Dream Cop, aka Tommy Davidson, hails from Blacksburg, Virginia, the same small town that brought us Wild Nothing. Not much music of his exists yet, but he has two releases scheduled to drop sometime in late August. The first song I have up is "Beach City / Carol I Know." This is definitely my favorite of the bunch, and definitely the best "remix" I've heard in a while. It's based around samples from the Beach Boys' "That's Not Me" and "Caroline, No," and creates a dreamy electronic composition that almost reaches the epic beauty of the original two songs. The Beach Boys are my favorite band, so I was skeptical when I heard the concept of the song (especially after that crap Bullion released), but it's executed flawlessly. The rest of the songs are originals, featuring shoegaze-y guitars and synths and Tommy's faint, whisper-like voice that brings to mind early Yo La Tengo. This guy's on to something.Monday, July 12, 2010
Dream Cop
Dream Cop, aka Tommy Davidson, hails from Blacksburg, Virginia, the same small town that brought us Wild Nothing. Not much music of his exists yet, but he has two releases scheduled to drop sometime in late August. The first song I have up is "Beach City / Carol I Know." This is definitely my favorite of the bunch, and definitely the best "remix" I've heard in a while. It's based around samples from the Beach Boys' "That's Not Me" and "Caroline, No," and creates a dreamy electronic composition that almost reaches the epic beauty of the original two songs. The Beach Boys are my favorite band, so I was skeptical when I heard the concept of the song (especially after that crap Bullion released), but it's executed flawlessly. The rest of the songs are originals, featuring shoegaze-y guitars and synths and Tommy's faint, whisper-like voice that brings to mind early Yo La Tengo. This guy's on to something.
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calling Bullion "crap" is insane. Aside the fact that the Pet Sounds mix is the weakest thing he's dropped it's still a decent mashup type thing. Anyway get his real music on my blog or wherever... shit's insane.
ReplyDeletePS thanks for sharing this though!