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Shout out to YouTube's alona chemerys  for posting another beautiful track...goddamn. "Stupid Songs" off Alpharo's debut EP, Stupid Songs , like many off the songs posted by alona chemerys, is sexy, groovy, dreamy, melodic and addictive (seriously). While falling somewhere in the dream pop genre, "Stupid Songs" stands out much like Feng Suave's brilliant " Sink Into the Floor ." There is a soul, an empathetic sound to the collective of the track that is palpable allowing the listener to be engaged with Alpharo in his narrative. Like so often with love songs and sentimentality, there's a lot of perplexity. There is no true coalescing of emotions as different feelings tend to arise simply out of nowhere and fade all together. Thus, is the nature of this song in its lyrics surmised by its lucid instrumentation that is so often accompanied with dream pop. In speaking of its lyrics , "Stupid Songs" is something of a meta-narra...

From alona chemerys , the YouTube channel that brought you " Sink Into the Floor ," comes another groovy and sexy tune, this time from the trio, Triathalon, entitled, "Deep End." Off Triathalon's recent album, Online , "Deep End" is a blunt (pun intended) view of a day off: "Roll the weed up, light it smoke it, like I should," and a "fuck you" to any reverent bullshit of themes that is constantly reiterated and recycled into songs. There are no complexities in its meaning, tone or melodies. It is a consistent, yet beautifully soothing beat with mixed in exaggerations of chords, and a repetition of the chorus until the bridge brings it home "Lately I can't focus/work too much/ and deal with bullshit." Lyrically, it is unapologetically fed up, stressed out, and wanting a break from the normal bullshit that people go through everyday, which is what makes this song friggin' cool. There is a genuine and pure ...

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 ...