We don’t receive many concept albums nowadays, and one can see why that happens. The music industry has been moving towards standardising its formulas and outputs, mainly catering to society’s thirst for instant gratification. Well, DreamGood do the exact opposite. Hailing from Australia, Mitchell Sloan, Joshua Heath and Glenn Heath define themselves as a cinematic art-pop trio, a distinction that in practice means everything and nothing. You see, DreamGood moves fluidly between alt-pop, electronica, and the leftfield, a journey that has now bloomed into their latest album, ‘Paris Novella’.
Packed with fourteen kaleidoscopic offerings, ‘Paris Novella’ is a functional example of cross-pollination between genres and influences. DreamGood don’t restrain themselves to a specific cultural scene, instead embracing different personalities at a song’s notice. ‘Kingdom of Fear’ is one of the perfect examples of that, thanks to its industrial, gritty beginning and its mellow, more refined central section. Overall, the album finds its rightful place in an everlasting tension; tension between light and darkness, tension that keeps listeners on their toes from start to finish.
The lyricism that hides behind ‘Paris Novella’ is described to us in rather vague terms, mainly finding its main ethos in the vacuum of the human experience. We have no doubt that it might also be personal at times, a collection of memories and nostalgic yearnings carried by the Australian creatives. Overall, we found ourselves more drawn to the record’s sonic side, which also makes both the lyrics and music very cohesive.
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