With glimmer, MICAH soundtracked the slow spin of longing with shoegazey melancholy

MICAH reached the epitome of indie dream pop melancholy with her sophomore single, glimmer, which fuses shoegaze-y reverb with a voice with enough soul to shake even the most stoic heartstrings. glimmer is a song of deep longing, with guitars that yearn as much as the lyrics as they pirouette their way through the moody synths and over the beat that allows the single to amass visceral momentum following the quiescently forlorn prelude. After introducing herself with her 2024 debut single Mirror, MICAH, the London-based singer-songwriter, has continued redefining her place in the alternative pop and soft rock landscape. Drawing inspiration from artists like Willow Smith, Fousheé, and Billie Eilish, her signature weaves live rock and acoustic elements into a spectral sound that refuses to stay in one lane. As one of the most essential up-and-coming voices in indie dream pop, it should be criminal to ignore MICAH and how she’s used the depths of her soul to revolutionise the genre with an aching authenticity that won’t fail to leave an imprint on you. With BBC’s Boarders already catching wind of her talent, alongside airplay on Amazing Radio and Smoke Radio, and a Top 10 placement in the 2025 Song […] The post With glimmer, MICAH soundtracked the slow spin of longing with shoegazey melancholy appeared first on A&R Factory.

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MICAH reached the epitome of indie dream pop melancholy with her sophomore single, glimmer, which fuses shoegaze-y reverb with a voice with enough soul to shake even the most stoic heartstrings. glimmer is a song of deep longing, with guitars that yearn as much as the lyrics as they pirouette their way through the moody synths and over the beat that allows the single to amass visceral momentum following the quiescently forlorn prelude. After introducing herself with her 2024 debut single Mirror, MICAH, the London-based singer-songwriter, has continued redefining her place in the alternative pop and soft rock landscape. Drawing inspiration from artists like Willow Smith, Fousheé, and Billie Eilish, her signature weaves live rock and acoustic elements into a spectral sound that refuses to stay in one lane. As one of the most essential up-and-coming voices in indie dream pop, it should be criminal to ignore MICAH and how she’s used the depths of her soul to revolutionise the genre with an aching authenticity that won’t fail to leave an imprint on you. With BBC’s Boarders already catching wind of her talent, alongside airplay on Amazing Radio and Smoke Radio, and a Top 10 placement in the 2025 Song […]

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