Finally the time has come. After a series of great singles, a brilliant EP and a series of collaborations, Ola Beręsewicz aka Feral Atom, one of the most talented dreamy artists of the new generation in Poland, released her debut album. The artist continues her style of creating soft songs, hazy atmosphere and catchy melodies, all in one.
Coming from one of the wildest and most desolated regions of the country, Beręsewicz managed to catch attention of the dreamy music lovers with her almost perfect EP I Dream in Blue, performed at festivals all around the country and secured two extremely interesting collaborations with Tomasz Mreńca and with Kryowake. Especially the former is of interest to me as I value Mreńca's music sensitivity and because he joins Feral Atom at the debut album on my favourite track Visions. This song stand out at the album with its louder, almost shoegazey vibes.
Otherwise, songs are written in more minimalist style, based mostly on Beręsewicz airy vocals and solitary guitar riffs. The structure is completed with electronic beats taken from more mainstream indie music but maintaining the dreamy, unhurried atmosphere (so well done in Cold as Ice). This hazy, spacious atmosphere is so important that the artist entitled the whole album "spaces" with three interludes directly referencing the notion. Interestingly, on the album, we have songs both in English and in Polish and somehow, this doesn't happen very often, I prefer the artist's lyrics in the foreign language. Nevertheless, a really well-done and well-rounded debut.
Przestrzenie costs 7 EUR (30 PLN).
Check: Visions
Country: Poland
Genre: hazy dream pop
Label: Seszele Records
