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Songs of the Day - "Lost Imagination" & "Nothing as Beauttiful" Bandaged Moon

Bandaged Moon
Dave Charlton - vocals & rhythm guitar Tom Homan - Keyboards Dan Gowland - Lead guitar
Anth Wills - Drums 

Combining a special mix of shoegazing dream pop and indie garage rock, Bandaged Moon is a lovely surprise. Again another find on Twitter, the UK based band's music takes one back to the early 90s when dream pop had it's moment before sliding out to the grunge scene shooting out of the Pacific NorthWest. An intersesting observation, the weather  in both areas is oddly similliar with fog filled mornings leading into drizzle shorn afternoons into a lost sundown.  The song "Lost Imagination" greets us with plush keys and a bit of a drum kick "You and me we wonder why our lives our filled with greed" shatters one's self reflection.  "Have I lost my imagination/ Am I running wild?I may never know/ How can we be sure?" The steady synth ripples. "How come have we become the ones who play it safe."

Tom's playing on the keys bring a spectacular melodic beauty to this smoothly run song.    A song eliciting a time when you begin to doubt your own creativity and how to get it back.  Our you in for the journey or the end game. "I want to see my name up n lights". The track reaches its truth at the 2:57 as it  moves willing into the bridge "People will change/Memories will range down on the beat." This well produced song fades out to  a hazy gauzey effect.

A song rich in dreamy synth ambiance and empathetic lyrics describes "Nothing as Beautiful".  The mellifluous rhythm floats in pure shoegazing form."Nothing as Beautiful" shows off Dave's velvety tinged vocals.  "But you sit and watch as I fight with my thoughts"   There is a definite reminiscence to AHA, although"Nothing as Beautiful" has a slower more measured cadence.  This song has the ability to take one out of their thoughts and float you into a day dream as good synthy dream pop songs do.  Let it soar. The reverb of the swooping guitar solo takes this song into a more indie direction.  It is a love song with a special lyric that jumped out at me   "Is it a sparkly dress or a new jumpsuit?".  "I close my eyes" ripples over the punchy guitar playing. The axe slinks in to grab this tune as it slides away in treble.

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