Artists like Whirr
Kindred artists that sit next to Whirr on the star chart — same era, adjacent sound, or overlapping influence. Tap any card to open its full page.
GlareartistGlare is an American grungegaze band from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Formed in 2014, under the name Dispirit, their original influences were Superheaven, Title Fight and Basement. Following their 2017 name change, their influences shifted to Nothing and Whirr.
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NothingartistPhilly post-hardcore expats who traded blast beats for wall-of-fuzz.
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Narrow HeadartistTexas quartet — Deftones-heavy shoegaze with grunge marrow.
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JulieartistLA trio bridging 90s slowcore heaviness and shoegaze prettiness.
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FleshwaterartistVein.fm side-project pulling nu-metal into shoegaze light.
CloakroomartistCloakroom is an American rock band from Chesterton, Indiana. Formed in 2012, by members of various emo revival bands, they released their debut EP Infinity through Run for Cover Records in 2013. The label soon released the band's debut album Further Out (2015), which helped to broaden the emo revival's sonic landscape, by incorporating elements of shoegaze, grunge and slowcore. Their following two albums Time Well (2017) and Dissolution Wave (2022), were released through Relapse Records, and saw the band shift their sound closer to metal. Their fourth album Last Leg of the Human Table (2025) was released by Closed Casket Activities.
WispartistNatalie R. Lu, known professionally as Wisp, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began releasing music in April 2023, and released her debut single, "Your Face". The track went viral on TikTok and charted on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs Chart. Wisp's debut extended play (EP), Pandora, was released in April 2024, and she later embarked on a headlining tour of the United States and supported British indie rock band Panchiko on several dates. Her debut studio album, If Not Winter, was released in August 2025. On Wisp's musical style, critics often described it as shoegaze, while others classified it as nu gaze.
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Her New KnifeartistHer New Knife is an American shoegaze band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2020. They were formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Edgar Atencio, drummer Elijah Ford, guitarist Ben Kachler and bassist Carolina Schooley. Their music has been variously described as shoegaze, noise rock, indie rock.
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SlowdiveartistReading dream-shoegaze quartet that made rain sound cinematic.