Peel Dream Magazine - Rose Main Reading Room

“…gorgeous and glowing, each track slowly blooming like a fruiting mushroom.” – Pitchfork: Album Review (7.3) 

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“Peel Dream Magazine have perfected a synthesis of all kinds of psychedelic music. Strung-out Velvet Underground strains, distortion-blasted shoegaze coos, infectious Stereolab and Krautrock swirls – they can do it all” – Stereogum

Rose Main Reading Room, the fourth full length by Peel Dream Magazine, is a lush, inviting headphones record; the kind of album made to accompany city bus rides and rainy-day solo trips to accidental destinations. The band, whose name nods to the BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel — arbiter of all things underground, quality, and (it must be said) “cool” — has since its inception been a genre-hopping experiment, jumping from motorik krautrock to shoegaze and space ago pop, and their newest work is a perfect starting point for the uninitiated, beckoning toward a newfound romance and nostalgia with their catchiest collection of songs to date.

Set to the backdrop of New York City and its towering landmarks — The American Museum of Natural History, Grand Central Station, and the like — songwriter Joseph Stevens weaves personal stories into the wider fabric of the natural world, touching on themes of instinct, animality, and evolution. The beautifully rendered lead single “Lie In The Gutter” conjures the driving feel of the band’s earlier output, which often draws comparisons to Stereolab and Yo La Tengo but still remains uniquely identifiable.

“Stevens‘ voice is malleable enough to hum like a synth and vibrate like a drum machine, blending the melodies into their ethereal and contemplaytive form.” –Luna Collective