Introducing Echo Lake

Name: Echo Lake
From: London, England
Story: Shoegaze revivalists, tinged by tragedy
Sound: Drifting dream-pop with ethereal warbles

If you're a fan of classic shoegaze albums, you'll immediately find something to love about Echo Lake. The South London outfit could just as easily be called Echo Laden. They play swoony, drifting dream-pop in which layers of dangling, delay-draped guitar wash over the cute coos of singer Linda Jarvis.

Whether they're desperately trying to or not, they sound, in short, a lot like Slowdive. And their jams boast enough guitar work —there's lead licks all over the seven-minute "Just Kids"— that they really feel like '90s revivalists.

With their debut LP, Wild Peace, released just this week —on No Pain in Pop in the UK, and Slumberland in the US— Echo Lake should be making headlines on the back of their music. But, sadly, there's tragedy to report, as well. On June 21, their drummer, Pete Hayes, died. He was just 25.

• Stream: Echo Lake, Wild Peace
• Visit: Echo Lake website