Loaded with funk and flourish, Stemin’s delightfully exciting commercial pop album is loaded to the brim with track after track of infectious vocal driven and 80s inspired dance music. Topically, the album delves into the nuances of what queer love means while also carrying with it a more overarching topic of empowerment and embracing one’s true self. Across ‘Unspoken Dreams’, Stemin keeps the energy to a hundred. Each song, from the pulsating energy of Lucky Star to the more euphoric and synth driven ‘Keep Up The Dream’ have you obsessed with the delectable harmonies and the crushingly cathartic choruses that are so central to Stemin’s style. From soaring synths to even trumpet based sections, there’s no shortage of stylistic elements to keep you interested and intriuged. You feel immediately uplifted as Stemin’s resplendent energy just bestows power and self belief onto you.
Across Unspoked Dreams, Stemin explores the unique dissonance of forcing yourself to keep feelings locked away from those around you, as well as your own self. But it’s far from despondent as he also touches upon the empowering liberation of speaking them aloud. The record anchors itself on sharp and infectious vocal harmonies sung alongside powerfully funky bass driven synths that gives the overarching theme one of fantastical futurism.
Stemin’s using his own narrative and story to compel others to live their authentic selves as well. It’s not your everyday run of the mill empowerment album, it’s got loads of fun and enthusiasm imbued within it that makes the entire process and catharsis of self-expression that much more rejoiceful. You don’t want to be mundane, you don’t want to be self-loathing, and you definitely don’t want to lie to yourself while strolling and dancing through this joyous brigade of commercial pop.