Come and Share This Jam with Me

Released on March 1st of this year, "All I've Got" is a groovy, future summer-banger track with production elements not too common with new-era-jive such as samples of distorted dialogue and reversed guitar loops. However, what is consistent and attainable from this song is the need to groove! Published on March 19th of yesterday on the ever so wonderful YouTube channel, TheLazylazyme , I found this track after being exposed to redundant songs for a week. Songs that just go through one ear and out the other without any distinction; just the common dreamy licks and soft vocals of the dream pop genre. It's not to say that it is really a bad thing, but so many bands and artists are using this formula which comes off as a copy rather than inspiration. I will say the new Courtney Barnett song, " Need a Little Time " is another interesting song to come from the upcoming Tell Me How You Really Feel. Much like her " Nameless/Faceless ," the song is ...

One of my favorite groups entrenched in the dream pop genre, and steadily growing in quiet popularity (even with their year-long hiatus), No Vacation, has just released their latest five-song album, Intermission , on November 17th, 2017,   and is another impressive effort by the chill group. The second single from Intermission, " You're Not With Me," is a calmer No Vacation song with less influence of guitar riffs for what I believe is to emphasize the theme of loneliness and isolation, as the guitar has been softened and replaced by a wavering synthesizer. My first experience with No Vacation was with their single in 2015, " Draem Girl ," which had ultimately put them on the map as it has grossed to almost 1.5 million views on YouTube, through my most endeared channel, The Lazylazyme . "Draem Girl," is a guitar-driven track that takes the listener on a journey through romance and longing, with its genius transition from quick riffs to meticulous ...

There must be some sort of 70's revival thing going on, because this is the fourth artist, apart from Angel Olsen , Jadu Heart , and Feng Suave , that I have discussed using a similar 70's motif. "Mary" would be defined as a Dream Pop song but it definitely shows the influence the Major Murphy has taken from cool 70's jams. To more easily describe what I mean, I would say that "Mary," sounds like a mix of an  Eagles  ( even though I fuckin' hate The Eagles! ) and a  Dinosaur Jr  track (even though they are a 90's deal). Not only in the way lead singer, Jacob Bullard serenades, but the smooth, high pitch plucks on the guitar that (Dinosaur Jr-like) and simple, head-nodding beat on the drums (The Eagles-like).  To me, "Mary" is a very diverse track, in it's thematic approach, but Major Murphy makes the narrative pretty consistent. The titular Mary is becoming a success, but unlike songs that see a character fall from grace (l...

It's time to change it up, as the temperature starts to drop, so does the beat (I'm fucking good). I normally am not into edm/house music, I enjoy electronica-esque groups like Purity Ring , The Naked and Famous  and  CHVRCHES , but I never really went into strict electronic music, just variations. I admire and respect the efforts of the artists who can produce sick ass beats and awesome undertones but I just never got behind it, which is why "Messages from the Tribe" is so surprising to me. "Messages from the Tribe" is off Rice's debut LP Highlights, to be released on December 8th, 2017,    and is an effort that can be easily identified as an edm track, but there's something unique about it, which is probably why I am so drawn to it.  The drum machine is kicking that's for sure, and the synthesizers are firing away but there's something funky about this that feels almost jazzy. On the bandcamp page for Highlights   the description...

With a name like Spooky Mansion you know you're about to listen to something unique. "Night Owl" is off of Spooky Mansion's I'm the Moon, You're the Wave (so plz change w/ me) ,  which I came across through the YouTube channel (if you can't already guess) " TheLazylazyme ." It isn't crazy madness like Dessert's " Devil " with its distortions and sloven screams, rather it incorporates an eerie undertone throughout the track with a very dry and monotone rap that flies on the surface. The bass, drums and synthesizer seem to act together to bring a-dare I say-spooky feeling to the listener that does very well to capture the strangeness of autumn. The changing of the leaves, the new chill of the air, the encroaching darkness that blackens each night just meshes well with this tune.  Let's talk about that rap. The premise of this song is as the title insinuates, the tale of a "Night Owl," but more specifically s...

This is a wild one. "Devil" basically sounds like three songs in one; an amalgamation of three distinct parts almost crashing together to become one very interesting track requiring multiple listenings just to piece together what the fuck is going on. To start, we have an acoustic, almost melancholy setting about the hardships of love, but soon enough, for a few seconds, the song changes. A darkly uplifting ambient piece--reminding me of a clown driven ice cream truck--comes in but is then disrupted, by what seems to sound like a click of a recorded tape, into a creepy electronic oriented section continuing the idea of love's difficulties. Being it as they mention "I might as well have/given it up/all for you."  Then...something haunting and almost malicious occurs. When the beat is building up, and is about to drop, a scratch and muffled like scream overtakes the song and stops its apparent rhythm in its tracks. The song seems lost, as random distort...

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, bu...