A Beautifully Dreamy New Album from Nemo

A new album release from Nemo brings out a beautiful array of textures and atmospheres that are built with synth pads, guitars, and airy, flowing vocals that all come together to bring on such an engulfing and gorgeous aesthetic that combines elements of dream pop, post-punk, indie-pop, and plenty more.

Part of the allure of the Blue is the color of infinity album is its shift in tonality and how you can easily get washed away with each new soundscape that's delivered.

The record opens up with somewhat of an introduction, which is a track called "No Sphere", spanning just over 1 minute, but introducing you to some of the staples of the record.

The vast and spacious undertones, thick atmospheres, and double-tracked but silky vocals all come together brilliantly here, and this track is amazing to introduce you to what's to come.

Having said that, there are more than a few surprises around the corners of this album, so listening to it in full is an absolute must.

This is a record with many layers and textures that come through at different times, rises and falls of intensity levels, a lot of cinematic backbone and emotion, and a unique display of personality.

This is indeed an experience, and if you listen to it with headphones on, it's even better.

Again, there are a lot of different textures going on from the keys, synths, vocals, percussive instruments, and guitars. Listening to it with headphones is one of the best ways to soak all of that in.

"Lonely Car" is it track that offers such a brilliant and almost genre-bending approach with guitars that are riddled with a chorus like a fact, making them feel watery and flowing, along with these big, robust, and almost belting vocals that are still double-tracked, adding thickness to everything, but also have that same fluency.

Even when Nemo is singing hard and loud, she has this tonality to her voice that is beautifully portrayed and quickly becomes infectious in terms of the sounds that you want more of.

This track is also an example of the more cinematic and lush sounds that you're going to hear. It has a little bit of a heightened intensity level, which I liked, and this is mainly because the percussion is there and it is slightly barren but enough to drive the song and give you the rhythm, while the guitars add the watery like wavy flow, and the vocals give you the robustness and vibrant tones.

Still come even tracks like this, whole true to that vast and expansive underbelly that the entire record boasts.

Songs like "Paranoia Galaxy", showcase more of that personality if you listen closely to the lyrics. There's a lot of musical sensation happening so you pay more attention to the melodies and textures of the instruments and vocals rather than the lyrics. Or, at least I did the first time around.

I got really hooked on the tonality of how the entire thing felt. It's a very unique and particular aesthetic, and it's easy to get wrapped up in.

This track brought together acoustic guitar, synth pads that are flowing, and these little chiming kind of bells that added a distant feel. This track felt deepening and also a bit personal.

So, now we're picking up on the fact that she's giving little pieces of herself and then some of these songs are actually stories that come from real places.

She does have a lot of inner thoughts come out during this record. That inner thought and emotion come spilling out in different places, and it's there for everyone to soak in, which I found quite beautiful.

Tracks like "Monster" do an outstanding job of showcasing the pop coating that a lot of these tracks portray as well.

It's also a great way to get a feel for how she builds her songs. Some songs stay in one area, while others start in one place and really build into something else.

This track is a perfect example of the latter. It starts in that smooth and spacious area and then grows into a more pop-oriented single with a mid-tempo beat and a little bit more of a colorful melody.

You can tell Nemo is influenced by a lot of different kinds of music, but a lot of it also falls under that pop-umbrella, which is why her songs do portray that balance between something so spacious and at times even edgy, but also very colorful.

"Supernova" closes out this record and doesn't amazing job of that as well. It sort of brings you back to where it all began and incorporates great guitar lines and tones with layers of these melodies that come in and out with hooks, some following the guitars, others doing their own thing.

You can tell there was a lot of attention to detail, not only to the tones of the instruments and vocals but also to the arrangement of these songs.

One can only imagine how someone puts all of this together. There must have been some kind of vision in Nemo's head before it all began, but maybe some of it was improvised on the spot as well.

Either way, this is a beautiful record to dive into and swim through.

I urge you to listen to the full album. It's such a huge and unique experience with a brilliant sonic presence throughout its entire course.

And, of course, once more, listening with headphones is absolutely the best way to go.

I can't really express that enough. When you listen with headphones, you can really hear everything so well. All the sounds and notes kind of float around in the air that's around you.

Definitely dive into this when you can and remember where you heard it first.

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