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Peel Dream Magazine Offer Central Park West Video

August 7, 2024 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

As we’ve gone through the album cycle for the forthcoming Peel Dream Magazine LP, I’ve admittedly been on board, though knowing that those early singles were treading water in the band’s past. But, that stops now, with this airy new single that shifts the sound into something a little bit more ornate, almost theatrical in nature. Honestly, and perhaps I’m a bit jaded, but it feels like something one would claim as Sufjan adjacent, even down to the instrumentation and accompaniment…and while that might seem like a knock, there’s a brightness that turns in at 2:15 where the track gets an energetic lift to tether it to the earlier singles out there. Rose Main Reading Room is out on September 4th via Topshelf Records.

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Another Peel Dream Magazine Tune

July 24, 2024 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

As much as we knew what to expect in the early work of Peel Dream Magazine, it seems that Joe Stevens work on the newest LP did see him branching out in new directions, or at least letting other folks join in on the fun, like the partnered vocals that run the course through this song and its accompanying video. Musically, it’s still all about bending in those corners of psychedelia into a pop-centric vibe that works around studio-beat-magic and vibrant melodies. Personally, the chorus is the sweet spot on this tune, offering an almost toying melody, teasing you without going full on into the realms of cliche bedroom pop. Rose Main Reading Room is out September 4th via Topshelf.

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Peel Dream Magazine Shares Lie in the Gutter

June 26, 2024 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

After several albums for the ATH heralded Slumberland Records, Peel Dream Magazine are moving over to Topshelf Records for their new LP. Today we get this delicious little tune that’s going to be hard not to fawn over. Joseph gives up the vocal duties on this one, and the rolling pulse of the synths/keys definitely is going to have folks pulling out their “sounds like Stereolab” cards. You can certainly hear where the roots of the project have evolved into a more openly pop structure, thus capable of seducing even the hardest to please indie fans; I can certainly see where folks who love Broadcast or Dummy might find this as a nice intersection if they were unfamiliar with the band. There’s a bunch of tour dates too, so hopefully we’ll get to hear a lot from the forthcoming Rose Main Reading Room, out September 4th.

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