3AM Doomscroll

Straight Blue Line

Spin Cycle

Turning Into Small

Emergency Turn Off

Birds In The Ground

Birds

Computerwife

Ignore Facts

Punch

No One Waved Goodbye

So Much Water

Lyrics by C Redmond

I see you drifting
down another path,
your shadow passes me
miss what I never had.
I pray for your love,
but it doesnt see me,
another day of longing
and a lost memory.
And I’m here,
always here,
in the blur between our lives
and the places you’ll never let me go.
Your voice—
just a ripple in the wind,
a trace of tears
for those who sinned.
only an echo of fortune,
if courage matched,
the need in my heart
Wouldn't be two souls detached.

I'm Here

There's Nothing Wrong With Love

Reasons

Nature Heart Software

Pretend to Be Here

WhatFunLifeWas

Bedside Table

When I See the Sun

Summer Dresses (SOS Demo)

Broken Girl

August 10

Holiday In Rhode Island

Sleep Away Your Troubles

Eyedazzler

Wishes

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 - Shenandoah

Feed Like Fishes

Spangle

So Much Water

Tacoma Radar

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