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Key · 05-26-2016, 06:02 PM

Daydream Society - Daze End

This review is one that I've been eager to do for a couple weeks, but haven't had the chance to sit down and finally do it. This album is made by YorkeDaddy, and my god, just wait until you hear what I have to say about it. I don't do my albums track by track, so I apologize if that's the format you were looking for.

This album is fantastic. When I started listening to it, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, as the first track Obsolescence left a weird feeling in my stomach, but it wasn't bad in any way. As the album continued to play, I became more and more fond of the sound I was hearing. It's got a really gentle and relaxing feel to it, while also adding in the occasional electric riff to set the bar even higher than the album has reached on it's own. I saw Mondo mention that this album has some drone elements in it, and although i'm not too familiar with drone as a genre, I can see where he was going with that. It's definitely got the mixture of drone, and easy listening all wrapped into 13 separate tracks. I mention that it has 13 tracks mostly because I wish the album was longer. I can see myself listening to this album when i'm reading a book, or doing something that doesn't require me to really focus my mind on anything, because not only is the music good, it sets an atmosphere that allows your mind to feel comfortable but still have that attention span to do something else while the music plays in the background.

I think I enjoy this music more than most other member albums i've listening to because I'm a pretty huge fan of post-rock in general, and I feel that this album uses that formula quite nicely. I apologize if labeling this as post-rock is offensive, but I don't mean it in an offensive way. It just has that feel surrounding it that I like to hear when I listen to a post-rock album.

Track wise, each one is better than the last one, and with albums that you hear from people that aren't in a label, you'd expect each track to feel like it's on it's own and doesn't have any sort of direction. This album however (along with a lot of the albums made my members here) has really captured that ability to make each track flow into the next very naturally while at the same time, making each track it's own. The album doesn't feel overwhelming and the track lengths of each are perfect. You don't feel like you're pushing yourself to listen to each track. I was listening to the album, and before I knew it, the album was over. And of course, I had to listen to it again. I mean that in the sense that I didn't feel the need to skip any tracks, and it was just a nice natural listening experience that not a lot of music can bring these days.

The production quality of this album is also worth mentioning, because my god, it's fantastic. You can hear each instrument clearly, and nothing sounds grainy or too loud or over the top, everything fits together nicely to create a unique yet somewhat familiar sound that really compliments itself. I don't need to say much more on it.

I do want to mention that some of the songs do remind me of the Terraria soundtrack. I don't know if you've ever heard that before, but it's something I noticed right away. And it's definitely not a bad thing as that soundtrack is fantastic.

My final verdict for this album is that it is absolutely fantastic. I've never listened to Daydream Society before, but now I know what i'm going to listen to when new music is released, because this is undoubtedly a great find, and one I may even move into my mp3 player to listen to more.

05-26-2016, 06:02 PM	#277 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Daydream Society - Daze End This review is one that I've been eager to do for a couple weeks, but haven't had the chance to sit down and finally do it. This album is made by YorkeDaddy, and my god, just wait until you hear what I have to say about it. I don't do my albums track by track, so I apologize if that's the format you were looking for. This album is fantastic. When I started listening to it, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, as the first track Obsolescence left a weird feeling in my stomach, but it wasn't bad in any way. As the album continued to play, I became more and more fond of the sound I was hearing. It's got a really gentle and relaxing feel to it, while also adding in the occasional electric riff to set the bar even higher than the album has reached on it's own. I saw Mondo mention that this album has some drone elements in it, and although i'm not too familiar with drone as a genre, I can see where he was going with that. It's definitely got the mixture of drone, and easy listening all wrapped into 13 separate tracks. I mention that it has 13 tracks mostly because I wish the album was longer. I can see myself listening to this album when i'm reading a book, or doing something that doesn't require me to really focus my mind on anything, because not only is the music good, it sets an atmosphere that allows your mind to feel comfortable but still have that attention span to do something else while the music plays in the background. I think I enjoy this music more than most other member albums i've listening to because I'm a pretty huge fan of post-rock in general, and I feel that this album uses that formula quite nicely. I apologize if labeling this as post-rock is offensive, but I don't mean it in an offensive way. It just has that feel surrounding it that I like to hear when I listen to a post-rock album. Track wise, each one is better than the last one, and with albums that you hear from people that aren't in a label, you'd expect each track to feel like it's on it's own and doesn't have any sort of direction. This album however (along with a lot of the albums made my members here) has really captured that ability to make each track flow into the next very naturally while at the same time, making each track it's own. The album doesn't feel overwhelming and the track lengths of each are perfect. You don't feel like you're pushing yourself to listen to each track. I was listening to the album, and before I knew it, the album was over. And of course, I had to listen to it again. I mean that in the sense that I didn't feel the need to skip any tracks, and it was just a nice natural listening experience that not a lot of music can bring these days. The production quality of this album is also worth mentioning, because my god, it's fantastic. You can hear each instrument clearly, and nothing sounds grainy or too loud or over the top, everything fits together nicely to create a unique yet somewhat familiar sound that really compliments itself. I don't need to say much more on it. I do want to mention that some of the songs do remind me of the Terraria soundtrack. I don't know if you've ever heard that before, but it's something I noticed right away. And it's definitely not a bad thing as that soundtrack is fantastic. My final verdict for this album is that it is absolutely fantastic. I've never listened to Daydream Society before, but now I know what i'm going to listen to when new music is released, because this is undoubtedly a great find, and one I may even move into my mp3 player to listen to more.