Happy Prescriptions Portland
Happy Prescriptions started as a solo project (2008-2010), then became a post-punk/shoegaze band; active in Portland from 2010-2011.
Happy Prescriptions recommends:
Living Water
by Souvenir Driver
Souvenir Driver is a shoegaze "bliss pop" band featuring the singer of Happy Prescriptions; along with members of Daydream Machine, Hawkeye, and Soft Paws.
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Debasement Tapes
by Miracle Falls
Wonderful, oddly undiscovered album by good friends Miracle Falls. Seriously, one of the best Portland records from the past five years.
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Not Getting What You Want, One Step at a Time
by Imp of Perverse
Getting some serious Dean Wareham vibes from this Texas bedroom project that’s anything but lo-fi.
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The Creation Records-esque debut from 2010s Atlanta shoegazers Abby Gogo gets a reissue. Hope you like guitars.
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In Now Less Than Ever
by Twin Drugs
Thunderous, imposing shoegaze with thick, syrupy rivers of guitar and drifting, dreamlike vocals.
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Highs and Ultra Lows (2016)
by Woven In
Philadelphian Mariah Johnson is a magnetic presence with a unique guitar style who performs perfectly strange gloom-rock for all us aliens.
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