dream pop
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Lana Del Rey improves as a songwriter by leaps and bounds on NFR.
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U.F.O.F. is mostly listenable—if a bit derivative—indie folk with a few flashes of brilliance sprinkled throughout the tracklist.
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Weyes Blood comes through with an immaculately produced and performed baroque pop album in Titanic Rising.
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Following a disappointing comeback album in 2016, American Football shows promise once again with the dreamier LP3.
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The Telescopes are a shoegaze and noise rock outfit hailing from England who have been at it since the late ‘80s. Since forming, they’ve dabbled in a myriad of other sounds ranging from the downtempo of their third album to the Metal Machine Music-esque feedback barrages of Infinite Suns.
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Melody Prochet has bounced back with some of the freshest ideas coming out of neo-psych right now.
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Beach House bounces back with their most adventurous album since Teen Dream.
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Yesterday, Beach House shared “Dive,” the second single from their upcoming album, 7. The song features the dream pop mainstay’s typically spacey and reverb-heavy sound, but doesn’t follow the structure featured in lead single “Lemon Glow.” Instead, “Dive” is a slow build starting with synths and a steady
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Alvvays’ sophomore album offers some of the best dream and jangle pop I’ve heard in years.
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A Deeper Understanding is big on sound, but small on substance.
