Louis Mars is an artist from England who recently released Teenage Daydreams. He explains: “The album is about teenage life and how I try to reflect on past experiences and try to make sense of new feelings and emotions.” As an almost forty-year-old man I can no longer completely relate to the emotions of a teenager living in today's world which is much different than when I was growing up. That being said I was once a teenager and although these reflections are distant memories at this point I was interested in going down his perspective,
There are fifteen songs and a number of them are on the longer side ranging from about five to seven minutes in length. The music is primarily rock and bands as far ranging as Sonic Youth to Car Seat Headrest came to mind. The album gets moving with “Drivin” and immediately I liked the guitar riff. This reminded me of early Sonic Youth. The song drives and the kinetic drum beat is quickly paired with the guitar. His vocals felt like a stream of consciousness and I thought it was catchy and engaging. As the song progresses it gets more intense and I was impressed. This music felt right down my alley. Up next is the title track “Teenage Daydreams” which is another song that got my attention. The guitars are similar in their approach but this song has a chorus that really pops. His lyrics revolve around going to parties, staying up late and unrequited love. “A confession from a teenager who doesn't know how to do maths” was a slightly different approach. There is this Courtney Barnett type of spoken word delivery that works really well in the song. He sings about more of the issues of being a teenager and similarly also gets more intense. There are solemn confessions on “I'd rather be a kid” and I was picking up on those Carseat Headrest type of vibes on this song. As the album progressed he attempted a couple of different aesthetic choices by changing up the drum kits, guitar sound and more. The album mellows out quite a bit in the second half. My main critique is that he could have put some of this different sounding material on other releases such as the ambient “A distraction.” The other highlights were “Heart full of thorns, head full of storms” and the cathartic closer “I don't like to talk to people about important things.” There is a lot of talent here and the songs came off as heartfelt and honest. I hope this is just the beginning from him and I hope to hear more soon.
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