Pain Without a Touch

Lumen

From TOPS' Sugar at the Gate. 
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The streets are paved with wasted minds 
I was patient 
I waited 
But a girl only has so much time 
Late again 

The smoke it rise in the sunshine 
Like a storm drain to my mind 
The vapours rise 
A new invention for your new life 
You're late again

If you need her you can call her 
You can meet her in the playground
If you need it too bad I waste it
If you need it too bad 

She's a Dayglow Bimbo

Did you plant a seed in a solitary teen 
Can she read
Is she growing flowers 
in her greasy sleeves
Late again

She's a Dayglow Bimbo 
Late again 
Rainbow Dildo

Sugar At The Gate

Sugar at the Gate

Dayglow Bimbo

Cassette

Unconscious Melody

Blouse

Into Black

Time to Go Home

Drone

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.

Modern Meta Physic

Peel Dream Magazine - Qi Velocity

produced by slow pulp 
mixed and mastered by henry stoehr 
album art by henry stoehr

www.slowpulp.com

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