True<\/i> is quite easily the most brilliant of all dream pop records; this latest release from New York\u2019s Violens has some of the prettiest music ever. The album\u2019s sound is an obvious olio of the alternative and New Wave scenes of the \u201880s and \u201890s, which is undeniable right down to its sleek minimalist cover that has the attributes of a Factory Records release. Violens reinterprets these styles from the past, not by trying to mimic a certain band, but by making melody a key aspect of each song, which was such a vital part of the success of some of these bands from the past era.<\/p>\n
Violens is like The Smiths for a new generation, in terms of creating short melodious numbers that would give the listener goose bumps. True <\/i>is just rich with cuts fitting this description. In fact tracks such as \u201cTotally True,\u201d \u201cSariza Spring,\u201d and \u201cThrough The Window\u201d have the distinctive jangle pop characteristic of The Smiths, with velvety vocals that melt like warm chocolate into the music. \u201cWhen To Let Go,\u201d the most jangly of all cuts is like Tears For Fears on a Beach Boys-inspired mood, whereas \u201cSo Hard To See,\u201d with its genuine synth pop influence, has elements of the kind that made Tears For Fears so popular.<\/p>\n
The group did not set out to create an all-out pop record, which can is evident here from the ominous instrumentals \u201cLavender Forces\u201d and \u201cLucent Caries,\u201d and especially by edgier cuts like \u201cEvery Melting Degree,\u201d \u201cUnfolding Black Wings,\u201d and \u201cAll Night Low.\u201d These tracks have a Pale Saints-esque dynamic, where dark dreggy guitar sounds are paired with moments of melody. But these strangely somber songs are by no means gothic, much as the rest of the album is not flat-out upbeat sweetmeat.<\/p>\n
Alongside similar albums like Lansing-Dreiden\u2019s The Dividing Island, True<\/i> isn\u2019t stuck in the past like most post-punk\/dream pop revival records of this decade. Instead, it manages to reinvent the past and create something that is totally transcendent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":31121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8940],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-42807","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-violens","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42807","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42807"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}