BENEATHER - Dreamgaze (Official Video)

BENEATHER - 'Dreamgaze' from the forthcoming self-titled album out May 2022 on WIAIWYA Records.

Introducing Beneather, a BAFTA-nominated composer from North London obsessively crafting Sad, lo-fi, cinematic scandi-dreampop submerged in gently fuzzy tape loops.

Sunken broadcasts of half recalled memories. Distant, partial and obscured.

Debut LP - May 2022. WIAIWYA Records.

Inspired by the likes of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Hammock, Grouper, Low, GAS, Huerco S., Emeralds, Jenny Holzer, William Basinski & ABBA.

Writing credits: Music & Production by Lewis Young, Vocals by Melinda Bronstein

Beneather is an exercise in hypnotic simplicity. Experimental dream-like music built on layers of scratchy electronic tape loops, chiming spacious guitars and abstract pulsing vocals.

These cinematic songs combine Grouper's whistful deviations with the warm fuzz of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, the nocturnal hum of Emeralds, the crackling collapse of William Basinski and LOW's glacial pop melancholy.

Beneather depicts the journey of recollecting memories. How we process what we remember and what we don't. Some moments are strong and clear, others feel lost. Beneather explores how we observe our history. How a thought has edges. A road we can’t quite recall the end of. Missing faces. Faded buildings. Vocally nonsensical sounds, frequencies and rhythms create melodies you can't quite keep a hold of. Fond memories that have become hazy and meandering.

[commandozero]

This is my absolute favourite album of 2022 so far.