Dresden Woods started in 2015 as a collection of songs written by Vitold Buzinski until singer Art Lozin joined in 2018 as lead singer. The band's most recent self-titled release Dresden Woods contains eight songs and is twenty-eight minutes long.
I listened to these songs and I would guess the band has been influenced by Joy Division, The Cure and The Smiths. The songs often come from an amalgamation of these styles although they jump around a bit. Similar to all the aforementioned bands Dresden Woods is a band that has a flair for the dramatic. The lyrics and general mood is dark but not necessarily dismal. The first song “Taos'' seems directly influenced by Joy Division with a hint of more contemporary acts like Bloc Party. It’s a driving song with gloomy synths, reverb laced guitars and it sort of embraces the typical post-punk aesthetic. The band does sound different on the next song “The Moors” which is warmer and perhaps not as dark. There was also the acoustic ’90s alternative vibe I was picking up on this song in particular. “Someday” is similar to “Taos” but perhaps even more contemporary sounding in some ways. Oddly enough the next song “Kali Yuga (Come Apocalypse Come)” sounded like an extension of “The Moors'' and seems to embrace a similar guitar tone. I’m not sure what was going on with “Spirit” but the song was about 6 dbs softer. It was like the song didn’t get mastered and wasn’t even close to the same volume of the other songs. The RMS volume goes back to the way they sounded on the previous songs. “Legions”gets very dramatic almost in a comical way at points. There is some language here that felt fantasy based. “Dark Ages'' felt like the highlight. They really nail the mood here. The guitars are great, the vocals have a kinetic energy that crackles and overall is just a killer song. Last up is the dark and isolating “Waves.” This felt like a pretty straightforward post-punk/goth album. It’s tortured, dark, isolating and dramatic. If you love the genre this just be an easy and accessible listen.
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