"Know you are loved, by this great big universe, we all live in... " (from the song "Confront" by XO)

Welcome back to the Afterglow Echoplex, a shoegaze, and shoegaze-adjecent collaborative mixtape podcast. This month's episode features music by Nonsense Rats, The Blue Herons, Maxell, Pale Blue Eyes, Evelyn Pope, and more!

Each episode of the Afterglow Echoplex is a virtual 60-minute dubbed cassette tape made in direct collaboration with the underground, independent bands you hear here.

(Timestamps are now!)

SIDE ONE
1. Calacas "...And We Fail" (9:18)
2. Pale Blue Eyes "Daisy" (13:50)
3. Nonsense Rats "A Job Interview" (18:09)
4. Brightmoon "Lies About the Sky" (22:53)
5. Sssiv "All the Time" (26:50)
6. The Happy Something "Meanwhile" (30:14)
7. The Blue Herons “Willow” (34:08)

SIDE TWO
1. Evelyn Pope "Surround Yourself in Sound" (42:35)
2. The Model Spy "Slow Running Drifter" (46:44)
3. Maxell "Hide & Seek" (50:35)
4. Ghost Patterns "Idle" (53:34)
5. Great Ghosts "Daydream" (56:35)
6. XO "Confront" (59:20)
7. Phantom Wave "Sirens" (1:03:11)
8. 3 A.M. Again "Only a Feeling" (1:08:37)

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