Gemini seems to have been borne from hours of overdosing on 4AD and Slumberland records; you could even throw in a handful of Flying Nun releases as well. Within the past few years, there has been a resurgence of bands fixating on glittery, smooth indie pop from the 80's, with bands like The Radio Dept and Wild Nothing continuing the charge this year. And while this may come across as just simple nostalgia on some of the albums coming out, others bands, like the ones I've mentioned, seem to be doing it purely for the love of the music, not for some ultimately shallow or pedantic reason. Wild Nothing, much like The Radio Dept, take on the traditional forms of 80's pop and by adding their own personal touches, whether it be ambient effects or danceable beats, create songs that are so vivid and substantive that they often reach the heights of the bands from which they draw inspiration and so clearly love. "Live In Dreams" opens the album with a beautifully layered melody reminiscient of the best of The Cocteau Twins or The Smiths and proceeds to bring us into singer Jack Tatum's own depressed view of love and longing, while still showing him keeping a slight humor about it. And this slightly aware feeling permeates the rest of the songs. Wild Nothing has created an iridescent ode to pop music, which feels as unforced and as natural as the love which continually escapes Tatum.
Tracklisting:
01. Live In Dreams
02. Summer Holidays (listen to the mp3 below)
03. Drifter
04. Pessimist
05. O Lilac
06. Bored Games
07. Confirmation
08. My Angel Lonely
09. The Witching Hour
10. Chinatown
11. Our Composition Book
12. Gemini
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