Westkust (2015, from the album Last Forever). Westkust is a shoegaze/noisy dream pop/dreamy noise pop quintet from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band formed in 2010, and went through a bunch of lineup changes in the first year before finally settling on a permanent lineup. Two members of Westkust (bassist Hugo Randuluv and guitar player/co-vocalist Gustav Andersson) are also in the Gothenburg post-punk/noise band Makthaverskan.
They released an EP in 2012, and a 7″ record in 2013. This April, they released their debut full-length Last Forever via Run For Cover Records. The initial pressing of vinyl sold out quickly, and they followed that with another Swedish pressing and a US pressing.
There’s something here that reminds me of the poppy, bouncy variety of shoegaze played by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Even from the drop, before Andersson’s vocals come in, it sounds like a TPOBPAH song.
This is one of many songs from the album where Andersson splits vocal duties with Julia Bjernelind. In this case, they go back-and-forth a lot without so much focus on harmonies.
The Fat Angel Sings 