Danish dreamy alt. rock/pop band Moon Loves Honey have released their highly anticipated debut album ‘You Drift Away From Me’. The album takes the listener on a colourful journey through uncertainty, loneliness and finally hope via nine finely crafted songs – three of which have been released as singles and enjoyed radio airplay and acclaim from media across the globe. Moon Loves Honey functions as a band in concert, but in the studio, its Jeppe Dengsø as a one-man-band. The album was in the making for a year and a half and took huge dedication to complete because of Jeppe͛s growing obsessive attention to detail. In May 2016 – shortly after the release of the band’s debut EP ‘Apart’ – Jeppe started recording songs in Aarhus with friend and mix engineer William Brinch. The initial plan was merely to record a couple of single-ideas, but the plan of creating an entire album slowly manifested itself. Over the next year, the entire album was finished
‘You Drift Away From Me’ displays huge emotional and musical variety with every song differing from the next, while the album still has a unique sonic character throughout. There is a lot of blissful juicy sounds packed into this album yet it doesn’t seem over the top each track cruises along blending together becoming a sweet glorious component of the mellow and euphoric entity that is the ‘You Drift Away From Me’ album. From the electronic and chill wave-tinged pop of opening track ‘To Be Without You’, Moon Loves Honey completely consume you in a luscious dreamy state of soft delicate melodies wrapped in a fluffy cloud of euphoria. The delicate vocals soothe while subtle flickering soundscapes lure you deeper into a trippy sweet state of psychedelia. The tracks that follow lead you down a glistening path of discovery as delicious melodies snappy soft beats and swirling electronics radiate sun kissed vibes. ‘Lonely Day’ and ‘Before I Crash’ provide images of summer sun, chill vibes and azure blue sky’s. It’s easy going yet brimming with silky intricate instrumentation to provide a satisfying listen. It’s almost like these guys create a little world within this album to loose yourself and just recline into as it soaks away all your problems in soothing tunes. Title track ‘You Drift Away From Me’ adds a perky little bounce and swirling adrenaline to the album while the atmospheric ballad ‘I’m Falling Out Of Love With You Baby’ glides along with a honey drizzled melody and lo fi vocals. ‘Blå’ acts as the wispy electronic intermission before the shoegazey rock- esque ‘Is It Just A Dream?’ and ‘Should Have Waited’ spiral in a hazy whirl with subtle anthemic bursts over subdued crashing instrumentation. Moon Loves Honey bring us to the end of this glorious album with the twinkling ‘Replaced’. Flickering electronics sparkle glimmers of scintillation through a melty emotional melody while lush vocals coo over the melancholic tones.
‘You Drift Away From Me’ blends sun kissed chilled dream pop with shoegazey rock and atmospheric electronics effortlessly to create a wholly mesmerising dreamy listen that relaxes, soothes and tranquilises while throwing in some groovy bops and sublime textures on top. It’s magnificently crafted and leaves you refreshed and vitalised.
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