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If their Facebook feed (the source of the above picture) is to be believed, Glaswegian fuzz merchants The Cherry Wave will be releasing their highly anticipated debut album this spring.  In 2013 the band released the 4-track Blush EP as well as a track on Under the Wildflowers volume 1, a compilation put out by their own DIY label, Lamppost Records.  They also were among the bands featured in the first issue of Muso Planet.  With only five songs released to date word of a full-length record is welcome news to those of us who have been longing for more of The Cherry Wave’s brash, relentless, and highly addictive brand of noise.

Another brilliant band from Chile, Fotogramas is the lo-fi indie duo of Valparaiso-based musicians Daniel Ciboulette and Cristian Pereira.  Fotogramas is getting ready to release its album Otoñal on the 15th of March.  In January they released the first single from the album, a textural dreampop track called “Algo”.  They also have a track featured on Jairo Manzur’s Latino America Shoegaze Mixtape (which is a must listen!).

Denmark new-wave trio The Foreign Resort, whose latest single “Alone” wowed us, has just released its newest full-length album New Frontiers via Chicago’s BLVD Records.  The new record is a showcase of The Foreign Resort’s thick new wave sound, featuring simply catchy upbeat tracks and some entrancing, textural downtempo tunes.  The 9-track album, recorded at Copenhagen’s Black Tornado Studios, is now available at the band’s Bandcamp page and also on iTunes.

Aerofall have announced the release of their self-titled album via suddenly stacked Japanese shoegaze (and the like) label Hands and Moment (Sea Dweller, Asalto al Parque Zoologico).  They previously released a video for the track “Alien Dance”, a beautifully haunting song from the upcoming album.

“Collider” is the upcoming release from Brisbane, Australia’s dreamy shoegaze foursome Roku Music.  Two tracks – “Collider” and “Reflector” –  have been made available for download on the Sonic Masala Records’ Bandcamp page.  You can also pre-order the album which will be released on March 3rd.

Last week Czech shoegazers Manon meurt released a self-titled, 6-track EP.  It’s really a stunningly beautiful release and yet another addition to the number of quality of releases thus far in 2014.  The release is available for about 500 yen/100 CZK/5 bucks American on their Bandcamp page.  Your ears will thank you.

Beijing noise-rockers Carsick Cars will be releasing their third album, appropriately titled 3 on February 28th. Carsick Cars has been making waves for years in the Beijing music scene and 3, which was produced by Hamish Kilgour (The Clean) and Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3), will be the start of an eventful 2014 for the band.  The release via Maybe Mars will be followed by a North American tour in March and April.

Brooklyn’s Dead Leaf Echo look to follow up their success from last year’s monster album Thoughts & Language with their first release of 2014, true.deep.sleeper.  The 4-track EP will be released on February 25, and is available for pre-order on Bandcamp.  The title track is available to stream if you’d like to have a listen.

Tijuana, Mexico’s Celofan has just released its debut album “Ideas a Medias”.  I’ve been looking forward to this release since the band’s work was brought to my attention by Jairo from Latinamerica Shoegaze, who mentioned the then upcoming release in Muso Planet volume 3.  Nice big sound from the Mexican shoegazers.  You can get the album simply by tweeting its existence here http://www.paywithapost.de/pay?id=24b4d62b-d70f-45b2-99e9-e1c630514897.  Follow the band on Facebook here:  https://www.facebook.com/CelofanTJ