Day & Dream - The Art of Remembering (2022)

The debut album from the American duo Day & Dream, With Every Breath You Die, made one of the most interesting mellow dream pop acts of 2019. This year, the artists (with the help of quite a big circle of fellow musicians) show their second release and it's filled with light-weight, ethereal pop.

The dreamy indie pop from North Carolina is based on the airy vocals of Abby Amaya, that feel both intimate and sweet with a hint of nostalgic vibes (so well-audible in Separation Anxiety). They produce this attractive feeling of falling into a plush-filled chamber and the state of a perfect peace that is only reinforced by the inclusion of nature-inspired field recordings. And certainly, the band's picture where they are floating in a ball-filled pool couldn't be a better visual representation of this music.

The vocals are accompanied by non-invasive, very chill music that only in some places fight its way to the first rows and draws attention of the listener. This is the case in my favourite song, filled with somewhat different vibes, Cabin Fever. However, the general feeling the album leaves is this calm appreciation of peace and melody.

The Art of Remembering costs 10 USD.

Day & Dream - With Every Breath You Die (2019)

Check: Cabin Fever

Country: North Carolina, US

Genre: mellow dream pop

Label: Lilystars Records

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Day & Dream - With Every Breath You Die (2019) EN

Day & Dream is a shoegaze band led by the couple Peter Frizzante and Abby Amaya. He has [post-punk origins, while she is fascinated in pop music from before several decades Together they create airy and at the same energetic shoegaze.

They call themselves "forest explorers, stargazers, sleepwalkers, dreamers" and it's hard to miss this in their works. And they sing about "relationships, aging, hope, travel and risk-taking", and as they do so with extremely, phenomenally airy voice of Amaya, it's really easy to fall in love with the Carolina based musicians' music. Especially that they add psychedelic guitars and crazy drums to the equation (First in Flight!) so well contrasting with the sleepy vocal.

Those characteristics of Day & Dream are audible in each of the tracks as underneath the dreamy vocals (it's the Dream in the name) fast drums and aggressive guitars live (brilliant in Starry Night) or clear and forcing to dance bass line (You).

With Every Breath You Die costs 10 USD.

Check: Starry Night

Country: North Carolina, US

Genre: dreamy shoegaze

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Day & Dream - With Every Breath You Die (2019) PL

Day & Dream to zespół shoegaze'owy dowodzony przez parę Peter Frizzante i Abby Amaya. On z korzeniami post-punkowymi, ona zafascynowana popem sprzed kilku dekad, razem tworzą eteryczny ale i energetyczny shoegaze.

Nazywają się "leśnymi odkrywcami, obserwatorami gwiazd, lunatykami, marzycielami" i ciężko tego nie zauważyć w ich twórczości. A śpiewają w niej o "związkach, starzeniu się, nadziei, podróżowaniu i podejmowaniu ryzyka", a że robią to nadzwyczaj, fenomenalnie eterycznym głosem Amayi, bardzo łatwo się w muzyce Amerykanów zakochać. Zwłaszcza, ze dokładają do tego psychodeliczne gitary i szalone perkusje (First in Flight!) tak wspaniale kontrastujące z usypiającym wokalem.

Ten charakter Day & Dream słychać w każdym kolejnym kawałku bo pod rozmarzonym wokalem (to ten Dream w nazwie) kłębią się a to szybkie perkusje albo agresywne gitary (świetne Starry Night) albo wyraźny i skłaniający do podrygów bas (You).

With Every Breath You Die kosztuje 38 złotych (10 USD).

Sprawdź: Starry Night

Kraj: Karolina Północna, US

Szufladka: dreamy shoegaze

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