Whitelands

Originally inspired by a Slowdive KEXP live session, members of Whitelands combine their disparate musical backgrounds for an updated, bleary spin on shoegaze that gives voice to marginalized perspectives. Begun in the late 2010s as the solo project of U.K. musician Etienne Quartey-Papafio, the project made its official full-length debut as a band with 2024's Night-Bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day. After playing in a school band as a teen, singer/guitarist Etienne Quartey-Papafio started Whitelands as a solo outlet. Named for the college at London's Roehampton University where...