An album release from Addam Duncan has a unique way of delivering a refreshing brand of honesty that comes through in the form of vast and almost cinematic pop songs that blend together beautiful Textures to create atmospheres that you fall right into.
The Family Beach Trip record feels almost like a concept album of sorts and the songs on it seem like the service chapters in the artist's life as they come through, at times, emotionally driven, honest, and with some detail.
The use of synths, pads, beats, and vocals all come together with such a wondrous and expansive approach that you end up getting engulfed by the soundscapes as they sort of swim around in the air that surrounds you.
The whole thing comes through with the beauteous tonality and those textures have a way of complementing each other as they build an album together, and throughout it all, you do get those bits of character and personality that the record boasts that stick strong throughout its course and may just be the most important aspect about the whole thing.
Again, this is a record that has a deeper meaning, especially for Addam himself as they do feel very authentic and like he had to get things off of his chest in the only way he knew how. Through his music.
What really hit me hardest was his abilities in producing because these songs are lush and do indeed have that vastness in their undertone at times, but they also grab your attention lyrically and with vocal melody because the way everything's delivered has that almost vulnerable feeling behind it.
This is all part of why the record has so much of that character. Because it's real.
This is one of those albums that you should be listening to as a whole. From beginning to end.
Listening to one or two songs off of this release does not give you anywhere near the full spectrum of what the album actually has to offer.
These songs range from dream and indie pop to alternative pop as well but also so much in between those spectrums.
There's a sort of edginess that lies just beneath the surface and the whole thing feels like it would have been cathartic for Addam to write and release but for the listener, a lot of it feels understandable and relatable.
So, you end up getting very attached to the record in different ways while you end up getting washed away by the sounds of it all at the same time.
This was a little bit more an experience than just an album for me and it served as an amazing little escape for that chunk of time.
When you listen to the whole album you end up getting pulled away from your surroundings and put into this other life altogether.
It is surrounded by a beautiful sonic presence that has a pop coating and a sort of welcoming warmth in its own way.
I would suggest listening to this record with headphones on so that you can soak in everything that's going on. This record has a lot floating around in the ether of certain tracks.
Synths and keys that are right up in the forefront, vocals that might be buried at certain times but then come out later, and sometimes a little bit of a haunt as well.
Again, I can't hurt enough that listening to the whole album is the best way to do it and remember where you heard this first.
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