7.25 out of 10For those of you into "lo-fi"/"electronic" music Salem will be your newest friend/acquaintance. For those of you into Deadsy Salem may just be your new best friend. Salem is Deadsy meets Namelessnumberheadman only more dream pop-ier, and so fuzzed out it becomes lo-fi.
Salem uses thick/vintage synthesizers, old/busted drum machines, a grungey sounding guitar, saturated/"chorus pedal'd" vocals, and what seems to be a 4 track recorder. I keep mentioning Deadsy as a reference, but I need to clarify that Salem resembles the EARLY stages of Deadsy, before the were signed to major label and couldn't necessarily put all the money behind an album that they'd like to. Back when Deadsy was more synthesizer based, and les "goth-rock". Either way, even if you dislike Deadsy, check out "Skull Crush", it's a pretty simple, but catchy, "darker-pop" song, carried by deep/long synths and almost barely audible vocals.
Standout Tracks: Water, Skull Crush
SALEM so good
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