Dive Roll is an artist from Melbourne, Australia who recently released a self-titled album Dive Roll. On his Bandcamp page the artist mentions, “Home made recordings just trying to make something nice.” That's an accurate description of the songs. The songs sound like home recordings that were pleasant and easy to appreciate. On that note there’s a couple different styles the artist flirts with.
“Intro” is composed of a couple different melodic guitar patterns. There’s a hypnotic like quality with one guitar repeating a simple melody while the other one serves as the lead. “Wanted Posters” introduces other elements like bass, vocals and drums. The melodies and grooves were bright, catchy and warm. There are some vocals but they are relatively sparse and didn’t feel like a major focal point to the song. “Edge of the Universe” was a highlight. The vocals are a bigger factor here and the drums sound electronic on this song. There’s sort of a loose and playful vibe almost as if it’s a jam session. “Fiona” is a slower moving and melancholy song. It’s a much more ambient track that creates a mood more than anything else. I thought is was a bit of a palette cleaner halfway through the album. “Luggage Carousel” goes back into rock mode. There are shades of The Velvet Underground on this song especially in regards to the vocals. The song contains jangly guitar patterns, a steady 4/4 beat and a stoic quality that felt neutral when it came to the emotional resonance. “Garden Variety” is a brighter song and contains some of the best melodies all around from the guitars to the vocals. I would say this felt like the most single worthy song in the batch. “His Mind” sounded fairly different from the other songs in a couple of ways. This is the only song I would consider to be more folk based. The song is a little more close mic-ed as well and because of this gives it a more intimate feel. I would like to hear more songs in this style in the future. Last is a sort of slow but pretty and melancholy soundscape called “Wet day timetable.” This isn’t the most cohesive release but there’s some solid ideas and it gives you an overall idea of the artist's talent. There are a number of areas I’d love to hear the artist explore in the future but I thought this was a solid effort.
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