La Casa Al Mare - "Otherwise"
It seems like the majority of shoegaze released lately has been of the more dream pop variety. It's been more mellow and dreamlike. Italy's La Casa Al Mare are here to change that. Their latest single, "Otherwise," is much faster than most shoegaze out there. It's not necessarily aggressive, just faster and noisier. It's also oddly catchy and upbeat for the genre, kind of like a merging of pop punk and shoegaze while staying firmly in the latter. "Otherwise" has that swirling guitar noise you need, but it has just a slight edge to it. And once the vocals drop out about halfway through and it just becomes a cylinder of noise spinning around you, that's when this song truly takes off.
You can watch the video for "Otherwise" below. The song is available as a single over at Bandcamp. For more on La Casa Al Mare, check out the band on Facebook and Twitter.