Slowly - Reverse (2021)

Slowly is the moniker of Charlie Berger, also known as With Hidden Noise (and with this project he appeared on the blog two years ago). As Slowly, he makes very dreamy and airy indie pop with this intimate mood characteristic for solo projects. We can hear that on his new EP called Reverse.

The EP consists of polished versions of tracks recorded when the artist created his last album Reveal, back in 2019. Now they function as an aperitif before his third long play that's coming soon. The four tracks re made of lively music in which there's a lot of going on (psychedelic guitars, interesting drums, a lot of dreamy haze) and which make the whole compositions pretty complex for a dream pop. I like how it works in Watermark with its lengthy guitar parts that stand out within the ethereal whole (and those changes on the quiet/loud spectrum, I'm a fan of those). And the airiness is no doubt created mostly with the soft and dreamy vocals that, on the other hand, don't lose anything from the melodies' catchiness - I like how catchy this dream pop is and how easily the artist seems to achieve the balance between the ethereal and the melodic.

Reverse costs 2 CAD.

With Hidden Noise - Beside the Sea (2019)

Check: Watermark 

Country: Canada

Genre: psychedelic dream pop

Label: Lossleader Records

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