Shoegaze is a type of music style. When you listen to shoegaze, it usually sounds loud, dreamy, and sounds kind of like a wall of noise. It usually has guitars that are very distorted and lots of different effects like reverb, tremolo, and delay. A lot of the time, it has unusual rhythms and soft vocals. Some people say the name shoegaze comes from how the musicians playing this kind of music used to stand on stage, looking down at their shoes while they play.