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western visual kei is absolute garbage, there you go

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Wore my new choker and I like it.
 

Post your recent Japanese shoegaze discoveries here, whether they're old or new~ ^^
 
COLLAPSE - These guys a pretty recent and dropped a new single earlier this year. They may be another shoegaze band with sugary female vocals, but they sound good!
CURSE/DROP by COLLAPSE
 
溶けない名前 (tokenai namae) - A neat little band with both female and male vocalists. This is an older song of theirs so the composition is a little rough but I love the young and sweet-sounding male vocals here, which you don't hear very often in Japanese shoegaze. It's quite unfortunate that he does more of the back vocals now, it seems.
 
雨の中の馬 (amenonakanouma) - This was a random find on soundcloud. The quality is pretty low and fuzzy, but that's shoegaze/noise and self-recorded music for you. It's a rather simple song but surprisingly pleasing at the same time. I love it.

 

I'm gonna shill a couple of bands as well. Not all of them are necessarily recent discoveries, but still recommended listening.
 
The Earth Earth
These guys have apparently been around since 2010. I've only heard their album 'Dead Matador's Funeral,' but it's a pretty fucking good one! These guys also do the male/female vocals thing. They were on the cruyff in the bedroom tribute album if my memory serves me right. The band was still active on bandcamp as late as 2015, but beyond that I have no idea what these guys have been up to or whether they're even still together at all.
 
Check them out here: https://theearthearth.bandcamp.com
 
Oeil
A shoegaze band from Tokyo, apparently already around since 2006 or so. According to their own description, their sound's just as much influenced by obvious names such as MBV as by the new wave / darkwave genres. They're a male/female duo. 
 
Check them out here: https://oeil.bandcamp.com/
 
Taffy
A shoegaze and britpop-influenced band that sings in English. Their music has been distributed in both the UK and Europe through Club AC30, and (if the internet isn't lying to me) they've been featured in some form in NME apparently?? They're a recent discovery of mine, I quite dig them. I think they've only released two full-length albums and not much else otherwise, but I could be wrong. Their album Nyctophilia came out this year.
 
Check them out here: 
 
Honeydip
Yet another relatively recent discovery of mine. They're one of the more old-school Japanese shoegaze bands, having formed in 1996. They went on to change their name to Sugarcoat in 2002, but ended up splitting up the next year. They released at least 2 or 3 full-length albums before splitting up.
 
Check them out here:
 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Sadie's vocalist Mao will co-star as a fashion shop owner in BL movie "飴とキス (Ame to Kiss)".
Mao's character is a gentle person who gives advice to the main character. Although this is Mao's first time being an actor, the director gave compliments to his acting.
 
Ame to Kiss's DVD will be released on 2015/07/25 for 3980yen.
 
https://www.facebook.com/amekissmovie
 

I need to share this band since it seems most of my friends into J-indie are uninformed of them.
jan and naomi are a post-rock/folk duo with soothing vocals and may calm you down. Totally recommended!
 
 

Here's a recent pic in which I played around with one of those cheesy, sketch filters.
 

The world of J-indie is vast and infinite, so post your new discoveries here to share with the rest of us! If it's new to you, that's all that matters. You can also feel free to share new material from bands you already know. Share youtube links, bandcamps, soundclouds - whatever you have!
 
 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Sadie's vocalist Mao will co-star as a fashion shop owner in BL movie "飴とキス (Ame to Kiss)".
Mao's character is a gentle person who gives advice to the main character. Although this is Mao's first time being an actor, the director gave compliments to his acting.
 
Ame to Kiss's DVD will be released on 2015/07/25 for 3980yen.
 
https://www.facebook.com/amekissmovie
 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

You're pretty too 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!
 

 

Everyone is so pretty >w< I'm a make-up n00b, you guys have mad make-up skills!