I have to say I do enjoy a lot of what I am hearing, and has the potential to become something very innovative in the future despite it being extremely unheard of right now. It was somewhat similar to Storm Memories, but was much more heavily influenced off beat techniques rather than the Riff-like quality that was prominent with the Business Casual release. I then proceeded to listen to Sludge Dredd by DJ Rozwell which can be found here. You can definitely hear the influence from Vaporwave and especially from it's aesthetic through Seapunk.
I didn't listen to the whole album but what I found was a pleasant array of choppy, repetitive droning noise that I have never really heard before. The first album I checked out was the release from Business Casual, entitled Storm Memories by Sea of Dogs which can be found here. Most of the stuff I have listened to sounds a lot like chopped and screwed MBV or Sonic Youth, which is sometimes very unsettling but also pretty awesome at the same time.
My first listens to some albums on Bandcamp have been for the most part pleasant. Check it out.Ī couple of people have mentioned a sub-genre of Vaporwave to check out named "Ocean Grunge". There is so much mystery and ambiguity in this album that it completely enveloped me into a narrative that I think a lot of people can find something in it to relate to. Overall, I highly recommend this release. It slowly discombobulates throughout the album and leaves you on a cliff hanger towards the end with "aftermath", as it finishes off with a build-up similar to an EDM song, then immediately cuts off, making you feel empty and dissatisfied. In tracks like "the loser" you hear dissonant rhythms and melodies that harmonize every once in a while into a lonely, broken refrain. We want nothing but to be with them, and would give anything for them to feel a fraction of what we felt. We have all had that one person who we've fantasized or glamorized so much to the point where we don't even see them as a real person anymore. I found myself entering the depths of something very personal and heart-breaking. It's hard to say what story is within this album, but from I've gathered, it seems almost like a bizarre, guilt-ridden sex fantasy. The girl on the cover is essentially every teenaged boy's wet dream. There is a sense of obsession or infatuation that is prominent in this release. What you will find in this album is a bizarre retelling of a past experience. I felt compelled to listen to this strange, mysterious encounter and was greatly satisfied. She stares back into the camera with a sly smirk and an inebriated facial expression that resonated into my soul. A single snapshot of a naked woman lying on top of a man who is mostly unseen except for his hairy legs. The album artwork was what first attracted me. by blue hydrangea, an unknown artist to the Vaporwave scene, although I am very glad to have found him and I would recommend checking out some of his other releases on his bandcamp website ( ). I puff on an e-cigarette and search the Cyberverse for new, obscure sounds to fill my head and potentially uplift my digital depersonalization. It's late on a friday night and I've got nothing to do except stare out the tiny window in my shitty apartment and glare out into the cold winter moonlight.