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16 October 2026 – Dummy Release Do You Love the Color of the Sky? and Give Shoegaze a Beautiful Electronic Makeover
By Editorial Team - October 16, 2026
Summary
Los Angeles experimental-rock outfit Dummy release third LP do you love the color of the sky? on Polyvinyl, fusing dense shoegaze guitars with club-ready electronic textures.
Key Facts
- Third studio album 'do you love the color of the sky?' arrives on Polyvinyl following 2024's 'Free Energy'.
- Fuses wall-of-sound shoegaze guitars with motorik dance rhythms and manipulated tape textures across ten tracks.
- Features key singles 'April Limousine', 'Alluvial Fan', and emotive closer 'Heaven's What You Make of It'.
- Entities: Dummy, do you love the color of the sky?, Polyvinyl, Free Energy, Joe Trainor, Nathan O'Dell, Alex Ewell, Emma Maatman, April Limousine, Alluvial Fan, Full Spectrum Dominance, N of 1, Heaven's What You Make of It
- Tags: dummy, do-you-love-the-color-of-the-sky, polyvinyl, shoegaze, indie-rock, electronic, motorik
Los Angeles shoegaze and experimental-rock band Dummy have released their third studio album do you love the color of the sky? through Polyvinyl, expanding their distinctive combination of shoegaze, psychedelic rock, and electronic experimentation. The ten-track collection follows 2024's Free Energy and demonstrates a growing interest in incorporating rhythmic ideas from dance music into atmospheric guitar arrangements.
Earlier singles "April Limousine", "Alluvial Fan", "Full Spectrum Dominance", and "N of 1" introduced different aspects of the record, combining hypnotic motorik repetition with increasingly sophisticated production. Guitarists Joe Trainor and Nathan O'Dell develop intricate layers of distortion and melody, while percussionist Alex Ewell contributes detailed rhythmic arrangements.
Vocalist and keyboardist Emma Maatman provides an emotional centre throughout the record, particularly on closing composition "Heaven's What You Make of It". The band approached recording by manipulating and resampling their own instrumental performances into dense, unexpected loops.
The resulting material occupies an inventive position between classic shoegaze textures and the restless rhythmic possibilities of modern dance music. Read related coverage in our news archive.