Bleary Eyed

Bleary Eyed plays a form of shoegaze that keeps one hand in the indie rock cookie jar when it comes to the flow and overall vibe of their music. They are pretty gazey, to be sure. Swirling guitars tag team to form a wall of fuzz. The vocals often lay low in the mix, barely rising above the instruments at best. Dual leads guitarist Nathaniel Salfi and bassist Margot Whipps both access the kind of misty voice that lines up with the band's atmospherics. The indie bits fall comfortably into a grungy sound, which the band never really is too far away from, keeping it as an within a close reach,which is especially prominent in their early recordings. Their 2025 album Easy seems them expand a little into using synths as sound effects and sprinkling some pop crumbs here and there.