With a pow­er­ful melan­choly take on shoegaze, Dublin based female-led quar­tet Dream Boy have released their debut EP called Drown­ing in Blue

The EP con­sists of four lush, lyri­cal tracks, plus a bonus reimag­in­ing of the open­er. The first track Ivory sets the tone with its rich, som­no­lent tex­tures, pulling the lis­ten­er into a dreamy sound­scape. It’s fol­lowed by Bleed, a stand­out piece wrapped in som­bre har­monies and dense instru­men­ta­tion – brood­ing, dark and chill­ing­ly beautiful.

The atmos­phere frac­tures with Eyes Closed, the EP’s lead sin­gle. Stark and unset­tling, it address­es themes of sex­u­al­i­ty, shame, and manip­u­la­tion. “eyes closed is equal parts inti­mate and fuelled with anger,” the band explains. “Explor­ing themes of sex­u­al­i­ty and shame, the song dives into an intru­sive thought of feel­ing objec­ti­fied after a dis­taste­ful expe­ri­ence.” In fact, Dream Boy spe­cialise in craft­ing emo­tion­al­ly charged lyrics rather than allow them to be drowned out by their son­ic landscape. 

Dream Boy have def­i­nite­ly nailed a strong and dis­tinct sound and the future looks promis­ing for their live shows (there’s one hap­pen­ing in Dublin short­ly) and hope­ful­ly more songs on the way.

Drown­ing in Blue is pro­duced along­side Daniel De Bar­ca and mixed by Joe McGuirk (Janksy), of local band Ten Hail Marys, and mas­tered by Bel­ly But­ton Record’s Rafael Hilario.

Dublin EP Launch show Thurs 26th June, The Work­mans Cel­lar pro­mot­ed by Sin­gu­lar Artists with sup­port from Pebbledash

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Drown­ing in Blue, released 6th June.