BEATS OF LOVE
116. Sworn by Dream Boys
MUST SAY, it's great to have Horsebeach's Pure Shores spinning on the turntable. Ryan has made the song his own with his inimitable charm and colourful way around a song.
Wanting to know what made him tick led me to discover this LA/Scottish band whose name creates a google nightmare. Their sole LP was a steal and has been played constantly since it arrived. Their songs are awash with a fiery fragility that sound like they could collapse at any time but miraculously don't.
The chiming guitars glide over rich harmonies that never sound fey and keep a certain suspense. A suspense that's missing in most songs. Even songs made with guitars in 1986.
This song is short but packs a real punch with its subtly crafted breaks and soaring fallen angel voices. A band should sound like one person, albeit a superhuman one, so Horsebeach has a distinct advantage, as do bands comprising siblings, and in this song, the trans-Atlantic Dream Boys truly do sound as one. No mean feat.
There's nothing greater than hearing a short blast of perfect guitar pop. It's arguably the only enduring gift left to give that commerce and media styling hasn't tainted.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ehm3s5f2OQF9bYGeqBJnD
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