Either you call it Glo-Fi, Hypnagogic Pop or Chill-Wave, there was something going on with music last summer. Dreamy synth melodies that sound like half-remembered soft-rock tunes from the 80′s, recordings on dirty unraveled tapes, memories of memories, summer nights at the beach, surfing… This had to happen at some point but here we are: Yacht Rock is cool again.
To make it simple, let’s say that bands such as Washed Out, Neon Indian, Toro Y Moi, Memory Tapes etc. are a new version of Don Henley‘s Boys of Summer, or a “distorted, faded reminiscence of something like Boys of Summer or was it something else ?”, to be more precise.
New bands ripping off synth pop hits from the 80′s in a meticulous way are just annoying as La Roux can get, but these dudes bring something new to the table, relying on vague childhood memories to depict an era when Ghostbusters was the best movie of all time and you could talk seriously about New Age aesthetic.
Washed Out - Feel it All Around
Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
Toro Y Moi – Sad Sams
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