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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.

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Singles That Mingle 20240801

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Singles That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

 

 

Umarells – June

 One More Day Out November 8 Via FOMO Records

A dreamy ditty great for melting those sunsets away as they coast along behind you in the rearview.

 

 

 Lazy Day – Falling Behind

Open The Door Out November 8 Via Brace Yourself Records

A motivated short and sweet track that leads the pace.

 

Everyone Says Hi – Only One

Completely inoffensive and unremarkable, it’s the TV in the background of songs, sometimes a snippet gets your attention though.

 

Efterklang – To A New Day

Things We Have In Common Out September 27 Via City Slang

Weird, wonderful and inspiring.

 

Tess Parks – Koalas

Pomegranate Out October 25 Via Fuzz Club

Lingering notes fill the space and the strumming guitar keeps the track bopping along. Zero Koalas were injured in the making of this track, nor mentioned.

 

Bria Salmena – Bending Over Backwards

Out Now Via Sub-Pop

A poppy ditty with a smooth locomotion.

 

DoFlame – Can’t Stand No One

Sometimes you just need drop D tuning and wrecking the place up in your life,  DoFlame provides.

 

Jeshi – Disconnect! (Feat Fredwave, Louise Cure, & J Cesar)

We’re new to Jeshi but they sure like to cram every bit of everything into a tune, keepin’ an eye on this one.

 

Crack Cloud – Lost on the Red Mile

Red Mile Out Now Via Jagjaguwar

A beautiful track.

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