PS I LOVE YOU – DON’T GO
Q – What would happen if you mixed Clap Your Hands Say Yeah with The Cure? A – You would get PS I Love You’s Don’t Go. Paul Saulnier (on the right) belts out his words in what sounds like a drunken hysteria, but somehow magically keeps his guitar calm and soothing like everyone’s favourite dream pop tunes. It is the blend that gives this Kingston, Ontario duo the perfect vibe. I haven’t heard this aesthetic of music sound so impassioned in my life.
ECHO LAKE – EVEN THE BLIND
This South London quintet create thick, reverb heavy dream-pop. Imagine Beach House, or M83 meets My Bloody Valentine. Where MBV made windstorms of hazy sounds, and Beach House and M83 songs had clear structure, Echo Lake sits somewhere in between. Best of their one album catalogue is Even the Blind, where they not only put a verse-chorus-verse structure into the fog of noise, they also set an amazing build and release that makes for an incredible listen. The final whirling of female vocals alongside crashing drums is just perfect.
