The Dreams – Morbido (2012)
- Art punk
- Lo-fi
- Post-punk
- Experimental rock
- No Wave
- Alternative rock
- Psych-rock
- Neo-psychedelia
- Avant-rock
- Acid rock
Comment:
My first impression about the Strasbourg, French duo The Dreams was spawned
approximately 6-7 years ago when they released an EP or was it a single under
the French imprint Beko DSL. By hearing the first chords by them I knew it
would be a favourite one within the discography of the imprint. Armelle Oberle,
and Emmanuel Satti`s long-running issue is something very special because of
getting power from different sources, however, nonetheless staying a stark rock
and roll instance. For example, the issue starts off like a shamanic whirlpool
with darkened rhythms, spacey organs and stoned guitars, which later will be
shuffled and ordered otherwise. Their power emerges from a psychedelic music
tradition though this might say nothing because the psychedelic pigeonhole is
truly voluminous embracing an enormous number of movements and tendencies.
However, they are not an usual exemplar because their organs are frequently
amplified to a maximum and the Armelle Oberle`s voice and singing manner is
exalted and ecstatic accompanied by low-end yet challenging cadences and always
loud and resounding guitars. Furthermore, the duo used to chime obsessively
similarly to Suicide, for instance. In general, one could discern similarity
with other No Wave artists either. The Dreams shows us clearly it hides very
future for rock music to get on with being not lame and cliché-filled. In a
word, it is a swarm of excellent leftfield compositions.
