Seasons Greetings and welcome back to the Afterglow Echoplex, a shoegaze, dreampop, noise-rock, et al. and etc. collaborative mixtape podcast, featuring snow-storms of feedback, blissed-out merriment and Rudolph-guided melodies! Everyone deserves a Christmas bonus, and this episode of the podcast is yours! This episode features Iceblynk, Films On Song, The First Eloi, The Prids, Kallai, Stubai, and much 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.

Side One
1. The Prids "You Drive, I'll Shoot"
2. Stubai "Another Way"
3. Moon Void "Is It True"
4. Iceblynk "Tragic"
5. Pacific Latitudes "Every Bad Beat"
6. Lester O'Shea "Gun Fighting in a Small Enclosed Space"
7. Films On Song "Venus Sickness (Demo)"

Side Two
1. Reviser "Burn it Out
2. then there were blackbirds "Horizon"
3. Kallai "Always Never"
4. new burglars "Far from Perfect"
5. The First Eloi "Shoe Button Eyes"
6. The Hydrogen Trees "Sylvia"
7. A Reminder "Tonal Wakeup"

This podcast would not be possible without the generous contributions of the bands listed above. Please visit their BandCamp pages to show them some much deserved appreciation in the form of purchasing their music, following their links, and (when possible) seeing them play live.

As mentioned in today's episode, you can find my friend Amy Abshier's Etsy page here. Amy's hubby, Krysztof Nemeth's page can be found here! Their amazing artwork makes for great Christmas gifts (hint, hint!)

If you enjoyed what you've heard here today and want to help the podcast grow, please consider visiting our Patreon page. Any amount you can contribute is greatly appreciated. Tis the season of giving, after all!

Please rate and review this podcast on the podcast catcher of your choice. If you're in a band and would like to contribute one of your songs for consideration on a future episode of Afterglow Echoplex, please email a WAV file or Bandcamp code to: afterglowechoplex@gmail.com

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Look for not one, but TWO very special episode of the Afterglow Echoplex at the end of this month! It's the podcast's first foray into a luminary band's B-Sides and rarities that you will not want to miss.

Until next time, keep celebrating the scene!

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