Day Dreems

Day Dreems

Self-Released

Day Dreems has been making music for a while, but this album is my first encounter with them. It's a happy surprise--light hearted, sweet, tough, retro but not old-fashioned power pop. It's a lot of fun to listen to and very wise.

The songs romp through topics like fascism, as in “The Bad Old Days.” This song couldn’t have come at a better time. In an election year where democracy is on the line, this fight song takes a stand for the good new days of freedom justice and equality, and against the bad past of conformity, prejudice, being in the closet if you’re gay, and having to hide if you’re non-binary, which Day Dreems is.

“F Natural” takes a stand against alternative medicine, homeopathic remedies, herbal drugs, and holistic health, and asserts that the best medicine is western, not eastern, advocating for doctors, and drugs made by the drug companies. Anything else is mumbo-jumbo snake oil.

The whole album is melodic and somewhat baroque. You can hum these songs, and dance to songs about ADHD (“Brain Drain”), being introverted (“Let’s Be Lonely”), and an ode to ladybugs (“Lady Beetle”).

So if you like your power pop poppy, seriously fun, impure, and just plain good, this debut is for you. You will get a lot out of it. It will make you think. What more could you ask for?

Andrea Weiss