Grazer - Melancholics Anonymous (2022)

Two years ago, Matt and Mollie, two artists from Australia, showed their first EP to the world and so debuted also on this blog. This summer, they released their first long play and it's as much sunny fun as ever, although the album is actually titled Melancholics Anonymous.

Grazer is a perfect choice for anyone who is interested in unassuming melodies, minimal arrangements and warm and beautiful vocals. It's this kind of indie pop that is delivered through the dreamy and very subtly noisy filters; it feels very authentic and intimate, also thanks to the bedroom pop-like approach: it's simple and engaging. Besides the lazily uplifting music, the duo turns into more melancholic way in the lyrics: there's a lot of loneliness and existential fears, doubts and absurdity of life, everything so universal and relatable for all of us. This melancholical-indie pop balance goes on for the whole album, except for I Want Control where, with the change of the vocals, it suddenly gets more indie rock-like guitar-oriented and catchy - but really, it's just a wink to the audience, everything gets back to Grazer's normal very soon.

Melancholics Anonymous costs 9 USD.

Grazer - Grazer (2020)

Check: These Days (Pass Me By)

Country: Australia

Genre: dreamy indie pop

Label: Cascine

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Grazer - Grazer (2020) EN

Australian band Grazer is a result of collaboration between four artists from different art backgrounds, who, together, created one of the most interesting dream pop debuts of the summer. Their first EP, naturally called Grazer, is now available for listening.

The band want to make "dreamy coalescence of 80s indie pop and the catharsis of 90s grunge and shoegaze". It's audible in the airy vocals functioning within the frame of quite lively, delicate and very acoustic dream pop music. The whole thing, on one hand, makes an impression of an intimate DYI project on the other, strikes with professional approach that results in mature and engaging compositions. The Australians sound like 12 Decembers or the more peaceful The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, especially in the great Is It So Sad?. Sometimes they go for ore mesmerizing sequences like the instrumental part of Intermission I and the beautiful finish in Takes So Long. And the thing that has to be mentioned is the fantastic cover art which has to be thanks to those various artistic origins mentioned above. A promising debut.

Grazer costs 5 AUD.

Check: Takes So Long
Country: Australia

Genre: bedroom dream pop

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Grazer - Grazer (2020) PL

Australijski Grazer to wynik współpracy czworga artystów o różnych specjalizacjach, którzy razem stworzyli jeden z najciekawszych dreampopowych debiutów lata. Swoją debiutancką EP-kę nazwali oczywiście Grazer, a my możemy jej już słuchać.

Zespół ma na celu tworzyć "kombinację indie popu z lat 80-tych i catharsis grunge'u i shoegaze'u lat 90-tych, wszystko w atmosferze marzeń sennych". Słychać to w nadzwyczaj eterycznych wokalach, które funkcjonują wśród dość żwawego, delikatnego i mocno akustycznego dream popu. Całość z jednej strony robi intymne wrażenie projektu DYI, z drugiej, pełnego profesjonalizmu skutkującego dojrzałymi i wciągającymi kompozycjami. Australijczycy brzmią zarówno jak 12 Decembers jak i dużo spokojniejsi The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, zwłaszcza w świetnym Is It So Sad?. Czasem zdarzają im się też wyjątkowo hipnotyzujące sekwencję, jak instrumentalna część Intermission I no i piękny finisz w Takes So Long. No i nie można zapominać o znakomitym cover arcie, ale to już pewnie zasługa wspomnianych różnych artystycznych specjalizacji muzyków. Obiecujący debiut.

Grazer kosztuje 14 złotych (5 AUD).

Sprawdź: Takes So Long
Kraj: Australia

Szufladka: bedroom dream pop

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