Shoe gaze

To sit in your basement and sniff your own farts and sometimes shit if you shart

Yo where’s Derek?

He’s down in the basement. Don’t go down there, he’s high doing a shoe gaze.

by King Kong crab cock January 22, 2022

shoe gazer

shoe gazer (SHOO gay zer) n., pl. -ers 1. synonym for emo. 2. gerund: the physical posture an emo assumes while listening to emo music

example 1: Dude 1: Yo dude! What's up with that chick? Why is she staring at the ground like that?
Dude 2: She's listenin' to emo music dude, she's a fuckin' shoe gazer.

example 2: A group of 10 shoe gazers committed suicide at the Morissey concert last night.

by Nedd Ludd September 5, 2005

shoegaze

A style of rock music that emerged in England in the late 80s that featured blisteringly loud and dreamily reverberated feedback. Recently revived by electronic bands like M83 and Ulrich Schnauss.

Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive are good shoegazer bands.

by Corey May 13, 2005

shoegaze

A genre originating in 80s England, now international. Defined by highly distorted guitars, and vocals, usually high-and-breathless or low in the mix, sometimes absent.

A psychedelic style, but not "trippy" psychedelic, more a dreamy, distant feel.

Pioneeered by My Bloody Valentine, but few bands actually sound like them anymore.

Loud guitars and quiet vocals is a usual dynamic.

Shoegaze is defined by a certain guitar sound, so electronic bands such as M83would NOT be considered shoegaze, but could fit into the related genre of dreampop

Shoegaze comes from the use of distortion pedals to achieve a dreamy/psychedelic sound

by WarGoatForestWolf666 April 13, 2010

shoegazer

The music and followers of post 1990's psychedelic music, especially that which is repetitive and droning. Derived from drug music's effect of causing the stoned listener or musician to just stand there with their head hung down staring at their shoes. Sometimes characterized by phase-shifting or echoed guitars and can be used to describe the fans or the music. Could be used to describe bands such as Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Verve, et al.

Dude, you should have seen all the shoegazers at that Spiritualized concert last night.

by MrRockandRoll May 1, 2004

Shoegaze

shoegaze is everything except for having sex and/or smoking Cigarettes After Sex

"Is sending a fax Shoegaze?"
"Yes. Shut up."

by Spinch666 March 24, 2021

Shoegaze

Any type of music the person saying the word does not like

“Nah I don’t like duster. That shits shoegaze”
“Fuck the smiths too shoegaze for me

by Liluzibert March 7, 2022