- Chillwave
- Mood music
- Glo-fi
- Art
pop
- Indietronica
- Post-rock
- Plinkerpop
- Electronic music
- Alternative
- Chilltronica
- Post-pop
- Ambient pop
Comment:
by listening to TNKS`s sophomore outing
Nostalgic Happiness
you may perceive it as if a watered down post-rock issue is put in
front of your ears. In fact, the explanation is way too simplistic
and little saying to the
listener. From these 28
minutes in the set of 7
pieces in total there used
to emerge enough elements to tickle your cerebral
synapses in
a breezy
way. Indeed, sun is shining and gentle gusts are stroking your cheeks
and dishevel your hair while you are spending your time in the middle
of a picturesque meadow
in the countryside. Throughout the course you can perceive the intact
bucolic feel which
of course could closely be related to fairly
nostalgic pictures from
one`s remote past. These 7
tracks constitute a platform to put off your memories toward the
childhood. Toward something you cannot reach anymore because
physically we
have no possibility to overcome the burden of entropy (if we would
get it
would we wish it?). Musically and stylistically the album`s touch
harks back to the chillwave/glo-fi/hypnagogic movement. Indeed,
hypnagogic pop as a stylistic phenomenon is closely bound to falling
asleep, dreaming and memories. There are bands up within the style
who exploit the corresponding intentions (Memoryhouse, Memory Tapes).
Jokingly, The Smiths was obviously a pre-hypnagogic combo due to
conveying such tracks as
Back
to the Old House,
This Night Has Opened My
Eyes, and
Asleep (even if the latter one focused on suicide). Exuberant
yet gentle guitar chords used to draw its elliptical lines across the
synthetic terrain and IDM-esque crispy beats while being coloured by sublime saxophone beeps and colourful orchestrations at
times. By the way, I tagged it as mood music as you can see above but
it does not mean it is either somehow simple-minded or "lazy".
More profoundly,
you can hear easiness in
timbre and mood pouring
out from the sophisticated instrumental compositions. The wondrous
outing is a part of the
discography of Sucu Music. Additionally I recommend listen to the
debut release
Gate One. By kindred souls you should listen to Brother Saturn
