highspire
@highspire.bsky.social
Shoegaze / Dreampop band founded '99 in Philly. New album & 7" on Shelflife Records summer 2025.
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Best Album of 2025 was a Royal Rumble between multiple S Tier offerings (I'll post some in the comments) but my Album of the Year based on dozens of front to back listens is 'Crushed' from @highspire.bsky.social
Pure #shoegaze & incredibly catchy and hummable, a surpassingly rare combination
Pure #shoegaze & incredibly catchy and hummable, a surpassingly rare combination
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Best Album of 2025 was a Royal Rumble between multiple S Tier offerings (I'll post some in the comments) but my Album of the Year based on dozens of front to back listens is 'Crushed' from @highspire.bsky.social
Pure #shoegaze & incredibly catchy and hummable, a surpassingly rare combination
Pure #shoegaze & incredibly catchy and hummable, a surpassingly rare combination
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Merry Christmas and happy holidaze! Your boss may have forgotten your X-Mas bonus, but we haven’t!
Featuring Mo Dotti, The First Eloi, highspire, The Suncharms, Pillow Fight, and much, much, MUCH more!
Find this three mixtape episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
Featuring Mo Dotti, The First Eloi, highspire, The Suncharms, Pillow Fight, and much, much, MUCH more!
Find this three mixtape episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Merry Christmas and happy holidaze! Your boss may have forgotten your X-Mas bonus, but we haven’t!
Featuring Mo Dotti, The First Eloi, highspire, The Suncharms, Pillow Fight, and much, much, MUCH more!
Find this three mixtape episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
Featuring Mo Dotti, The First Eloi, highspire, The Suncharms, Pillow Fight, and much, much, MUCH more!
Find this three mixtape episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
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Here's our #FestiveFifty #Shoegaze & #Dreampop #playlist for 2025, as compiled by @knillz.bsky.social Zeddy and myself.
We've had so much fun this year enjoying these bands and chatting with friends on Twitch.
Starting at 50, did we include your favourite?
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We've had so much fun this year enjoying these bands and chatting with friends on Twitch.
Starting at 50, did we include your favourite?
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Festive Fifty 2025
The 50 best shoegaze/dream pop songs of 2025, as curated by DJ Knillz, DeviantSound, and Zeddyzilla
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December 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Here's our #FestiveFifty #Shoegaze & #Dreampop #playlist for 2025, as compiled by @knillz.bsky.social Zeddy and myself.
We've had so much fun this year enjoying these bands and chatting with friends on Twitch.
Starting at 50, did we include your favourite?
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We've had so much fun this year enjoying these bands and chatting with friends on Twitch.
Starting at 50, did we include your favourite?
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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#Top15Albums25
Into the top 10 of my favourite physical records I've bought .
10
Highspire
Crushed .
Discovered on that streaming company then bought .
Its a beautiful piece of wax and sound.
Into the top 10 of my favourite physical records I've bought .
10
Highspire
Crushed .
Discovered on that streaming company then bought .
Its a beautiful piece of wax and sound.
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#Top15Albums25
Into the top 10 of my favourite physical records I've bought .
10
Highspire
Crushed .
Discovered on that streaming company then bought .
Its a beautiful piece of wax and sound.
Into the top 10 of my favourite physical records I've bought .
10
Highspire
Crushed .
Discovered on that streaming company then bought .
Its a beautiful piece of wax and sound.
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#MusicSky
#5albums25
8. Highspire - Crushed
It’s not often AppleMusic’s algorithms are spot on, but with this it absolutely nailed it!!
I’d never heard of Highspire until they popped up on a recommended playlist and from first stream I was blown away, what an album! Probably my find of the year 🧡
#5albums25
8. Highspire - Crushed
It’s not often AppleMusic’s algorithms are spot on, but with this it absolutely nailed it!!
I’d never heard of Highspire until they popped up on a recommended playlist and from first stream I was blown away, what an album! Probably my find of the year 🧡
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#MusicSky
#5albums25
8. Highspire - Crushed
It’s not often AppleMusic’s algorithms are spot on, but with this it absolutely nailed it!!
I’d never heard of Highspire until they popped up on a recommended playlist and from first stream I was blown away, what an album! Probably my find of the year 🧡
#5albums25
8. Highspire - Crushed
It’s not often AppleMusic’s algorithms are spot on, but with this it absolutely nailed it!!
I’d never heard of Highspire until they popped up on a recommended playlist and from first stream I was blown away, what an album! Probably my find of the year 🧡
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let's talk about my favorite albums of the year, starting with 'Crushed' by @highspire.bsky.social, definitely the album I have listened to most
#shoegaze is almost never 'catchy' or 'listenable' but this entire LP is both, this band came back from 10 years off and dropped their best record ever
#shoegaze is almost never 'catchy' or 'listenable' but this entire LP is both, this band came back from 10 years off and dropped their best record ever
Crushed, by highspire
10 track album
highspire.bandcamp.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
let's talk about my favorite albums of the year, starting with 'Crushed' by @highspire.bsky.social, definitely the album I have listened to most
#shoegaze is almost never 'catchy' or 'listenable' but this entire LP is both, this band came back from 10 years off and dropped their best record ever
#shoegaze is almost never 'catchy' or 'listenable' but this entire LP is both, this band came back from 10 years off and dropped their best record ever
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My @bigtakeover.com review of the long awaited record from PA shoegazers, @highspire.bsky.social:
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My @bigtakeover.com review of the long awaited record from PA shoegazers, @highspire.bsky.social:
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Genuinely one of the most gorgeous records I've ever seen (also it's amazing, listen to Crushed by Highspire)
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Genuinely one of the most gorgeous records I've ever seen (also it's amazing, listen to Crushed by Highspire)
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Shelflife has had a busy 2025 and next year is already shaping up to be even bigger! We hope you enjoyed these wonderful releases as much as we have.
If you're still looking to pick anything up, use coupon code: "thankyou2025" to save 20% off for Bandcamp Friday today!
If you're still looking to pick anything up, use coupon code: "thankyou2025" to save 20% off for Bandcamp Friday today!
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Shelflife has had a busy 2025 and next year is already shaping up to be even bigger! We hope you enjoyed these wonderful releases as much as we have.
If you're still looking to pick anything up, use coupon code: "thankyou2025" to save 20% off for Bandcamp Friday today!
If you're still looking to pick anything up, use coupon code: "thankyou2025" to save 20% off for Bandcamp Friday today!
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Drop nineteen of the latest episode of the Afterglow Echoplex #shoegaze & shoegaze-adjacent podcast features 16 post-Thanksgazing rave downs from the likes of Pink Breath Of Heaven, highspire, The Crushing Violets, Ashby, headsoused, & more!
Find this episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
Find this episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Drop nineteen of the latest episode of the Afterglow Echoplex #shoegaze & shoegaze-adjacent podcast features 16 post-Thanksgazing rave downs from the likes of Pink Breath Of Heaven, highspire, The Crushing Violets, Ashby, headsoused, & more!
Find this episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
Find this episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
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December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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This week’s show: Brand new Guided By Voices, Deep Sea Diver, Flying Vipers, Alison’s Halo, Highspire, Chip Kinman, Trolley, and Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts, plus The Beatles, John Zacherle, Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Rolling Bones, Archie King, Duponts, Bert Convy, & The Mothers of Invention!
The Big Takeover Show – Number 562 – October 27, 2025; Happy Halloween Edition!
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October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This week’s show: Brand new Guided By Voices, Deep Sea Diver, Flying Vipers, Alison’s Halo, Highspire, Chip Kinman, Trolley, and Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts, plus The Beatles, John Zacherle, Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Rolling Bones, Archie King, Duponts, Bert Convy, & The Mothers of Invention!
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here's another album with too many good songs, but today I'm feeling this one as my #1
(also you can follow @highspire.bsky.social right here on bsky)
(also you can follow @highspire.bsky.social right here on bsky)
Only Malice Haunts You, by highspire
from the album Crushed
highspire.bandcamp.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
here's another album with too many good songs, but today I'm feeling this one as my #1
(also you can follow @highspire.bsky.social right here on bsky)
(also you can follow @highspire.bsky.social right here on bsky)
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#last4albums #MusicSky
2025 shoegaze(y) edition 🔥
• Cigarettes for Breakfast
• Hotline TNT
• Highspire
• bdrmm
2025 shoegaze(y) edition 🔥
• Cigarettes for Breakfast
• Hotline TNT
• Highspire
• bdrmm
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#last4albums #MusicSky
2025 shoegaze(y) edition 🔥
• Cigarettes for Breakfast
• Hotline TNT
• Highspire
• bdrmm
2025 shoegaze(y) edition 🔥
• Cigarettes for Breakfast
• Hotline TNT
• Highspire
• bdrmm
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October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Highspire quickly became a staple in the scene, building an international following through early internet music sites, file-sharing, and key features on compilations from outlets like Losing Today Magazine, Tonevendor, and even the debut release from Club AC30.
The Return of Highspire: Legacy, Lineup, and Crushed
bigtakeover.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Highspire quickly became a staple in the scene, building an international following through early internet music sites, file-sharing, and key features on compilations from outlets like Losing Today Magazine, Tonevendor, and even the debut release from Club AC30.
Lengthy Big Takeover interview on our history, funny shite, advice, etc.
bigtakeover.com/interviews/t...
#highspire #shoegaze #phillyshoegaze #shoegazer #dreampop #tearsrunrings #fleetingjoys #shoegazing #indierock #bigtakeover #lancasterpa
bigtakeover.com/interviews/t...
#highspire #shoegaze #phillyshoegaze #shoegazer #dreampop #tearsrunrings #fleetingjoys #shoegazing #indierock #bigtakeover #lancasterpa
The Return of Highspire: Legacy, Lineup, and Crushed
bigtakeover.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Lengthy Big Takeover interview on our history, funny shite, advice, etc.
bigtakeover.com/interviews/t...
#highspire #shoegaze #phillyshoegaze #shoegazer #dreampop #tearsrunrings #fleetingjoys #shoegazing #indierock #bigtakeover #lancasterpa
bigtakeover.com/interviews/t...
#highspire #shoegaze #phillyshoegaze #shoegazer #dreampop #tearsrunrings #fleetingjoys #shoegazing #indierock #bigtakeover #lancasterpa
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#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
My favourite shoegaze release of the year is one banger after another. I’ve seen it described as an ‘emotional sonic tidal wave’ which says it better than I can.
Check out: Only Malice Haunts You
song.link/gb/i/1814693...
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
My favourite shoegaze release of the year is one banger after another. I’ve seen it described as an ‘emotional sonic tidal wave’ which says it better than I can.
Check out: Only Malice Haunts You
song.link/gb/i/1814693...
September 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
My favourite shoegaze release of the year is one banger after another. I’ve seen it described as an ‘emotional sonic tidal wave’ which says it better than I can.
Check out: Only Malice Haunts You
song.link/gb/i/1814693...
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
My favourite shoegaze release of the year is one banger after another. I’ve seen it described as an ‘emotional sonic tidal wave’ which says it better than I can.
Check out: Only Malice Haunts You
song.link/gb/i/1814693...
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Was surprised to crack this one open and see John Loring was heavily involved with it. Fleeting Joys (John & Rorika) are another one of our local musical treasures, and it always nice to see his either of their names pop up on something new.
September 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Was surprised to crack this one open and see John Loring was heavily involved with it. Fleeting Joys (John & Rorika) are another one of our local musical treasures, and it always nice to see his either of their names pop up on something new.
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#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
There have a been a slew of quality shoegaze releases this year: Blankenberge, Glare, Hotline TNT & Maria Somerville to name 4. This is the equal of any of them. The production is stunning & the hooks are fantastic.
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
There have a been a slew of quality shoegaze releases this year: Blankenberge, Glare, Hotline TNT & Maria Somerville to name 4. This is the equal of any of them. The production is stunning & the hooks are fantastic.
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#NowPlaying #NP
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
There have a been a slew of quality shoegaze releases this year: Blankenberge, Glare, Hotline TNT & Maria Somerville to name 4. This is the equal of any of them. The production is stunning & the hooks are fantastic.
💿 Crushed
🎤 Highspire
There have a been a slew of quality shoegaze releases this year: Blankenberge, Glare, Hotline TNT & Maria Somerville to name 4. This is the equal of any of them. The production is stunning & the hooks are fantastic.
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Pour yourself a nice drink, have a seat, and enjoy my conversation with EJ and Alex from Highspire. They have plenty of cool things to share with y'all.
#shoegaze #dreampop #dreamrock #pennsylvania @highspire.bsky.social
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#shoegaze #dreampop #dreamrock #pennsylvania @highspire.bsky.social
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September 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pour yourself a nice drink, have a seat, and enjoy my conversation with EJ and Alex from Highspire. They have plenty of cool things to share with y'all.
#shoegaze #dreampop #dreamrock #pennsylvania @highspire.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
#shoegaze #dreampop #dreamrock #pennsylvania @highspire.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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After barely getting near my turntable while the kids had been on school holiday, I’ve finally found a couple of hours to catch up on a pile of newish vinyl arrivals. First up, yet another top recommendation from @kev-moose.bsky.social, is Crushed by Highspire. In the running for my AOTY 🙌🏼 #MusicSky
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After barely getting near my turntable while the kids had been on school holiday, I’ve finally found a couple of hours to catch up on a pile of newish vinyl arrivals. First up, yet another top recommendation from @kev-moose.bsky.social, is Crushed by Highspire. In the running for my AOTY 🙌🏼 #MusicSky
Friday, we'll have very limited signed by all involved on Crushed, vinyl & CDs for sale on our & @shelfliferecords.bandcamp.com bandcamps.
Alex, EJ, Laura #tearsrunrings John #fleetingjoys Kory & Guyton.
#shoegaze #dreampop #shoegazing #shoegazer #indiemusic #indierock #highspire #bandcamp
Alex, EJ, Laura #tearsrunrings John #fleetingjoys Kory & Guyton.
#shoegaze #dreampop #shoegazing #shoegazer #indiemusic #indierock #highspire #bandcamp
September 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Friday, we'll have very limited signed by all involved on Crushed, vinyl & CDs for sale on our & @shelfliferecords.bandcamp.com bandcamps.
Alex, EJ, Laura #tearsrunrings John #fleetingjoys Kory & Guyton.
#shoegaze #dreampop #shoegazing #shoegazer #indiemusic #indierock #highspire #bandcamp
Alex, EJ, Laura #tearsrunrings John #fleetingjoys Kory & Guyton.
#shoegaze #dreampop #shoegazing #shoegazer #indiemusic #indierock #highspire #bandcamp