Other Side Shoegaze & Dream Pop Weekender #6

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𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 & 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 #𝟔

𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 & 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬!

\*\*𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓\*\*

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝐭𝐡 & 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐲 & 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞!

\*𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆\*:

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔:

𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀: 𝟕.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 / 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝗮𝗺 (𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟭𝗽𝗺)

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐬 (𝐅𝐑)

𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 (𝐅𝐑)

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐤

𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.

𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐉'𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.

(𝐃𝐉'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬):

𝐃𝐉 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐢 (𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 / 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧) & 𝐃𝐉 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐥 (𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧)

𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘:

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐬 (𝐅𝐑):

Healees was formed in Paris by American expat Bryan Quinn and Breton transplant

Renaud Chaure in 2016. Together with swedish born Hillevi Robertsson on bass

and Hugo Renaud on drums, the 4-piece blend shoegaze, new wave, noise and

power pop into a style as mesmerizing as it is catchy.

A set of demos in 2020 led to a self-titled maxi-EP on Toulouse’s Hidden Bay Records in 2022, with a full-length LP released in october 2024 by Hidden Bay Records, Safe Suburban Home Records and Indie or Die Records. The band have shared a stage with Ride and Lorelle Meets the Obsolete amongst many other excellent bands.

Healees has been described as ‘21st-century shoegazers amazingly as great as

1988-1995’s originals” (the Big Takeover), ‘the best shoegaze band in France’

(Paris Popfest), and ‘o