(Andy Synn encourages you to give Dreamwell‘s new album – out this Friday – a chance)
Before you go any further, I encourage you all to go read what I wrote about Dreamwell‘s previous album, which was one of my favourite records of 2021.
Finished?
Well, now let me tell you why – as good as Modern Grotesque was – In My Saddest Dreams… is even better.
Archspire
Someone wrote they get by with a little help from their friends… don’t tell me… it will come to me….
I got by with some help from my friends this morning. It was one of those especially distracting weeks when I had almost no chance to claw my way through the hundreds of e-mails we get every day, so I didn’t have much new music bookmarked to check out over the last 24 hours and really wasn’t eager to do the catch-up chore. However, DGR and Andy Synn pitched five new songs and videos at me, and I also noticed a few recommendations from some other valued influencers.
Collectively, those became my main targets… and like the blind squirrel who found an acorn, I did stumble across a few nuggets of musical nourishment myself. The result is the very big collection I’ve assembled below, organized alphabetically by band name and with fewer words than usual for Saturday round-ups. Surely you will find something to enjoy….
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(Andy Synn continues his desperate attempt to cover everything he missed last year)
One thing I’ve been trying to get across with these “Unsung Heroes” posts is just how varied and versatile “the scene” is.
Case in point, today we’ve got a triptych of grungy, melodic grooves (Blind Tendril), blast-driven brutality (Carthage), and angst-ridden artistry (Dreamwell), which should provide something for a wide variety of tastes… and maybe even tempt some of you to experiment with something you wouldn’t usually listen to.
Who knows? All I can do is put the music in front of you. Whether you give it a chance or not is entirely your choice!