- Chillwave
- Indie pop
- Alternative pop
- Lo-fi
- Singer-songwriter
- DIY
- Hypnagogic pop
Comment: Paul A
Rosales is a multi-instrumentalist from California, USA who has
issued a thread of releases under the pseudonym Wonder Wheel. My
first meeting with his music did happen sometime 10 years ago due to
a single release on French imprint Beko DSL. The single was an
excellent example of a bit blackened cinematic shoegaze obviously
influenced by the likes of Joy Division, and Siouxsie & The
Banshees. This bunch of 6 tracks is an outtake from the years
2008-2011 (although recorded a few years later). Fortunately one cannot hear exactly the same sonic example
of the Beko DSL single instead of it the whole is more DIY-oriented
and creates rather a chain between Ariel Pink bedroom magic and
hypnagogic and chillwave music. Anyway, the attitude of the releases
is the same and a beatific bliss from the beginning of the 10s is
guaranteed.
