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Sloslylove's "Tendencies" makes me think of any beach movie ever, or at the very least how they should sound. "What's that? I heard you're going out to check those swells/be a lifeguard/get a tan/play Frisbee! Take this with you!" might be the best sentence to go with this tape.
"Lost In Motion" is a fun chillwave song, perfect for any time spent in the sun. It's a beautiful track, and towards the end it throws in this short vocal snippet that seems like it was pulled directly from some 80's vhs of an obscure movie no one's ever heard of, that moves directly back into the song in a way that just follows the fun around. I love it. "Forever Love" again sounds like something pulled out of the soundtrack from Baywatch, in the best of ways. It's soft, slow, and I'm pretty sure that for the last four minutes I've been moving in slow motion, trying to save the life of someone who honestly probably didn't necessarily need saving. Still though, it's a really nice song. While it has super reverb-y lyrics in the background towards/at the end, I wish it had some more, perhaps more intelligible. It's nice on it's own though, I don't necessarily mind it at all as is.
"On and On" is a little bit darker than the songs preceding it, and again I wish it had more intelligible lyrics, but this might be my favorite song off of the album. It has this flair that's hard for me to not love. The trumpets make me think of Afternoons in Stereo, the vocal snippets in the song give it a nice feel. The integration of the percussion into such a strong part of the song is fantastic, that gun snare and the midi cowbell/tom every now and then are just phenomenal. I could go on for days with this song, but I have to move on to "Dream Girl". It makes me feel like a picnic (on the beach of course) with the sun starting to set, but not setting just yet. It has this dark bass that reminds me of an acid synth that brings back the dark side of "On and On", but the song and it's sequences are still nicely balanced in their softness. The sun starts setting again and what do you know, everything's nice and chill and you're still at the beach. I'm pretty sure if you put this song on a 80's themed radio station it wouldn't be difficult to not notice it was made just this month. The vocal snippet at the end is nice, but a little eerie. I like it.
Finally we end with "Words". This song is reverb-y enough to be chillwave, but new wave-y enough to just be new wave. It's nice, once it slows down a little bit more towards the end it delves further into the idea of being chillwave, and is nice and relaxed, until jumping back into being new wave. Now, that's not to say this is a bad movement, I really like it personally. It stays in the new wave district for a little while before taking a right back into being chillwave. It's as if the song is dancing with itself and just having a fun little time. A wonderful song to end a review.
So, that was as far as I'll get in this review. It would have gone on for a lifetime if I could manage it. It's a truly beautiful album, and I honestly wish I could pitch in the money for the cassette. Fortunately the download for this priceless gem is still for free. So if you've ever gone to the beach, or outside into a hot day, put this album on and just relax. It's good for your health. Enjoy!
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