#summer synth

Color Theory, musical alias of one Brian Hazard, bringing the synthwave I was craving for this summer. With fireworks hitting every fourth note on the snare drum, and bringing both the beautiful pops & melancholic lulls that make it truly amazing, here is “The Fifth of July” off his album “The Majesty of Our Broken Past”: enjoy! 😀😎

Lyrics below:

THE FIFTH OF JULY ©2018 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

Gunpowder traces Charcoal circles on the ground Shot me with a Roman candle You really shouldn’t fool around

We stood there barefoot Sweating in the summer heat As the rockets turned to rainbows In the middle of our street

Now the smoke has cleared The fireworks show is over Steam and sulphur Now the smoke has cleared The days when we were closer Ashes smolder On the fifth of July

I count ten heartbeats Face the heat of your red glare How I'll miss these grand explosions F-bombs bursting in the air

I like it when things fall directly into my lap, via my inbox, like this one from “butfirstletmetakeaselfie” fame The Chainsmokers. Described, by themselves, as “like a TWERK track and a M83 track had sex on a night out of a fireball", “Waterbed” is a shimmery synth pop low key EDM track. 

Hello Summer.

To be honest, I clicked on the link to this song because I saw the words “Broad City Approved” and if those two queens love it, there’s a real good chance I am. And I do. Effie Liu’s “What I Hafta Do” is a fun funky disco pop jam perfect for summer. Get this involved in you’re adventures, you’ll have fun.

And check out this track “Wings On Fleek”, dedicated to eyeliner.

I’ve been a fan of this kid for a while now and its been real fun watching him grow as an artist from the early days of ALECs to Lex Low and “Rays” is just another reason why I love what this kid is doing. “Rays” is a shimmery summer synth rnb kind of thing, with autotuned vocals over big warm synths. 

If you like Bipolar Sunshine, MNEK, Shy Girls and even Journals’ era Justin...

This is another song that I've been listening to a lot recently thanks to a discovery in a film (That Awkward Moment). It's a perfect piece of synth pop and it's basically soundtracking my summer. Enjoy. 

Strange Talk are from (but of course) Melbourne, Aus., and the rest of their stuff is pretty damn good too, listen here.