I started a shoegaze band. It was glorious. 

Thanks so much for having me y’all! We make the best shoegaze partners on RU-vid

Ian: explains shoegaze Emily: “What? That’s it? Okay let’s yo-yo”

4:31 "I'm gonna shoegaze now" A definitive statement that made me audibly laugh

I was not expecting that amount of yoyo action, can't ever predict what's going to happen in Emily's videos 😂

I love the part where she says "it's shoegazin time" and then shoegazes all over everything

This should unironically be a real band

Me: Well, you kinda have to gaze at your shoes to shoegaze. Emily *leans back and does hand binoculars to look at her boots*

This worked super well, I can see my shoes so clearly now. You guys already have the most important part of shoegaze, which is friends having a massive amount of fun together and making gorgeous melodies together instead of competing with each other about who can play the mostest notes fastest.

That yo-yo section was total chaos and I’m here for it

I'm an admittedly snobby musician but I will say that Emily is the only one who can get away with starting a new band for a genre before she even knows what the genre even is

This channel is both great pedal reviews / discussion, as well as just wholesome goofiness of friends with similar interests. Great shit Em and Russ!

You gotta pronounce shoegaze like "fugazi". Only then will you become a true shoegaze artist.

I'm a shoegaze fan, and I love this video - Does It Shoegaze is my new favourite band!

I was very sceptic at first but that song you put together gave me shivers. It's like my soul gets cheese grated by a lightning struck kitten's tongue

From an old shoegaze fan to a new one, this is excellent. I'll listen to the $hit out of this if you do more.

I'm honestly surprised that you didn't know what shoegaze was, since it's kind of what you're all about: pedals and reverb! Such a natural fit for you.

Final piece definitely shoegazes.

I love shoegaze. And I love this. Many of the classic shoegaze bands liked using harp-like synth sounds in their mixes so this seems like a very natural fit.

Hey Emily Hopkins and Russ and Ian! That was well beyond shoegaze so it must be footwarestare! Ride ride ride!

Shoegazi popped into my head, and there actually is a shoegaze fugazi cover album already. Damn.

Musical styles with unconventional instruments is my favorite. It just is, can't explain it. Harp in shoegaze sounds great.

This makes me feel like I'm reminiscing on sweet childhood memories that weren't ever mine to begin with. "Those were good times. But, uh...whose were they, anyway? I never did any of that." That kind of thing.

I learn about so many different music genres here. I've never heard of HarshNoise or Shoegaze before. This channel really makes me want to try music.

I immediately guessed who your shoegaze subject matter expert would be - top choice! Not shown: Kevin Shields being jealous he never thought to bring in some harp action.

That Screen Violence pedal SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL!!!

HE'LL YE'AH ! This video is *AMAZING* Love this band. Joe=Killing it on drums, Ian=Shoegaze/Yo-Yo King(was not expecting those mad skillz) Emily&Russ=Solid 89%. Great job, phellas™. Now to listen to this at 3AM (EPIC)(NOT CLICKBAIT) Big Love from your Mod up North🫡🍁❤️‍🔥

I love that you can start off with what seems like a silly, yet exciting little adventure, but end up producing some lush, dope af music with equally talented musicians. I've always been a fan of shoegaze so I might be a little bias, but I would totally listen to, Does is Shoegaze #DoesItShoegaze

Does It Shoegaze is a really good! Definitely would fit in the Post-Rock genre quite well! We need more Does It Shoegaze!

I might have known Ian was involved! It's nice that things have gone full-circle from when I first heard of you from a Collector Emitter video.

It's official, the Harp was meant for Shoegaze, very Ethereal. I'm so glad your song is available to download.

And it has a melancholy vibe where you are chillin' just gazing at your shoes.

Ian is the best. I play his demos just to listen to. Always the most beautiful jams.

This was a lot of fun! The yoyo bit at the beginning was damn perfect, and the rest was really interesting. Fun all the way through.

Stoner doom on the harp next. We need more fuzz and more harp riffing.

Not too big into shoegaze, so I don't know if I'm breaking extremely old ground or what. But this video really showcased to me just how important drumming is to shoegaze. For me, it just ties everything together in a way that I can see the music ending up being either under or overwhelming pretty easily without it

Everything about this is gold. Comedy and music, You never fail to brighten my day. ☮️ 🪀

Shoegazing is not exactly only reverb, fuzz, chorus, distorted amp…. Showgaze is simply enough “staring at your pedals/shoes” when you perform. I used to shoegaze in my teenage years when performing (I’m 44). The name was hijacked in my opinion. I mean in the 90s, mazzy star used to be called a shoegaze band.

Beautiful! I'm reminded of Hainbach's technique of distorting the signal as it enters the reverb.

That is pretty nostalgic. It reminds me of my youth, when the band I was in would play gigs in rooms way too large for the meager amplification we owned.

Gonna have to change my headphone fluid after all that shoegazing...

I’ve loved watching this channel get less and less serious over time-moving along a spectrum from “seriously creative” to “hilariously creative.”

What a fun video! The chaotic energy is fantastic!

would listen to an entire album of this

Awesome musicality aside, you folks seem like fun people to spend time with. Thanks for showing that so well. It's the obvious fun you have while producing these vids that adds the extra little something.

Thanks for explaining shoegaze. And for the yo-yo demonstration. 60 years ago, I had quite the collection of duncan imperial yo-yos and spin tops. They were all the rage of us 2nd grade boys and responsible for not a few lumps on the head while practicing the 'around the world' move. The 'cradle' was SO much safer. When spring came around, we turned to marbles and every boy had a pocket full of them itching for recess and the chance to win more. Thanks for the fun videos, Emily.

All you need now is an introverted chanteuse whispering abstract lyrics into the mic while trying not to look at the camera.

When I saw Collector Emitter I was I bit worried about my ears. When I saw Emily picking up the Yoyo I was really worried about your gear. And afterwards I almost cracked laughing - as usual.

Yo-yo master Emily in the making. And I guess the shoegaze song was cool, too.

Emily, thank you (4 being awesome). 😊😊😊

Big shoegaze and adjacent genre listener here and I would certainly listen to this project if y’all continued to make more. Alt-rock/shoegaze bands are pushing the genre further than ever right now and using way more elements and I feel like the harp fits perfectly

Yes. Love the wash sound. Waiting for your first album Em. Hope the cover has Uggs with YoYos... now I gotta go try it.

Amazing! I'm always in awe by your ability to create such cool and unique sounds.

two of my favourite RU-vid noise-makers playing one of my favourite music genres? and WILD YOYO ACTION? ❤

I just did vocal arrangements and lyrics for this. This is really good. The drums bring life to it. It's simple but it jams!

this video changed my mind when it comes to 'Shoegaze' as a verb

It reminds me of the band Soft Blue Shimmer in the best way. I'd listen to a whole album of this!

Shoegaze grew out of the post-punk alternative rock scene of the 1980s, and involved a lot of experimentation with effects in ways and to extents they hadn't been previously used in popular music, particularly with guitars, amps, and pedals that were less popular with the mainstream musicians of the era, because those were not in high demand and therefore affordable and available. In the 1980s, what have now come to be known as the Fender "offset" guitars-Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, etc-were far cheaper to buy used because they had fallen out of fashion. Similarly, the silver panel Fender Twin Reverb amps of the 1970s had fallen out of favor, and could be found for relatively low prices, at least partly because they were just too loud; they wouldn't start to distort until you turned them up to obscenely high volumes, necessitating the use of overdrive and distortion pedals. The 1980s were also the era of the first widespread availability of high quality affordable effects pedals from companies like Boss, Electro-Harmonix, and others. The term "shoegaze" itself was coined by a British music journalist, and was intended to be a derisive term for bands of the era who weren't very "rock star" like on stage, and partly due to introversion and partly due to the use of effects pedals on stage, spent a lot more time looking downward than outward toward the audience, "gazing at their shoes". The British music press has a habit of harshly reviewing up and coming trends in music. But while shoegaze can be said to have coalesced in Britain, it was never an exclusively British phenomenon. The early British shoegaze bands counted many American and global acts as influences, and a distinctly American shoegaze scene developed concurrently.

(SCARY)

This was loads of fun. You guys sounded godlike! Add a solid vocalist, ideally from somewhere in the North of England, and I’d buy your record without a thought. Inspiring as ever! Cheers, Emily; you are a delight and an unique talent.

I barely started the video, but as someone who loves shoegaze I recommend a very underground and underrated band called Lovesilkpalemilk (morgonstund is my favorite track) and Thränenkind (which is not that underground), that's it, I love your videos! Ok, I'm back to say I loved the track you guys played in the end, that's lovely!

I’ve been watching Ian’s videos for a year or so. First time I’ve ever seen him in human form! Of course a harp can shoegaze! It’s perfect for it. Great video Emily!

“Drink the milk” 😂

Well that was beautiful. Totally brought me back to high school '96 which is so impressive that you could nail it so well with no previous exposure. Y'all are awesome 😎

Hey Emily I think you both nailed a great mix of Shoegaze and Dream Pop. (Your Harp lends itself to Dream Pop) As a reference, for me the Definitive Shoegaze band is My Bloody Valentine and for Dream Pop the Cocteau Twins.

I think that "Can a yo-yo shoegaze?" would have been an even more incredible band name! But "Does it shoegaze?" is pretty rad, too.

I’ve been seen and I love it

That song and your harp/guitar tone is really good. I love it

The yoyo saga continues! Every time I watch a video from you, I learn of a new genre and then end up falling in love with the music! Very cool stuff!

That music at the end was glorious! Me being halfway through my 60s, it kinda reminds me of psychedelic rock jam band music, but with a bit of a modern twist. The newer effects pedals are way better than they used to be...

the episode that hits different .. but fits in perfectly ....

that pedal that says 'live, laugh, love' on it is such a vibe! i do wish it was live, laugh, wub, though. ... puns

I bought a Boss RV-2 off the back of one of Ian’s videos - it’s one of my all time fave reverb pedals!! ❤️

I love how she's got a minifreak

“Shoe-gazing” was the single most adorkable moment yet in your videos. Loved it.

just soooo awesome!!!! -thank you, this must have taken forever, but looks like you had a lot of fun too!

Never heard of shoegaze until seeing this today. Very cool. I like it.

I’m loving this new song. It’s one of my favorite of your releases yet. I was really happy to see one of my Bolt yo-yos make a cameo in this video too. I’m glad you are enjoying it.

Have to admit the result sounded better than I thought it would

I would 100% buy an album of this

You seem like the kind of person I'd love to be friends with. Love your videos!!!

Two of my fav music/gear channel teaming up ! You are fabulous

Just brilliant and naturally I just smiled all the way through, too!

THE SMILE has been really silent since this dropped.

As always terrific sounds!

i love when shoegaze incorporates instruments that aren’t usually used in that kind of music. Everybody should check out Wednesday, they’re an amazing band that blends shoegaze with country and uses a pedal steel.

Oh such fun! And seriously great Shoegazing…..I’m looking at my own shoes even now

That was amazing! Does It Shoegaze, with their first single; Drink The Milk!

‘I’m gonna shoegaze now’ so funny. Love the video Emily!

sounds pretty friggin excellent!

I'm here for the humidity gauge. 55%...NICE!

If this was on a random shoegaze playlist, I wouldn't bat an eye. This was very fun to watch!

OH my gods. The yo-yoing from the live stream 3 weeks back makes totall sence now >< I could not stop laughing! Dude is killer! AND the band sounds amazing!

that part after 1:26 , having your mind blown by his yo-yo skills was too funny lol. also that Bulbasaur planter (?) is super cute btw.

I loved that last piece omg

So stoked to see you exploring new sound ideas like eurorack, harsh noise, and now shoegaze!

man, you could hardly step without hitting a pedal! cheers!!

That was awesome. I think "shoegaze" is like that joke about mathematicians: "You know an extroverted mathematician because he's looking at _your_ shoes!" :D

Almost Tycho-esque in spirit ! Great vid Emily 👍🏻

My favorite part of the video is whe Emily said "Im going to shoegaze now" and Shoegazed all over the harp

Love to see the Virtual Jeff Pro in use! Truly awesome guys, look forward to more!