That is absolutely delightful. Can imagine listening to that at any time of the year and it fitting perfectly.
Shouting Judas at Bob Dylan blew me away when I first spun this and it really never dips in quality for me after that. Record is a fun ride altogether and like you said its got like 6 genres and the kitchen sink in there haha.
If by most popular you mean classics like MBV and Slowdive, I'll just rec you some current newer/smaller bands, though not all straight up shoegaze: Deafcult Greet Death bdrmm Grivo Teen Body Cloakroom Holy Fawn Blankenberge Life On Venus Ovlov Stray Fossa Kraus Mint Julep JAWS Soft Blue Shimmer
I know this is like 15 years late but a friend of mine just showed me Asobi Seksu's "Citrus" and it's completely blowing me away
Soul Blind just dropped this EP (FFO: grunge, 90s alt rock, nugaze, Narrow Head, Teenage Wrist type stuff). Not really shoegaze but also not really anywhere else on chorus other than here or the emo thread for music like this that I know of:
pretty amazing album & quite original sound within the genre IMO need to listen to their later stuff which I understand is more acoustic leaning but still v good
New one from bdrmm! They dropped my AOTY last year so I'm fucking stoked for more from them. I'm expecting LP2 will be out some time early 2022: