Cassette Review // GODSPEED 音 "SAFE FOR NOW" (Hairs aBlazin')

                                         

https://hairsablazin.bandcamp.com/album/safe-for-now

Pleasant tones and acoustic percussion begin this cassette.   Vocals like ahhh's come through and then a steady droning synth comes in just below the level of being sharp.   There is a little bit of Phil Collins in this but it's chill.   Cymbals crashing and the beats are steady.   It almost has a walking way about it and at the same time I'm thinking about a detective movie for some reason.  

As we go into the next song there is a pop tone vibe and the distorted vocals say something to give off such a pure vaporwave sound.   A sort of singing and this becomes rather funky just like that.   We go into what feels like might become a western now but drops off into some smooth sax instead.   Piano keys come in now to carry the melody.   The sax returns and there is this noir feeling, like we could be walking the streets in the rain.

Darker synth tones come through and then those big bass beats follow.   There are sirens outside but they could fit in with this song as well.   The sax returns and this has a big and important sound.   These lovely tones come through next, almost like bells, and then there is this magical way about the sound as well.  There is this sort of skipping sound in here, but it just also has this nice drive to it.  

On the flip side we begin with these synths that have an air about them, as if we're out in the dark, and then the shaking like an egg filled with rice comes in.   This all kicks in to something wonderful and it is very much synthwave.   There is an almost glass way about this as well.   Heavy breathing can be heard within it all at times.  

These soulful, blues keys come out in the next song with the beats and vocals.   This continues with the beats like a march but those keys bring it to a whole other level.  What I love about this sound is that it's not quite quiet enough to be something you put on in the background but it's also not as loud as what you might put on at the front.  It's just such a perfect balance of being there.

Pianos come through now with this ambient drone behind it and I'm just thinking of this as being solemn, somewhat sad and then the percussion kicks in like we're about to go on Legends of the Hidden Temple.   This takes us into the next song which brings that sax back out with those slip beats.   It feels like it's getting lighter on this next song, but it also feels like it's dropping off into something like we'd hear in the old WWF theme for The Brood.  

Magical tones, like hitting the notes on a rainbow xylophone, come through and then the beats kick in.  Vocals are once again that deep bass and in here at times but not too much.