Fresh out of Brooklyn comes self-proclaimed dreamrockers Candidate. (I bet you’re wondering what dreamrock is.) The band themselves describe it as “a combination of post-punk and shoegaze with late ‘80’s/early ‘90’s American indie and grunge and Britpop . . . ” Basically they couldn’t fit their new sound into one particular sub-genre so they came up with one themselves. It’s a bold move, but they pull it off effortlessly. Because after listening to their latest single, “April Again”, I can’t come up with a better genre to describe them.

This is dreamrock, plain and simple. Fresh, fuzzy, lush, vibrant, psychedelic dreamrock. We might be dealing with the next chillwave here folks, so strap yourselves in: summer 2012 is officially here

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Candidate | April Again