Synthwave duo THE MIDNIGHT are favorites of this blog team, mixing ’80s inspired sounds with poppy AORish melodies. These guys are supremely talented at building entire worlds on a bedrock of universal themes and eminently catchy hooks. The first time this was wholly realized was the 2018 album ‘Kids’, which seemed to conjure memories of childhood innocence amid the dissolution of the American Dream in the 1980s.
On new album ‘Monsters‘ — released nearly six years to the day from their debut LP ‘Days of Thunder’
Tracklist:
01. 1991 (intro) (00:27)
02. America Online (05:50)
03. Dance With Somebody (04:18)
04. Seventeen (04:03)
05. Dream Away (03:39)
06. The Search for Ecco (04:05)
07. Prom Night (05:02)
08. Fire In The Sky (04:09)
09. Monsters (03:18)
10. Helvetica (05:17)
11. Brooklyn (04:14)
12. Deep Blue (03:58)
13. Night Skies (03:05)
14. City Dreams (interlude) (02:17)
15. Last Train (04:22)
All instruments, production: Tim McEwan
All instruments: Tyler Lyle
Guitar: Pelle Hillström, Dan Rockett
The Midnight – Monsters (2020)
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