Although the song itself might exude and feel somewhat happy and optimistic, Dunebug’s ‘Still Dreaming’ takes on much more sombre themes. Discussing the troubles faced while trying to fall asleep after constantly grappling with anxiety from a past relationships and an abusive lover, it really does capture this sense of a strange uneasiness and fear. Draped in a rather nostalgic seeming music video that’s filled with colours and happy movements, it does sort of confuse even further but perhaps that’s for the best. It’s a haunting melody despite really being a fairly by the numbers dream pop record in sound. I find myself floating away in the middle of the night, empathised by its meaning and struggling with my own anxieties and insomnia.
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