A great dance
party is a thing of beauty, but a good soundtrack for the comedown can be just
as vital. After nearly a decade on the trippy dancefloor of Soundpool,
guitarist/drummer/bassist/producer John Cep and singer/bassist Kim Field set
off from that New York five-piece to take respite in the warm and woozy sounds
of a new shoegaze-infused project, The Stargazer Lilies. And with their debut
album, We Are the Dreamers, they’re letting their days of disco beats slip away
into memory with style.
Linking up
with Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow and live drummers EJ DeCoske and
Johnny Lancia, they’ve teased influences like the French pop of Air and the
shoegaze of Lush and Slowdive out to create a record of dripping dream pop.
Here, they’ve pared down their sound to Kim’s airy vocals, reverb-washed drums
and a fuzzy, swelling ether of effects-laden guitar and bass. The resulting
punch-drunk collection, from the gentle melody of “Del Rey Mar” to the sluggish
and nearly indecipherable drone of “Light of Day,” is coated in the disquieting
patina that Tobacco brings to BMSR, though in this case the mood he creates is
more melancholy than sinister.
And isn’t
that just how it feels, that limbo between a real good party and the morning
after — sickly sweet, a little muzzy and ready, before too long, to do it all
again.
We are the Dreamers is out
Oct 22nd
via the Graveface Records and Curiosities imprint.
