Artists like Croíthe

Swim School are a Scottish alternative rock band. Formed in late 2018 in Edinburgh, the band initially comprised Alice Johnson, Lewis Bunting, Matt Mitchell, and Nairn Milne; Mitchell and Milne later left the band, while Billy McMahon joined in June 2020, followed by Lee Brown who joined in January 2025. They have released three EPs Volume 1, Making Sense of It All, and Duality and the mixtape Seeing It Now and have supported Inhaler on their Cuts & Bruises tour. The band has frequently cited Wolf Alice and Slowdive as influences and their works are generally categorised as alternative rock & indie. Swim School's debut self-titled album Swim School was released in October 2025.

Man/Woman/Chainsaw is an English rock band from London, founded in 2019. The band are currently signed to Fiction Records.

Sprints are an Irish garage punk band, formed in Dublin in 2019. The band currently consists of Karla Chubb, Sam McCann, Jack Callan (drums) and Zac Stephenson (guitar).

A Place to Bury Strangers are an American rock band formed in 2002, in New York City. The trio is currently composed of Oliver Ackermann, John Fedowitz and Sandra Fedowitz (drums). Commonly known by the initials APTBS, the band plays a heavy, atmospheric Wall of Sound–influenced blend of noise rock, shoegaze and space rock.

Brooklyn revivalists welding krautrock pulse to shoegaze glow.

Kitchens of Distinction are an English rock band formed in Tooting, South London in 1986. The trio consist of lead singer and bassist Patrick Fitzgerald, guitarist Julian Swales and drummer Daniel Goodwin.

Honeyglaze are an indie rock trio from South London formed by Anouska Sokolow with Tim Curtis and Yuri Shibuichi. They released a self-titled LP in 2022 followed by the album Real Deal in 2024.

No Joy are a Canadian shoegaze band from Montreal formed in late 2009 by Jasamine White-Gluz.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an American indie pop band from New York City. The band was formed by Kip Berman, Peggy Wang, Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums) in 2007. Their current lineup includes all original members, along with longtime touring guitarist Christoph Hochheim and Brian Alvarez, who has served as the band's touring drummer in place of Feldman, who remains involved with the band offstage after the band's Spain and Portugal tour in 2025.

Ugly is a London-based six-piece British art rock band from Cambridge formed in 2016. The group has performed with and been likened to Black Country, New Road and Lime Garden. Unlike contemporaries, Ugly boasts folk music instrumentation and rich and dramatic vocal harmonies. Their music has been described as art rock, post rock and experimental, while musical influences include choral music and music of the '60s and '70s. Their sound has also been compared to Mars Volta, Everything Everything and Adult Jazz.

Oxford four-piece pairing shoegaze textures with Britpop songcraft.