Like The Sun
How Bad Pretty Bad, 2020
8/10
The recording moniker of Alex Duloz, the Switzerland resident plays all instruments and sings as Panaviscope, where his multi-faceted version of pop unfolds with a very peculiar and always entertaining vision.
“Like The Sun” starts the listen with bright, pop influenced song craft as expressive falsetto vocals enter the beat friendly opener, and “Sham” follows with an initially darker approach as the rhythmic tune builds into a club friendly display.
Closer to the middle, “Talking To Flowers” is both busy and sparse, where precise drumming complements the waves of synth, while “My Sky” is a stylish and playful peek at Duloz’s creative nature with hip-hop influences. “The Joy Of Grasping”, one of the album’s best, then offers an upbeat and punchy peek into quirky indie-pop that’s instantly adorable.
As we near the end, “A Sea Of Papers” produces many textures in under 4 minutes that buzz, soar and are buried in his artistic nature, and “Animaux Sombres” exits the listen being sung in French, where a pretty landscape develops around a myriad of tuneful ideas.
Duloz has said that he hopes his songs will inspire people to dance in clubs and also dream in their beds on a rainy day, and I’d say he easily achieved that with this charmingly eccentric album.
Travels well with: Soft People- Absolute Boys; Pyjamarama- Simple Living