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Shoegazer Sunday: Matt Darey/Urban Astronauts/Kate Louise Smith’s “See The Sun”

Sunday, February 15th, 2026

This is a strange one, in that this original version of “See The Sun” from 2009 has under 10,000 hits, but some of the remixes has hit ranging up into the millions. And while it might qualify more as Synthpop than Shoegaze, it has that “floating” sensation that some of the best Shoegaze invokes. And Kate Louise Smith has a voice very reminiscent of Sarah McLachlan.

For contrast, here’s the longer, dance-oriented Aurosonic Remix, which I don’t like as much as the original.