Album Review: Dinowalrus Prove Why Psychedelia Will Never Die

By Diandra Reviews 10 years ago
I think I have made it clear my love for psychedelic-rock. This genre was born out the idea that music can free your mind to not just dream your ambitions but also envision you abstractions. Psychedelia taps into the weirdness of our minds, and reveals them to us through guitar riffs and kick-drums. Though this genre was born in the 70’s, Brooklyn based Dinowalrus has proven why psychedelia will never die in American culture. Moreover, they have shown, through their new album FAIRWEATHER that psychedelic rock can blend deliciously with the sweet synths of pop music.

When you hear pop music, you also might hear the word bubblegum, to which FAIRWEATHER  certainly gives an equally sugary taste. Quickly paced drums and guitars strums spark surfing images that can be associated with pop’s wistful energy. Songs like, Tides and Final Wave, are literally titled and emblematic of the oceanic frequencies Dinowalrus can stir. Many tracks will fall upon you with “beachy” energy, but this band does not want you to only feel the candied-lighthearted nature of pop. Dinowalrus wants to put an acidic after-taste to pop music’s stick of bubblegum, which is where the psychedelia half of their musicality begins.

This album feels like a vision quest because of its electric guitar drive and hazed vocals of lead singer Pete Feigenbaum. Hazy vocals may seem like an odd description of a voice, but part of Fairweather’s wavy sonics comes from Feigenbaum’s ability to carry a note like the froth from a wave. There is a clarity, fluidity, and an emotional weight that naturally bubbles over with every note he sings. Thus, FAIRWEATHER becomes a massive step into Dinowalrus’s artistry and rise in the music industry. While I have already reviewed their onstage charisma, I am excited to see their endearing music sounds as charming on record, which makes them a band readying dot continue their music takeover.

Favorite Tracks:

Falling To The Periphery: this song has a vibrancy that makes you feel like you are running through beached sun-kissed by Feigenbaum’s guitar riffs and vocals. The song is perfect in showing psych-pop’s ability to make you happily imagine a better place for yourself, wherever that may be, through power of sound.

Scarcity: this track feel’s like 80’s glamorized rock. The kick-drum, electric guitar arrangements, and Feigenbaum’s voice induce visions of the Top Gun era, when everybody had a need for speed and big hair.

Compass Rose: there is a 90’s rock sweetness to this song that makes it my favorite charm of the 10 track album. It is coolly playful in sound, and is the perfect track when you are driving around and need to feel as easily flowing as the wind.

To Buy FAIRWEATHER on its release date, September 23, or to learn more about Dinowalrus Click Here. 

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