Becky Raisman summoned shoegaze reverence and celestial reclamation in ‘Moon Goddesses’ –

Becky Raisman dislocated alt-rock’s foundations with Moon Goddesses, a transcendent single that rewrites the celestial script for feminine energy in guitar-led psychedelia. Based in South Carolina, the enigmatic singer-songwriter poured cosmic reflection into the dream-soaked production, tuning into the reverb-heavy textures of shoegaze while spiralling through a haze of retro-futurism that sounds like it’s been dredged from the deepest part of a lucid dream.

Moon Goddesses refuses to anchor itself to any one aspect of divine femininity. Instead, it drifts through the infinite ways we inhabit space, identity, and impact, in the brief glimmer we occupy within the universe. As the hyper-pop-laced vocals echo and distort, they bleed through a shoegazey soup of delay, chorus and shimmer, creating a soundscape steeped in woozy introspection and kaleidoscopic resolve. Her voice might be filtered beyond recognition, but the emotion seeps through every twist in the melody.

The production, guided by guitar and mood rather than rhythmic anchors, will resonate with listeners who gravitate towards the down-tempo poetry of Beach House or the submerged distortions of Deerhunter. But Raisman’s energy feels uniquely her own—less homage and more holy incantation. Her space in the alt-rock canon is claimed not through volume, but through conceptual depth and a refusal to conform to genre archetypes. We’re stoked to see what she does next.

Moon Goddesses is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast