Waving Blue — Fake.Love.Desire.
Released March 14, 2025
From Fano, Italy
Some albums arrive quietly, almost slipping past unnoticed — but once heard, they demand your full attention. Fake.Love.Desire., the 15-track opus from Italian artist Waving Blue, is exactly that kind of record. The solo project of Fano-based Michele Cingolani, Waving Blue is pure shoegaze and dream pop in its most DIY, heartfelt form — lush, layered, and deeply personal.
Across this expansive album, Cingolani crafts a world of haze and heartbreak, where shimmering reverb, glacial vocals, and melodic nostalgia swirl into something both melancholic and luminous. Every sound on Fake.Love.Desire. is home-built — written, performed, and produced with meticulous care and emotional honesty. It’s the sound of a singular vision carried out in solitude.
The album flows like a long reverie — at times fragile and romantic, at others awash with distorted beauty. Echoes of classic shoegaze are present throughout, but Waving Blue doesn't merely imitate the greats; instead, it filters those influences through a distinct Italian sensibility: melodic, cinematic, and quietly intense.
Despite its length, Fake.Love.Desire. never overstays its welcome. Each track feels like a snapshot — faded Polaroids of longing, flickers of connection and illusion. The album speaks softly but holds weight. It’s a reminder that some of the most vital shoegaze today doesn’t come from a studio or a label, but from a bedroom, a guitar, and a singular creative drive.
A stunning release that nearly flew under the radar — but thankfully didn’t.
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