Oakland, CA dream pop/ indie rock/ psych/shoegaze band Welcome Strawberry have premiered their new single “Stargel“, alongside a video.
With this new 12” single, out on September 13 via à La Carte Records, Welcome Strawberry eschews the saturated sounds of the modern shoegaze scene in favor of the more experimental sounds that canonically followed the shoegaze explosion in the 90s. Pre-order it here.
The release includes remixes from Cherub Dream Records recording artist Tricky FM, who creates an IDM-meets-ambient take on the track. Meanwhile, Kansas City’s forever create a UK garage spin on the song fusing breakbeat percussion and wall-of-sound harmonies. Finally, Kai Tak constructs a unique trip-hop spin that sounds like it could be a hidden track on that scuffed Sneaker Pimps CD stuffed in the visor of your car.
Welcome Strawberry is the brainchild of Cyrus VandenBerghe (Still Ruins, Pink Breath of Heaven). “Stargel” is the amalgamation of all things counterculture spanning from the sixties to the aughts—melding elements of psychedelia, shoegaze, trip-hop, and electronica to create a five-minute tripped-out opus.
“Inspiration was drawn from disparate sources such as the hypnotic loops of Seefeell, future pop sounds of 90s Madonna, and the psych dance groove of Jagwar Ma.” VandenBerghe explains.
Watch the Nyle Rosenbaum and “Kept Frog”-directed video below.
Photo Credit: Joshua Hong
