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Waking Dreams have returned from their three-year hiatus to hit us with a new Album- Sliding Lines, another slice of 80s inspired pop rock: With Jason Letkiewicz contributing his trademark edgy and innovative guitar licks and ever-shifting sonic soundscapes, singer Angela Chambers does what she seems to do best: her rich, throaty vocals swirl across the music, reverb-laden and opaque. Angela (originally a flautist) also contributes drums and/or percussion on Chances, Tell, Glance and Absorb.
The two members of Waking Dreams have both taken on solo projects since their last album, and this fact seems apparent in the sense of richness in the new album: sometimes you need to expend energy elsewhere to fit back together; and sometimes the ideas that you gain, and the experience of working differently with other artists, mean that when you come back together, you tend to bring more to the table.
When indieRepublik reviewed Askew, their 2020-released album, reviewer Jose Promis called it “misty and ethereal…with a steady, almost disco-meets 90s grunge meets 80s Euro rock vibe”, and the two members of Waking Dreams have taken this blueprint and extended it. They’ve played together for some time, these two, and it shows in the sense of reassuredness with which they swirl along together.
As in the previous album, the songs on Sliding Lines cover the gamut from relentless pop rock single territory to slowed-down ballads, with similarities to Teenage Fanclub, Blondie, Annie Lennox and a poppish version of shoe gazers Brian Jonestown Massacre and Catherine Wheel
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Waking Dreams - Askew
It’s a well-known fact that most long-distance relationships don’t work out. And when they do, it’s because they’re special, verging on meant-to-be. Waking Dreams is a one such musical pact, beating the odds to survive and thrive across continents.
Angela Chambers and Jason Letkiewicz met while both were living in NYC. They hit it off straight away, bonding over a shared love of electronic music and classic rock. Making music together was the next logical step, and so they started writing songs and collaborating. Soon after, Angela decided to move to Berlin. About a year later Jason also moved to Berlin and soon after they began writing and recording new material.
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What had evolved slowly across a distance suddenly exploded given the right proximity. The results fizzed with creativity and the intense writing and recording sessions resulted in ‘Askew’, a truly stunning debut album. Angela’s powerful, velvet-wrapped vocals are propelled along by tribalistic drums and layers of floating melodic guitar lines.
At times, the music feels ethereal, almost mystical, shrouded in an early morning haze. It has electronic elements at its core, while still coming from a richer and deeper songwriting tradition. In terms of references, Fleetwood Mac, Opal and Bat for Lashes come to mind and create a good hook to hang from.
Now the duo are ready to take their kismetic relationship to the next level, releasing the album via NYC-based label Touch Your Life Records on June 1st, 2020. Waking Dreams are living proof that when the music is meant to be, things will find a way to work out.
