Blue Deputy blend Midwest emo with sunlit shoegaze on new single 'Big Fleece'

Rising indie outfit Blue Deputy are back with their shimmering new single 'Big Fleece', a track that fuses raw emotional honesty with breezy, genre-blurring charm. Picking up where 2024’s 'Cypress' left off, 'Big Fleece' adds a radiant twist, infusing their Midwest emo roots with a warm power-pop glow and shoegaze textures that drift like sun haze across a quiet afternoon.

Anchored by lyrical vulnerability and dreamy guitars, the track finds the band channelling the melodic sensibilities of The Sundays while embracing modern influences like Alvvays, Slow Pulp, and Indigo De Souza. There’s a lightness here that softens the edges of introspection, gen-Z shoegaze meets emotional resilience in a way that feels both nostalgic and new.

With their characteristic honesty and subtle sonic shifts, Blue Deputy continue to carve out a space where vulnerability and brightness coexist. 'Big Fleece' is a soft anthem for those who feel deeply but still hold onto optimism.