This is a unique
album. I know that I enjoy it immensely every time I listen, however
when I'm not listening I can't seem to remember anything specific about
it except the atmosphere it provides.
This album is considered by
some the birth of the Dreampunk genre. If nothing else it stands as the
point where the genre defined itself as a different entity all together
from vaporwave.
The first time I saw Birth of a New Day I was
instantly drawn in by its cover. The distant city covered in a fog and
artificial lights, accentuated by the east Asian characters. It drew me
in, made me wonder what was inside.
This is a hazy trip through a
neon lit city. People living in close proximity yet every one is
lonely... a paradox of modern civilization.
The actual music that
is on here is slow and drawn out passages of looped music put through a
phaser and drenched in reverb. The music feels obscured, distant, yet
so intimately close due to its way of wrapping itself around you. This
is truly a wall of sound.
While I struggle to remember the
individual components that make up this album when I'm not listening to
it, the impression it leaves is lasting. Birth of a New Day gives me a
sense of contemplation and tranquillity that is hard to find in modern
music - a sense that there is yet more to be discovered, both within the
albums folds and in life itself.. Truly a standout album from the past
ten years.
Top ten album 2015
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