Flowers and Monsters - Slow Loris

A soft, and melodic hum evokes joy, innocence and a sense of the sublime in the first ten seconds, only to commence a vibe-tastic jam into a realm of chill. Wes Doyle (Slow Loris) softly speaks about an ambiguous end(possibly of a night or week), but instead of a sad reaction, he is sitting by the window, enjoying the breeze and the smell of the wind. From there he drifts into nostalgic dreams, experiences and fantasies he once had as child. The instrumentation absolutely complements Doyle’s conceptual vocals as the slow beat creates a calm but also pensive mood that one can easily float into thought. To recollect times that may have seemed insignificant but have come into fruition as an impactful part of one’s life, while also thinking about those spaced-out ideas that seem ludicrous and silly but are just easy to the brain with no stress involved. A cacophony of things. 

The guitar riffs…damn, those licks are tasty sweet. The beat may set up the foreground for a trip, but the riffs take you this way, that way; up and down; and side to side. The soft and hypnotic inflection may seem a bit conventional and drawn out within this dream pop genre of music but, when that halfway mark hits, the song changes and does something unique as it ventures into a jam. There is a distortion that signals the change and from there we are given a higher tempo to vibe with but after a handful seconds the song converts into a psychedelic groove that goes in the vain of a Dope Lemon or Dinosaur Jr track. However, the song returns to its original self and finishes out with the soft beat and smooth plucks that we started out with. The evolution, and the retreating style of this tune is a perfect representation of venturing into a day dream after the end of a day, with nothing left to fret over, and you can just kick back and let your mind wander. You may start with a hum, or a whistle, and your mind is set free to matriculate into different thoughts and past experiences, only to return to your original, pre-dream state.

I very much enjoy this song, and although the album Routine Glow, in which this delightful song is featured on, was released in 2016, it is only starting to gain awareness as the popular YouTube channel “TheLazylazyme,” (by far the best channel for music) published it on September 8^th of this year. 

If you liked this song and want to check out more songs by Slow Loris, go to his bandcamp at: https://slowlorismusic.bandcamp.com