Umarells – One More Day (EP Review)
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Umarells
One More Day
By Jac Taylor
Packed with dreamy, hypnotic vocals, Umarells release their new EP on November 8. One More Day is a revolutionary pushback on the music scene with its unique delicate well-crafted sound pulling you out of the last century. The EP is going to reach the hearts within dreampop, filled to the brim with fans, even outside the great city of Manchester. A trance into a sound like Mazzy Star, Slowdive and Hole.
One More Day is a very deep first chapter into Umarells catalogue with this ethereal, simple EP; a pop appeal with a shoegaze deep dive. In other words, as the EP cover shows, the music on One More Day is as nicely valued as a colourful range of flowers, and truly surreal. In the larger picture, when reading into the lyrics, grooves, and melodies, it really feels like a fragmented, lucid dream being put to rest.
An element of One More Day is the raw, emotive vocals that are somehow cloudy yet energetic, it has a melancholic kind of tone. The reason the vocals are impressive is how well they latch onto the instrumentation. The drums are very calming, with indie-pop guitars floating around your headphones. It’s an immense wall of bold, vivid yet pure, bliss.
‘Ocean’… yes please. This song is the one that should pique your attention from the EP. The title is so fitting in the way it just brings in calming waves. If you have ever been abroad or travelled to the beach, you can just picture the tranquillity. It really feels as though that the band have found an edge that reflects this project and, hopefully, the future to come.
With the track ‘You’re Not Here’, Umarells are clearly pulling together in a dazed, meditated harmony. The echoes of how this band may, or may not, have received inspiration is channelled effortlessly. For example, right towards the end, at the later part of the three-minute mark, there is some guitar work sounding like something from Nirvana’s track ‘Drain You’. It’s unsettling as you wouldn’t expect this from any kind of dream-pop. Hopefully, we get to see more of this at Muso’s in the near future.