The latest single release from Those Who Dream comes through as an emotionally driven rock soiree that incorporates such lush production that it feels almost powerfully cinematic at times and comes with an outstanding personality and honesty that you end up loving by the end.
"Mannequin" is a genre-bender because it makes you think of heavy rock and emo bands from the late 90s or early to mid-2000s and they blend in all this other stuff along with it making it alternative pop, alt-rock, and so much more all just blended into one track that comes through robust and fine-tuned.
There is a wonderfully youthful cry out with this track, and I love the energy level throughout the entire thing and the incredible vocal performances that let this song take shape.
You can hear that emotional backbone the song was built off of and you can also hear the electric energy in this performance which really feels like they're feeding off of each other the entire time.
This track has a lot of catchiness to it and certain sections and hooks that end up sticking in your head for hours after the song has ended which is excellent, but it also just boasts a powerful punch that lets it come through with the same amount of edginess as it does color.
It is indeed charismatic and vibrant, but it's also a fists-in-the-air sing-along that makes you want to jump around your living room.
The guitar tone and riffs are completely outstanding and help deliver more of that sonic drive that the track boasts to just push the envelope to where it needs to be, and I think that the vocals are something that hits that same sort of level edge and energy wise as the guitars do.
So, there's nothing lacking about this song. It's all high octane, high performance, it's very tight but has heart at the same time and I think that's important because that's part of what lets it come through with so much character and personality.
This track was certainly a bit of a powerhouse and in my opinion, speaks volumes for the band who is an Australian rock duo, and they have been making a lot of waves with their music lately.
After hearing the song, I can completely see why.
Of course, I had to go listen to some of their other releases after hearing this banger, so I dove into their Spotify and started listening.
This was incredibly fun because you can hear a bit of an evolution in their sound from their first release in 2017, up until right now and I think their direction has been outstanding.
There are no two songs that are even close to being alike, but they all have a certain consistency and confluence to them that gives the duo a staple sound in a way.
If you like this track, which I couldn't understand how you wouldn't, then you're going to dig a lot of their other releases so I would definitely suggest taking a deep dive into their stuff after listening to this one.
"Mannequin" is charismatic, bright, edgy, a little haunting, powerful, and comes through with a heavy-handed punch.
A perfectly balanced, driving, alternative rock single that immediately made me want to pay more attention to this band, check the single out as soon as you can and remember where you heard it first.
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