LAUNCH FLY LAND

Dreamers

Released on 26/04/2019 by Fairfax Recordings
Main artists: Dreamers
Genre: Alternative & Indie

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Adopting a moniker as amorphous -- and ubiquitous -- as Dreamers would suggest either a love for the arcane or a desire to cannonball into the mainstream. The Brooklyn-based trio's snappy blend of meticulously crafted electro-pop and indie-leaning alternative rock hews closer to the latter persuasion, but their knack for pairing relatable lyrics with alluring hooks and arena-sized choruses provides its fair share of keepers. More stylistically diverse and pop-forward than their 2016 full-length debut, the guitar-driven This Album Does Not Exist, LAUNCH, FLY, LAND aims for the nosebleed section from the get-go, delivering a trio of fist-pumping crowd-pleasers ("Die Happy," "Dizzy," and "Celebrate") that evoke the kinetic dance rock of Walk the Moon and the glitzy, neon-splashed electro-pop of Imagine Dragons -- "Someway Somehow," with its sinewy guitar lead and Motorik gait, achieves a "Mr. Brightside" vibe in its opening moments, but fails to match the Killers' distinctive urgency. "Insomniac" is the one sonic outlier, eschewing the swift pace of its predecessors for a lumbering, though not at all unpleasant, bit of modern shoegaze that manages to shift its gaze upwards from time to time. In leaning harder into their pop proclivities, Dreamers have unleashed their most commercially ambitious outing to date. Still, there's really nothing idiosyncratic enough on LAUNCH, FLY, LAND to distinguish the group from the myriad other alt-pop enthusiasts that create overbright baubles from the vestiges of post-punk and new wave. Like any good mass-produced confection, it'll light up your brain for a bit, but repeated exposure will likely yield diminishing returns.

© James Christopher Monger /TiVo

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LAUNCH FLY LAND

Dreamers

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Die Happy

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Marc Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Howie Weinberg, Unknown, Other - Neal Avron, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tobias Kuhn, Producer, Synthesizer, Unknown, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Drew Pearson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shep Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Accetta, ComposerLyricist - Dreamers, MainArtist - Daniel Lonner, ComposerLyricist - Scott Skrzynski, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Brittain, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Wold, ComposerLyricist - Jacob Wick, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sherman, ComposerLyricist