Artists like Softcult

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.

Philly post-hardcore expats who traded blast beats for wall-of-fuzz.

Tasmin Nicole Stephens, also known as TTSSFU, is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Manchester. She played guitar in the post punk band Duvet and has since gained prominence as a solo artist in the shoegaze and dream pop genres. Stephens is signed with Partisan Records.

NewDad are an Irish indie rock band from Galway, formed in 2018. The band consists of Julie Dawson, Fiachra Parslow (drums) and Sean O'Dowd (guitar). During live performances, the band are currently joined by bass guitarist Marie Freiss.

Texas quartet — Deftones-heavy shoegaze with grunge marrow.

Vein.fm side-project pulling nu-metal into shoegaze light.