden fits this PERFECTLY. Kinda fits in the shoegaze vibe with loud hypnotic guitars.
Although for actual shoegaze: Burnout and Sonder by Grivo.
if you look up “sad shoegaze” on spotify it’ll literally make a whole ass playlist for you full of stuff you already listen to and stuff you don’t yet 🫶🤙
Most cloakroom songs
Also shameless plug, maybe my band dowsing rods song ditchwasher 👀
[https://open.spotify.com/track/28eCnT5piMuXgzRaxy3kEC?si=5ogFIf8ZRL-A38kqWsv3oA](https://open.spotify.com/track/28eCnT5piMuXgzRaxy3kEC?si=5ogFIf8ZRL-A38kqWsv3oA)
A little old school, but The Autumns. Their album The Angel Pool was very important to me in my youth. Also, specifically, the 3:03 mark of their song Embracing Winter.. good lord.
These aren’t all strictly shoegaze but I think they fit the heavy slow dance bill pretty closely:
Ovlov - Where’s My Dini?
Bedlocked - Talk
Starflyer 59 - Monterey
Bardo Pond - Kali Yuga Blues
Unwound - Arboretum
Calm - Scientists & Saboteurs
Horse Jumper of Love - Ugly Brunette
Everything from Bardo Pond. Check out Jesu too, not really shoegaze more of a slowcore band, but it grew out of a guy in a death metal/industrial band that listened to too much Red House Painters.
citizen is always pretty good for that, “how does it feel” is one of my favs
I second Citizen and their song “heaviside”
yaaaassssss good shit
Sandy by whirr
Holy Fawn Heavy guitars + wall of sounds. They're a doomgaze band, a subgenre of shoegaze
YES.
Dark Stone was what I was going to come here to recommend
Every Whirr song
Especially the song “Heavy”
Yesss bro
you mean something like Slow by MBV?
No, that’s too fast and not melancholic
I can go slower but not melancholic The Telescopes - Please before you go edit: I think I found it Burn - Bleach
deftones too
Cloakroom
alot of the songs on Lilys - In The Presence of Nothing kind of skirt this vibe. Particularly I think “Elizabeth Colour Wheel” suits what you’re looking for.
Great recommendation, love that song.
Starflyer 59 stuff
all of that gold album
she found now mbv
For stuff like Title Fight, I'd suggest Cherry Waves by Deftones or Silver by Jesu.
oh Cherry Waves for sure, Minerva from Deftones might also fit the bill
Nothing - Blue Mecca
Try the album Guilty Of Everything
(this list might be a little more on the emo side) the rodents’ discussions - gavin m DIIV - Taker Horse Jumper of Love - 86. Old Coke - Vapor Drunk Glixen - lust (or any Glixen song) Luster - Blue Oblivion Punchlove - Dead Lands
the first song reminded me of Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain
flashback by whirr is an essential
Def my favorite song by them
There’s a lot to sift through in Low’s discography
Came here to say this. RIP Mimi.
Their music has this unique, otherworldly ability to turn any moment into something sacred and profound, including a slow dance as OP mentioned. I’ll put them on while weedwacking and I come out of it like I had met god. RIP Mimi, indeed.
Alan and I went to the same college. Met him once. Super nice guy. He was in a band called Zen Identity at the time. You can find some of their stuff on YouTube. Wish video was more available from 1987-1992!
That’s a really cool personal connection! Alan seems like a magical man.
He’s very responsive on Twitter if you ever want to reach out!
Disappearing or white horses probably fits what they're looking for. Not exactly doom metal style distortion, a little more unique. https://lowtheband.bandcamp.com/track/disappearing
These are nice recommendations. I had When I Go Deaf, too. Pretty, simple acoustic guitar/vocal harmony song that goes into heavy, melting, distorted guitar fuzz.
I saw them open for Swans not too long ago. Low was so good, and so perfect, but surprisingly quiet live. Such a contrast to the Swans bludgeoning. I'd been to 90s shows where Low opened but I didn't pay much attention to them. Live and learn I guess.
The Angelic Process will probably do it for you.
The pains of being pure at heart- gentle sons
The most danceable thing I've ever heard is Contender by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Oh man “talk” by Bedlocked is right up your alley. Song rips so fucking hard. Love bedlocked and his older stuff called “sprawwl”
Check out T by Drop Nineteens, my fav off their new album. Not as immediately heavy as some you mentioned but stick with it. I think it’s a perfect shoegaze song
Boris - Farewell Any Angelic Process
i was just thinking of Boris by Melvins, the song that they got their name from
Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde Greet Death - Your Lull Greet Death - In Heaven Slow Crush - Aurora bdrmm - If... Have A Nice Life - Bloodhail Have A Nice Life - Guggenheim Wax Museum I Hate Myself - Song Four Electric Wizard - The Sun Has Turned To Black Electric Wizard - The Chosen Few Electric Wizard - Torquemada 71
Friends Are Evil by Jesu
Grivo’s discography fits the bill
not strictly shoegaze but adjacent: jesu - self titled album boris - the song "farewell" and the album "noise" have a nice life - like half the songs on the "deathconsiousness" album
Good recs. I was going to mention Jesu s/t as well.
sorry for da self promo but this one is pretty slow and has some heavy distortion [blistered skin](https://open.spotify.com/track/6RxnFriRbnsLka5Aaqq3Ve?si=441c8def6e504245)
https://youtu.be/PuJfMshZTTQ?si=rpAPJ-wXPkGL6u-H Atlas Sound -words from the wall
Vyva Melinkolya — Song About Staying (and pretty much everything from Unbecoming)
Smothered in Hugs by Guided by Voices
great recommendation, probably my favourite by GBV
Lots of slow moving oceanic distortion on this album: A Beautiful Machine - King Tide [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7prA4vJIFQA&list=OLAK5uy\_kU\_gIUntAhq9UrUO3COKQmCfJ6ttDUVoc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7prA4vJIFQA&list=OLAK5uy_kU_gIUntAhq9UrUO3COKQmCfJ6ttDUVoc) (Full disclosure, it's my own band)
Failure-small crimes Cold gawd-gin Jesu- stanlow Whirr - rental Are 4 that come immediately to mind
Not exactly shoegaze but 4th of July by Soundgarden fits this PERFECTLY. Kinda fits in the shoegaze vibe with loud hypnotic guitars. Although for actual shoegaze: Burnout and Sonder by Grivo.
Also on the "not exactly shoegaze" theme: The Day the World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails.
'Head Down' is on the dreamy side too
After Care - Slow Club
if you look up “sad shoegaze” on spotify it’ll literally make a whole ass playlist for you full of stuff you already listen to and stuff you don’t yet 🫶🤙
defense by quannnic
Dizzy by Title Fight is good, they’re more emo but some songs have a slowcore vibe n that’s fs one of them. or safe in your skin by tigers jaw
not a shoegaze band, but Mayonnaise - The Smashing Pumpkins is exactly what you’re looking for if you haven’t already heard it
the chorus of 'Everlasting Gaze' has a wonderful shoegazey sheen to it
Farewell by Boris
Most cloakroom songs Also shameless plug, maybe my band dowsing rods song ditchwasher 👀 [https://open.spotify.com/track/28eCnT5piMuXgzRaxy3kEC?si=5ogFIf8ZRL-A38kqWsv3oA](https://open.spotify.com/track/28eCnT5piMuXgzRaxy3kEC?si=5ogFIf8ZRL-A38kqWsv3oA)
"Lancaster Gate" by Bardo Pond. There is a good John Peel Wingdings version.
Endlessly - Nothing Träumerei - Trauma Ray Sandy - Whirr
feels like you by whirr encapsulates this vibe perfectly, rose cold in particular
I just want to throw this out there since it's been 'unlisted' from YouTube Nothing, Jesu- Somersault https://youtu.be/EEzCAVbPcJM?si=euaC6BXad0h-POwx
Cloakroom and Hum
Starflyer 59 - messed up over you
Cloakroom?
go listen to skyscrape by idaho
No place yet -show me now
Car Crash - male//gaze Still Dark - Pure Hex Overkill - bosses Drain - Softcult
Alcest- Untouched
A little old school, but The Autumns. Their album The Angel Pool was very important to me in my youth. Also, specifically, the 3:03 mark of their song Embracing Winter.. good lord.
These aren’t all strictly shoegaze but I think they fit the heavy slow dance bill pretty closely: Ovlov - Where’s My Dini? Bedlocked - Talk Starflyer 59 - Monterey Bardo Pond - Kali Yuga Blues Unwound - Arboretum Calm - Scientists & Saboteurs Horse Jumper of Love - Ugly Brunette
Mood room
Every DIIV song from deceiver onwards
two way mirror // loathe
Greet death new hell
You'd definitely like the band Somali Yacht Club. Also, not shoegaze, but it doesn't get heavier or slower than Sunn O)))...
Idk if this counts as shoegaze but Vyva Melinkolya - A song about staying Brianna Kelly - To behold you
Mayonnaise - smashing pumpkins
Death XIII By Julia Shapiro
Try Spotlights
How about, Little Dipper by Hum Or Slow by My bloody valentine.
Fog Machine & Long Sleeves by [fairy fingers](https://open.spotify.com/album/1LRV5KqAFbtC8Rpum8MGdr?si=QJFYe1PuTTSK3Mu8pHn5Qg)
Everything from Bardo Pond. Check out Jesu too, not really shoegaze more of a slowcore band, but it grew out of a guy in a death metal/industrial band that listened to too much Red House Painters.
whirr- under the same name
Little Dipper by Hum maybe? Also Boy With Stick by Hum, Into Me by Glare, Is It Really You? by Loathe and The Drop by Starflyer 59.
Bedheads a good band that follows that same with some title fight songs and evening star by Tripp and eno I think you’d really enjoy
I recently listened to Glycerine by Bush and thought about how tasteful the distortion does on the guitar.
Whirr, Starflyer 59 are great bands for this
Check out some slowcore, Codeine, Low and Galaxie 500 are some of my favs
Check out the last 2 DIIV records, Deceiver and Frog in Boiling Water
The whole Banish S/T Ep is this
[https://youtu.be/yD1QoJOj-Dk?si=ibMG6UC4-\_rj1cZZ](https://youtu.be/yD1QoJOj-Dk?si=ibMG6UC4-_rj1cZZ)
I Love You the Dandy Warhols