Hello, 4am - Keeping Warm / Used To
HELLO, 4AM RELEASE LUSH ‘KEEPING WARM / USED TO’
Meet Hello, 4am, a dream-pop duo from Elon, North Carolina, who recently released two singles – “Keeping Warm” and “Used To” – from their forthcoming album, Dreaming Of You, slated to drop January 7.
Hello, 4am
Made up of Branden Oak and Jess Burchett, other than their names the only gen available about the duo is they are a “trans-Atlantic alt-pop duo.” According to their Bandcamp page they released “Passionfruit (Drake Cover)” in April, 2018, followed by a four-track EP, Keeping Warm, three days later, followed by a single, “Kerosene,” about two weeks after dropping the EP.
“Keeping Warm” opens on oozing colors, almost drifting like clouds, flowing into a compact pulsing rhythm expanding to washes of streaming gossamer textures, gleaming with shining hues. Burchett’s sweet high voice infuses the lyrics with elusive tantalizing flavors, wispy yet creamily probing, as glimmering synths radiate nuances of palpable colors.
“Used To” begins with a shimmering intro seguing to gliding floating tones full of soft arcing timbres traveling on delicious layers of palely blushing colors. Burchett’s voice, lingering and rife with easy intimacy and umbral sonority, is wonderfully sumptuous, exuding buttery smooth ambiance.
Both tracks are gorgeous, delivering gracious undertones and cashmere surfaces. Dreaming Of You can’t come too soon.
Burchett’s sweet high voice infuses the lyrics with elusive tantalizing flavors, wispy yet creamily probing, as glimmering synths radiate nuances of palpable colors.
DAYFLOWER
Daydream-pop outfit Dayflower recently debuted two singles, “Sweet Georgia Gazes” and “Daisy Age.”
From Leicester, UK, according to their Facebook page, Dayflower’s formation was inadvertent, occurring in 2013, when “four musical misfits with a shared love of obscure '90s shoegaze and lo-fi pop got chatting outside a music venue in Leicester.” One thing led to another, and they intermittently recorded first one song, then another, followed by even more.
Made up of Alex, David, Chris, and Simon the four never formally started a band, yet they continue making music. Their first single, “Heart Shaped Tambourines,” debuted on BBC Introducing.
“Sweet Georgia Gazes” opens on jangly guitars supported by a driving, rumbling rhythm flowing into an almost new wave-flavored dream-pop melody, vaguely reminiscent of The Cure covering Beach House.
“Daisy Age” rides gentle tones topped by a scrumptious tenor, glowing with velvety coruscations. Two more wonderfully silky dream-pop songs for your listening enjoyment.
