Numero Group 25

3AM Doomscroll

Abandon Ship (Numero Group)

Now On Numero: 90s Essentials

Screamo/Skramz (Numero Group)

1990s Punk & Indie

27 Demos

Think of Rain

Birds In The Ground

Birds

Shorty b/w Saving Daylight

Shorty

The Golden Band

A Good Friend Is Always Around

Punch

Ozean

Scenic

Katahdn b/w Inefficient Engine

Katahdn

New Harmony

Industry

That's Why She Hates Me

This Glass Is Half Empty

A Thousand Day Dream

Left In The Dark

People In The World Have Changed b/w God Is Not Like Man

God Is Not Like Man

Give

The Journey Home

Gemini b/w Everybody's Bored

Gemini

Greyscale

Promises

Story Of The Year

Another World

Why Don't You Do Right b/w Yellow Moon

Why Don't You Do Right

You'd Prefer An Astronaut

I'd Like Your Hair Long

Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition

I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)

Aeroplane Flies High

Pennies

Terror Twilight

Major Leagues

Ode to a Rainy Day: Archives 1972-1975

See You Later, I'm Gone

Love 15

Boyfriend

No. 1 Fan

Collected

Venus and Bacchus

1992-1998

Golden Brown

When I See the Sun

Loss Leader (Peel Session)

Summer Dresses (SOS Demo)

Seasons of Your Day

I’ve Gotta Stop

Complete Discography

I'm Back Sleeping, Or Fucking, Or Something

Broken Girl

August 10

Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation

Not Too Cool to Cry

Audio Astronomy

Slow Down Smile

Peel Dream Magazine is the nom de plume of New York City-based musician Joe Stevens. A nod to BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel, arbiter of all things underground, Peel Dream Magazine is highly evocative of a certain strain of independent music. Stevens harkens back to the early 1990s, when The Velvet Underground resurged as an inspiration to a new set of bands wielding synthesizers, off-set guitars, and a political bent. The Peel Dream experience is defined by a gentle, fuzzy psychedelia —it’s a hypnotic bit of mod-ish lo-fi pop, recalling the best of early Stereolab, Lilys, and other shaggy haired kids with vintage fuzz pedals, slim trousers, and good record collections.

Written and recorded over a four-week period in the fall of 2017, Peel Dream Magazine’s debut album "Modern Meta Physic" fixates on the New Age universe of the Catskills region of New York. Stevens deals in esoteric bohemian fare — Far East philosophy, Native American tradition, mid-century modern cool — as he appraises the world according to privileged urban expats who increasingly call the upstate paradise home.

Leading off the album, "Qi Velocity" is a metronomic take on French pop that yields to a lush chorus reminiscent of Belle and Sebastian. “Deetjen's," named after the much-loved bed & breakfast in Big Sur, would fit snugly on Unrest's best Teen Beat material. "Due to Advances in Modern Tourism" displays a soft take on Neu!, while the organ that enters could be a sly wink to Steve Reich's "Four Organs.”

There is an economy to these tracks — everything is distilled down to it’s essential elements, no gestures are wasted, no superfluous ornamentation taking up space. While Stevens is more than happy to show his influences on his sleeve — mind you, they're great influences — it's clear Peel Dream Magazine isn't just a “sound." The guy can write songs. Where he goes next is anybody's guess.

This Glass Is Half Empty

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