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# Dream Shake
- URL: https://helpful-koala.pikapod.net/dream-shake/
- Published: 2026-07-25T15:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T15:09:50.000Z
- Description: An under-the-radar band that nevertheless turned in a lovely dreampop performance for tonight's Saturday Night Video.
- Author: Robert Rackley
- Tags: Noise, Saturday Night Video, #Import 2026-09-14 17:25

Memoryhouse consists of Canadians Evan Abeele and Denise Nouvion. The band had a minor hit with their piano-driven [live cover](https://youtu.be/oSm%5F5TQiccM?si=2nBXNBdnuj9k7Daw&ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net) of My Bloody Valentine's "When You Sleep" for Yours Truly in 2011\. They capitalized on their success with that cover and the well-regarded EP, *The Years*, by signing to indie heavyweight Sub Pop Records. When their follow-up full length, *Slideshow Effect* didn't garner as much attention, the band unceremoniously parted ways with their label and went out on their own.

The next LP was a labor of love called *Soft Hate* which brought some more uptempo songs to what had previously been a mostly slowcore catalogue. Despite having some of their most accessible songs, *Soft Hate* didn't generate the kind of buzz the band had experienced at their outset.

*Soft Hate* produced several videos featuring Nouvion, from which Abeele was conspicuously absent. I asked Nouvion about the missing Abeele, and she simply replied, "Evan who?"

"Dream Shake" features Nouvion's dead-pan vocals, lovely in the same way as a blank stare from Aubrey Plaza into the camera in *Parks and Rec*. Fuzz bass gives some drive and force to the production and when the song accelerates to the chorus, it's invigorating.

Memoryhouse - Dream Shake ([YouTube](https://youtu.be/r8erUBLmAnY?si=sAA%5F53TZ3emm3pAb&ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net))

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Memoryhouse was supposed to record a studio version of "When You Sleep" in NYC with James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins fame. A car accident on the way to the studio prevented that and was perhaps an inauspicious sign for the band.