SHALLOW

Shallow is a Montreal shoegaze group that made a strong first impression with their 2024 debut single "Saturday Morning" — described as a band emerging fully formed with a sound all their own, without an ounce of trepidation. The track pairs a hooky yet tantalizingly spacey lead vocal with rhythm-section-driven, groove-heavy verses that build to a massive chorus of richly distorted guitars, capped with an atmospheric piano pedal point. Their overall approach was summed up as an elegant combination of pop melodies and sludgy rock textures, evoking the best of shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine while remaining distinctly contemporary.

More broadly, their debut fits into a description of the band's sound as a fresh take on classic shoegaze, characterized by a blend of charming melodies with plenty of distortion and grit.