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MH-274 Is And Of The - Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep  Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep, the debut release from Is And Of The, was initially conceived as an ambient piece designed to alleviate the insomnia of the album's creator, Drew Bandos. Building on a platform of minimalism, elements of shoegaze, post-rock, and psychedelia started to creep their way into the mix, and the project quickly grew into something much more expansive. Produced and mixed alone over countless hours in dorm rooms and basements, and supplemented by collaborations with musicians who had never heard the songs and recorded their contributions in one take, there is a balance of obsessive tinkering and loose inspiration in each track. The music leaps from emotional peak to valley, yet somehow maintains an order in the cyclone of ideas that makes the journey cohesive. Between the sampled soundscapes, distant screams and layered melodies, Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep is an eye-opening precursor for what’s to come from Is And Of The, be it sleepy ambience or explosions of noise. |
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| Love - The Deli / This is an album meant to wash over the listener, to cleanse the palate and spirit. - Exclaim! / Displays Bandos' masterful touch with shaping and layering sounds - All Music Guide / If you are someone who likes electronic music with risks, you will find comfort in Is And of The - This Is Books Music / Fascinating experimental stuff. - Alan Cross |
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| Is And Of The is the name of this one-man project created by Drew Bandos, so wots… uh, the deal? Gold it’s in the. With that out of the way, Is And Of The creates a type of progressive electronic music that one could call ambient, others might call vibrant, while some would call a mind trip. Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep sounds like something someone made in their basement over the course of a weekend or two, adding a wide range of different sounds, playing with the mixes, and adding voices from different sources to not only excite oneself, but in the hopes of wondering what others will feel about the influences in their head. Some of these tracks could develop into well-written pop hits, such as “Are You Bill Murray”, but on the album you hear songs with a number of different “letters” and “sketches”, almost like Post-It notes that hope to blend into each other as if by magic. The album consists of 11 songs but you may be hearing 22 or 33 different songs if you don’t pay attention, and I think the beauty of these songs is letting the sound take you wherever, without caring about song titles or what they have to do with the songs themselves. Try it, and if you are someone who likes electronic music with risks, you will find comfort in Drew Bandos and Is And of The. Indeed and if but what and others. - This Is Books Music |
