The Weekend Fuzz: déjà entendu
*taps mic* is this thing on?
Hello New LoFites! Welcome back to the Weekend Fuzz, your (decennial) musical micro-dose of all things hazy, indie, dreamy, and fuzzy.
We start aptly with GOON‘s “Begin Here” from their 2025 release Dream 3, a forward-backwards ecogoth reverie dripping with flowering fields of reverb. Shifting to Swedish pop immortals Club 8 and ‘Honestly’, fresh off the release of a plethora of jangly and breezy singles decades into their illustrious career (their 2001 self-titled album is an under-the-radar twee masterpiece FYI).
GOON – Begin Here
Club 8 – Honestly
Buzz band wishy are back with a new single, ‘Lovesick’, a garage-pop anthem trading on growing pains, love and regret, and the familiar trappings of ’90s milieu. (I tried to catch their show in Brooklyn last summer opening for hype indie darlings Momma only to find out tickets were $100. Yikes! Is that like $2000 in 1998 money?)
Across the pond, celestial dreampoppers and fellow lower-case enthusatiasts deary have been creating some of the genre’s purest sounds, with creative assists and cosigns from the titans themselves: Slowdive and the Cocteau Twins. Their 2026 album Birding is a gorgeous tapestry worth a designated listen. Music-to-get-lost-at-sea-to.
wishy – Lovesick
deary – alma
Deconstructed poppy hooks with dancefloor-ready melodies, Wales’ Anelog has been casually releasing little tidbits of synth joy for nearly a decade. Their 2024 single ‘Lay Buy’ is an intoxicatingly breezy summer soirée. Keeping with UK analog avant-pop, Ms Ray‘s 2026 EP Melt is a simultaneously lush and minimal, bittersweet and galvanizing. “Signs” is a delight, anchored by a discordant marimba, Ray’s playful harmonies, and rich colourful synth flourishes. Fleshing out our UK trip is Officer John‘s 2025 single “You”. Dublin’s Niall Rogers has been quite mum on the project since it’s inception with only a few disparate singles, but with all the ascendant buzz Officer John seems poised for a bigger splash across the pond soon.
Anelog – Lay Buy
Ms Ray – Signs
Officer John – You
Future-forward Nation of Language has four full length albums chocked full of kaleidoscopic cathartic ecstasy. The Brooklynites have found a way to tap into that arena-ready feeling of collective effervescence, the sense of scope and grandiose that gives you goosebumps when listening. “Across That Fine Line” from 2021’s A Way Forward is that perfect moment, but their entire discography is worth a listen (keep an eye on their upcoming North America tour this July)
Nation of Language – Across That Fine Line
Arizona slowcore sad-lads Gawshock return with their sophomore effort Leaves to the Sun. Opening track “Brighter Hue” is a self-referential shift in tone, possibly taking notes from contemporaries Acetone with a jangly and upbeat turn on being crushingly depressed in the midwest. Fun fact: aside from being the singular creative force behind the band, David Broome is also an Aerospace Engineer for NASA?
And we round out the list with slacker rock synecdoche new york and their final track ‘when you call’ from 2024’s self-titled EP. It’s crunchy, gritty and synthy lofi with some subtle nods to aforementioned wishy guitarist Kevin Krauter’s solo work. (Trust me, the sound is there.)
Gawshock – Brighter Hue
synechdoche new york – when you call
We’ll see you again in ten years! (Just kidding, maybe?)
