Shoegaze. Once a derisory term invented by music journalists to describe how the bands barely moved, staring at their vast array of effects pedals. Now the term is embraced positively, and thanks to platforms like TikTok, is more popular than ever before with a new younger audience. Shoegaze is a wide umbrella term that can mean quite a spectrum of sounds, from the lighter, ethereal-sounding ‘Dream Pop’, to what’s been called ‘Heavy Shoegaze’ or even ‘Blackgaze’ (where the lines...
