Bristol post punk / psych junk /shoegaze band Dreamwave have shared their new single “Hidden Sun” alongside a music video.
The song features on their upcoming debut EP ‘Dreamwave And The Mindcave’, due out May 4th via Velvet Echoes Records. Grab it here.
The perfect soundscape for the barren and dusty lands of Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, but with an oneiric twist, ‘Hidden Sun’ was inspired by the dreamy synths of Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack for ‘Il Mercenario’. Dreamwave’s goal here was to create a composition that emanates a reassuring warmth, similar to the calming color palette of Leone’s films: washed-out pastel tones with a slight orange tint, imitating the heat of a hidden sun in a desert landscape.
Seeing Tears For Fears perform live left a profound impression on them, inspiring them to purchase and experiment with 80s synthesisers, diving into the sonic possibilities they offered and blending different sounds together.
Watch the dokaman & DREAMWAVE-directed video below.
More About Dreamwave
From one bedroom via two cities. The Dreamwave project started on a simple recording set-up that now finds itself pressed to wax for the first time.
Surrounded by music in Brighton, the members of Dreamwaves paths collided to form a psychedelic rock project that represented their shared love of retro graphic design artwork, Bauhaus minimalism, and sci-fi such as Warhammer.
The move to Bristol sees them step away from the dreamy seaside landscapes of Brighton to absorb new heavier brutalist sounds.
FFO: Beach House, Tame Impala, Tears For Fears, Air, Wand, Altın Gün, Sundiver CA
