Partners in music and life, The Infinite Daisy Chains are just the right dose of optimism and positivity you want on a gloomy day. The synth pop duo just radiate resplendent shine on each track, filled with glimmering and glistening synth work and lusciously palatial production arrangements. There’s a distinct layer of blurry distortion that’s brushed across the track to give it a keen shoegaze feeling, a mesmerizing dreamlike feel that lends each piece to be a fully fledged expedition into a honeymoon and the subsequent life after it. It’s a standout euphoric piece of indie pop, one that’s bound to make any listener fall head over heels for the atmosphere that the duo is able to create.
From the shimmering synths on Elevation to the hopeful and keenly romantic but slightly off the wall sentimentality of ‘Hope You Grow’, you’re immediately aware that this is far from your average indie pop record. Kristina’s ethereal vocal performance, simply glowing with emotion and drenched with a reverb that has you reeling and spinning your head in amazement. Elevation has you feeling like the entire world is secondary, it’s just that connection you have with the person you love that matters. The rest of the world can wait. Hope You Grow is more mature, describing the full breadth of a relationship, how we change and grow through its course.
It’s not all love and relationships however. ‘Breathe’ delves into sexual assault and abuse with a mature and understanding approach to the trauma and pain it causes. It’s the album’s closer that’s my personal highlight, a soaring synth pop record called Sunbeams that has you feeling nostalgic, euphoric, and everything in between.
Inspired by artists like Warpaint, Slowdive, Portishead and Sade, and collaborating with producers who’ve worked with similar distortion focused indie outfits like The War On Drugs, The Infinite Daisy Chains bring imaginative elements of electropop with spacey and surreal dream-pop sounds in a confluence that’s more than the sum of its parts.