{"id":44175,"date":"2026-02-01T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44175"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:06:36","slug":"hazy-optimism-parisian-shoegaze-dewey-step-outside-the-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44175","title":{"rendered":"Hazy Optimism + Parisian Shoegaze: Dewey Step \u2018Outside the Lines\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paris has a habit of quietly birthing bands that feel fully formed, and Dewey is one of those happy accidents you stumble into and immediately want to tell your friends about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parisian indie rock \/ shoegaze quartet are back with\u00a0<strong><em>Outside Of The Lines<\/em>,<\/strong>\u00a0a shimmering, emotionally charged new single that also happens to be the third and final preview of their debut album\u00a0\u2018Summer On A Curb,\u2019 out\u00a0<strong>February 13th, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0via the ever-reliable\u00a0<strong>Howlin\u2019 Banana Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJJUaT5SmzE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve been spending time with records by&nbsp;<strong>Wishy, Wednesday, Hotline TNT, Slow Pulp, or Momma<\/strong>, this one\u2019s going to land right in your sweet spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dreamy guitars, restless energy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Outside Of The Lines<\/em> leans deeper into shoegaze territory than anything Dewey has released so far. It opens in a fog of hazy guitars and chorus-drenched vocals, instantly calling to mind the romantic blur of\u00a0<em>My Bloody Valentine<\/em>\u00a0or the fuzzed-out immediacy of\u00a0<em>Hotline TNT<\/em>. Just when you think you\u2019ve got it pegged, the track shifts\u2014tightening into a more syncopated groove where subtle drum machine touches nod to glossy 2000s pop production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is a song that feels both nostalgic and forward-facing, suspended between quiet despair and stubborn optimism. It\u2019s wistful without wallowing, upbeat without feeling lightweight\u2014the kind of track that sneaks up on you and refuses to let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A debut that feels anything but tentative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Summer On A Curb\u2019 finds Dewey confidently blending late \u201990s alternative nostalgia with a sharp modern sensibility. Across\u00a0<strong>11 self-produced tracks<\/strong>, singer and guitarist\u00a0<strong>Matthieu Berton<\/strong>\u00a0delivers compact bursts of pop songwriting wrapped in gauzy guitars and undeniable charm. Think the dreamy textures of\u00a0<em>MBV<\/em>\u00a0colliding with the unapologetic catchiness of\u00a0<em>Avril Lavigne<\/em>\u2014a combination that somehow makes perfect sense here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954-1024x1024.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6954.jpeg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s most striking is how effortless it all feels. This is a debut that sounds spontaneous, heartfelt, and oddly inevitable, like a band that\u2019s been quietly honing their sound while the rest of us weren\u2019t paying attention. Track by track, Dewey reveals themselves as a group overflowing with melody and hooks, emerging from nowhere with pockets full of potential hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With\u00a0\u2018Summer On A Curb,\u2019 Dewey look set to become a name worth keeping close tabs on\u2014especially within a French indie scene that still doesn\u2019t get nearly enough shine. If <em>Outside Of The Lines<\/em> is the final teaser, the full album promises something genuinely special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Paris has a habit of quietly birthing bands that feel fully formed, and Dewey is one of those happy accidents you stumble into and immediately <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44175\" title=\"Hazy Optimism + Parisian Shoegaze: Dewey Step \u2018Outside the Lines\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907,5812],"tags":[13069,7245,13070,13071],"class_list":["post-44175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","category-shoegaze","tag-dewey","tag-howlin-banana-records","tag-outside-of-the-lines","tag-summer-on-a-curb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6955-e1769817863387.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1185","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-buv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28366,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28366","url_meta":{"origin":44175,"position":0},"title":"TH Da Freak releases new album &#8216;The Hood&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"TH Da Freak has released his new album\u00a0'The Hood' via\u00a0Howlin' Banana Records.\u00a0You can watch the video for Thick Head via YouTube below,\u00a0which is lifted from the album. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NUb7bKB1f54 TH Da Freak is the solo project of Thoineau Palis, a\u00a0Bordeaux-based\u00a0slacker\u00a0obsessed by the masters of 90's rock (Nirvana, Teenage Fanclub, Dinosaur Jr)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;guitar rock&quot;","block_context":{"text":"guitar rock","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"TH Da Freak","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4be013-3317-4ca0-b198-1b85f19aee4b.jpg?fit=1200%2C841&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4be013-3317-4ca0-b198-1b85f19aee4b.jpg?fit=1200%2C841&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4be013-3317-4ca0-b198-1b85f19aee4b.jpg?fit=1200%2C841&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4be013-3317-4ca0-b198-1b85f19aee4b.jpg?fit=1200%2C841&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb4be013-3317-4ca0-b198-1b85f19aee4b.jpg?fit=1200%2C841&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44528,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44528","url_meta":{"origin":44175,"position":1},"title":"Straight to the heart: chest. confront indifference on new single \u2018cor\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Parisian post-punk\/noise agitators\u00a0chest. are back with a new single,\u00a0cor\u00a0\u2014 a short, sharp jolt that hits straight where it hurts. 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