Slowdim
Slowdim are an interesting band. Their Spirals EP has been tagged on bandcamp with the terms ‘dreamcore’ and ‘lo-fi’, and though I’ll not pretend I know what those mean, I think it hints at the way their loose steel strings, flat voices and melodic guitar lines come through with some kind of crackle on the tracks. It works for me in a surprising way, most notably on the two standouts, ‘Don’t Cough Me Out’ and ‘take your heart that’s solely free’ (their upper and lower casing, not mine). On the latter in particular the homemade rhythms and ever-present beat make for an enjoyable piece of ‘indie-pop’.
On the subject of pop, the guitar and vocals on ‘Tallest Trees’ honestly made me think of The Beatles’ ‘Getting Better’, and with each song coming in at around two minutes, Slowdim make The Beatles look like Pink Floyd. It’s light, but for me it brings to mind a time when pop music was amazing, and though that time was long before my birth, here’s hoping Slowdim and every other amazing band from the land of the free can put Lady Gaghanna back in her cave, and bring talent back into fashion. You didn’t hear it first, but you did hear it here.
Slowdim – ‘take your only heart that’s solely free’
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Slowdim – ‘Don’t Cough Me Out’
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More to be heard at their bandcamp.
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