Spearheaded by Danish producer and multi-instrumentalist Tobias Wilner in 2000, these days Blue Foundation has added Bo Rande to the equation, and together the pair flesh out experimental and dream pop sensibilities to worldwide acclaim. Now based in Brooklyn, the duo continues to illustrate that they are well versed in electronica, shoegaze, and hazy pop. Currently four albums deep into their recording career, Blue Foundation brings in a handful of collaborators to help birth these atmospheric and melodic ideas on the recently dropped In My Mind I Am Free<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The intro \u201cJust A Hand\u201d reinforces the band\u2019s ability to deliver blurry atmospheres combined with gentle vocals. It\u2019s Blue Foundation as we know them from the beginning \u2013 a song oozing with spacey meandering. \u201cGround Control\u201d shifts gears with an almost industrial feel, and displays Blue Foundation at their most jagged. The band always have their experimental nods in check, with tracks like \u201cDressed In Black\u201d having plenty of almost video game like noises buried under the thick shoegaze. Though most tracks linger around the five to six minute mark, disc highlight \u201cFundamental\u201d is a shorter song with emphasis on soft vocals under the playful synth. <\/p>\n
Though the core of the band\u2019s sound doesn\u2019t vary much from track to track, they have recruited a long list of hands to chip in on this disc and vary up the sound (notable appearances include Sara Savery, Jonas Bjerre, Findlay Brown, etc.). The addition of plenty of bleeps and bloops mixed with acoustic guitars and bells keeps the listener guessing, making the entire disc seem to come from a more ambient standpoint. This is most evident on the track \u201cLost,\u201d a glitchy, psych-influenced experience full of twists and turns and charming female vocals.<\/p>\n
A fascinating blend of electro-pop, lush shoegaze, and harmonic dream pop with even some subtle industrial undertones, In My Mind I Am Free<\/i> sounds like it would fit right at home with \u201880s synth pop, \u201890s alt-rock as well as the current trend of indie-tronic exploring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":31026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8889],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42709","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-blue-mountain","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42709"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}