Along with his masterful new album, Daydreams, Effin shreds his flashbacks, warps them and threads them again along with a palette of pale melodies and sawtoothed basslines.
Reasonably than providing a protected retreat into classic aesthetics, the album makes use of reminiscence as a conduit for Effin’s wholly singular sound.
“Going all in on a concept such as daydreaming forced me to completely immerse myself in the theme, a challenge that ended up redefining the Effin sound and imagery for this era,” he defined in a press launch. “Just like a dream, it pulls you in and throws your imagination for a thrill ride.”
From the opening seconds of its titular track, a collaboration with NGHTMRE, he sets the tone with deceptive sweetness. Airy vocals and gauzy pads swirl until a jarring lyric (“my daydreams, it is extra like nightmares”) tears the arrangement wide open.
“Desires Come True” doesn’t blink both, pulsing with the arrogance of an artist who’s crawled by means of self-doubt and are available out with one thing strong in-hand. “Bringing Me Down” sharpens this distinction additional, its delicate intro lurching right into a bassline that snarls with out dropping musicality.
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Whereas many of the album is a solo expedition, “Ups and Downs” finds Effin linking up with EDM.com Class of 2025 artist Tape B, with whom he bends retro radio fuzz and tinctures of saxophones into a woozy trip through tasteful doses of each producer’s unmistakable sound design.
What makes Daydreams so effective isn’t genre subversion for its own sake, but a tight grip on mood and texture across all 12 tracks. There’s no sense of a random ID dump here. Even at its most experimental, the album never loses sight of its through-line, a kind of sun-dappled yearning that glows around the edges of every beat.
You can listen to Daydreams below.
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