The Dreamscape - la-di-da recordings (Kranky)

The Dreamscape, the lovely Dreamscape. A prototype Secret Shine if you will, they released a fantastic single "Blackflower" at the start of the 1990s... unfortunately that isn't on here but we do get the rest of the Dreamscape's product including their follow-up EP to Blackflower and some songs which never saw the light of day until now including their recorded but then buried third EP.

I've always liked the Dreamscape with its sometimes laid-back and atmospheric but also non-dominating shoegaze, mostly for Rebecca Rawlings vocals which rate among my all-time favourites. The songs are simple, vocals, guitars and drum machine but so effective. The Dreamscape certainly are one of those long-lost bands who should have been so much more, but there is no justice in the universe we all know that.

But happily in this case there was Secret Shine to follow and they did the odd decent tune...