Midsommar - The Dream We Had (2021)

Almost exactly two years after their first live gig in Warsaw, the dreamy band Midsommar showed their first ever EP, making sure to enrich the Polish dream pop scene. The Dream We Had makes for a good debut with its exciting melodies and airy atmosphere.

One of the driving forces for the airiness here surely is Alia Fay and her vocals: they start sounding not unlike Holy Motors' Eliann Tulve's, but soon get into higher-pitched, more female-dream-pop levels but with a unique flavour to them. Fay voice is fair and innocent, bringing a lot of light to the noisy music. As do melodies written by the band, with Soft being a strong candidate for the 2021's Polish dreamy hit like Rays of Sun by Strangers in My House was last year. The EP starts in a catchy, melodic way, but soon enough it is dirtied up with some tasty guitar noise, most noticeable in Spring's extremely ethereal choruses. I love the way it cooperates with Fay's multilayered chorus-like vocal madness here.

Their music feels light and colourful, but also hazy and mesmerizing. It can't be a coincidence that their name is also the title of one of the most colourful and haziest horror movies of all times. Can't wait for more of their music.

The Dream We Had costs 5 EUR (21 PLN).

Check: Soft

Country: Poland

Genre: hazy dream pop

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WatchCamp September-October'21 with Lumari, Midsommar, The Never Not, stars on fire, XIX

Lumari - Doors and Corners

A Minnesota-based debut; the noisy pop band shows that they know how to create melodic and loud music with their first single delivering some interesting airy and atmospheric pop with super fun chorus and angelic-like vocals. The single costs 1 USD.

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Midsommar - Summer's Over

This new Polish band released two singles so far and one thing is certain: the capital city-based band already enriches the fairly narrow dream pop scene here, with the extremely ethereal compositions with thick atmosphere and Alia Fay's beautiful vocals. The debut EP is coming very, very soon. The single costs whatever you want to pay.

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The Never Not - Thorn Resistance

A well-crafted guitar post-rock music, this is what the audience can find on the Russian project's third single ever. Artiom Kurylow shows here some interesting instrumental sounds with particularly mighty guitar and a good piece of noisy finish. The single costs whatever you want to pay.

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stars on fire - Ready, Steady, Go!

Lo-fi bedroom gaze without much of the twee-like happiness but with tons of atmosphere enchanted in the whisper-like vocals and lively but non-overwhelmingly noisy instruments. Listeners will find the melodies very charming and that alone can be the best point about the South Korean artist's music. The two tracks cost 5 USD.

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XIX - Arcobaleni / Neve

The young Italian electronic music artist Marco Anulli gives us his new single with two tracks created with the experimental and noisy vibes in mind. They both feel fresh and curiously complex and at the same time present moody, almost ethereal, atmosphere. The two tracks cost whatever you want to pay.

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