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05/07/2025

“Isn’t it fascinating how thoughts that are more melancholic tend to linger? Things we don’t want to let go of will ultimately stay to haunt us.”

- Karen Vogt on the songs of Haunted Woodland Volume 5.

The haunted opening and closing tracks of Haunted Woodland Volume 5 by Karen Vogt and featuring Hamish Mackintosh

26/06/2025

New album from Tan Cologne, Unknown Beyond.

Off the heels of their European tour supporting Trentemøller, Tan Cologne have released Unknown Beyond, an album transmitting the duo’s trademark spiritual shimmer.

21/06/2025

Paradigms II is a new compilation of note for fans of heavy shoegaze, psych and post-punk. Released by PFR Records, an artist-run label based in New York, Paradigms II brings you nine indie gems hiding in plain sight from Tokyo, Honolulu, Portland, New York, Boston and Stockholm.

An album that explores heavy shoegaze, psych and post-punk.

19/06/2025

2 by The Interlaken Tapes (Gorden Spangardt) is a vapour-kraut soundtrack for your summertime meltdown. Clocking in at just 21-minutes, it’s over before you know it, so put this one on loop and enjoy the motorik monotony.

2 by The Interlaken Tapes is a vapour-kraut soundtrack for your summertime meltdown.

17/06/2025

Slow Salvation is the shoegaze and dream pop project of Travis Trevisan and Christina Hernandez. Continuing the soothing sway of their debut album Here We Lie, the pair’s new album Gemini is composed of dark-washed waves of dream noise.

Travis and Christina answered a few questions about the album, their other music projects and how they've built an audience. You’ll also learn how Christina gets her voice into a Slow Salvation mood and what it was like to work with Mark Gardener of Ride, who mastered Gemini.

Slow Salvation is the shoegaze and dream pop project of Travis Trevisan and Christina Hernandez. Continuing the soothing sway of their debut album, the pair’s new album Gemini is composed of dark-washed waves of dream noise.

14/06/2025

“French Exit” is a sweetly tortured goth pop single from coffin rock debutante Eloise Chamber.

Emerging from the ether earlier this year, coffin rock debutante Eloise Chamber quietly introduced us to “French Exit”, a sweetly tortured goth pop single.

04/06/2025

“painfully comforting” and “perfect for annoying people who think they have better music taste than everyone else,” Slow Country of Trondheim, Norway is taking risks that others in the Norwegian music scene refuse to take.

New noisy shoegaze from Trondheim, Norway.

Self-described as “painfully comforting” and “perfect for annoying people who think they have better music taste than everyone else,” Slow Country of Trondheim, Norway is taking risks that others in the Norwegian music scene refuse to take.

27/05/2025

Jason Kolb and Jonas Munk reflect on their collaborative process as Billow Observatory and their latest album The Glass Curtain in this blank mood Q+A.

The two also explain the album's title and artwork, and contemplate the current state of independent music media and critique.

Jason Kolb and Jonas Munk talk about their latest Billow Observatory album The Glass Curtain.

22/05/2025

A Deeper Heaven is the indie dream pop project of Marc Wheeler from Salt Lake City, Utah. I came across A Deeper Heaven about a year ago, hooked by its wistful pop but stuck on what it reminded me of [hint: The Ocean Blue].

Marc had, and still has, an affection for The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche Mode as a teenager. This is relatable to many of us, as are his experiences playing in bands and finding good music friends in life. Perhaps less common is that Marc’s relationship with music changed and deepened after losing a child to depression/suicide.

A Deeper Heaven has become a creative outlet for Marc as a DIY musician, healing father and compassionate human being. Even if you don’t think too much about lyrics, he hopes listeners will feel a connection or enjoy a temporary escape with his music.

"I think most listeners want real people and stories behind songs."

17/05/2025

Ahead of his debut solo album Swallow, Steve Queralt answered some blank mood. questions about his solo work, his collaborators and what he’d like to change about the music industry for musicians and creatives. You’ll also find mentioned in this Q+A: Sara Nash, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Cult and an album that might make his year-end listening list. First we get the story on “Swiss Air” and “Lonely Town”, both collaborations with Sonic Cathedral label mate Emma Anderson.

Ahead of his debut solo album Swallow, Steve answered some blank mood questions about his solo work, his collaborators and what he’d like to change about the music industry for musicians and creatives. You’ll also find in this Q+A: Sara Nash, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Cult and an album tha...

15/05/2025

Anika talks about "last song" from her new album Abyss.

“I want to create a space again where it's ok to not know the answer, to have conflicting opinions or moods, even within yourself - it's part of being human - you can sometimes love, hate, resent the same person or even yourself all at once or one day after the other. It's ok to not know.’

https://www.blankmood.com/p/last-song-by-anika

14/05/2025

Remixes, goth glitter and empty soup can beats...

A short list of cool remixes that I've been listening to lately, featuring: Tan Cologne, A Deeper Heaven, R.E.M., Emma Anderson, Three Quarter Skies, and The Cure.

What are your favourite remixes of 2025?

Robert Smith continues to sprinkle the goth glitter, but this time it’s in the form of decaying acetates of the forthcoming Mixes Of A Lost World. So goth.