DREAMERS’ Most Influential Albums
Whenever a band releases a new album, they’re almost always asked about what albums influenced them during the writing process and just in general. So instead of asking only one member of the band to list those albums on a whim, we got the scoop from all of the members of DREAMERS. Check out their picks below and be sure to grab a copy of their brand new album, This Album Does Not Exist!
Nirvana – Nevermind
Growing up in Seattle during the 90’s, Nirvana was the soundtrack of my life. My big sister was old enough to be aware of all the coolest music of the time, and trickled it down to me. Nirvana was the smartest, realest and most expressive of them all for me, and really shaped the way I think about rock music.
The Beatles – Revolver
Revolver seems to be one of the least talked about of the later Beatles albums, but somehow this one always struck the deepest chord with me. To me it represents them really coming to their own as the greatest band of all time, and the beginning of their deep experimentation. They suddenly took a turn for the philosophical with songs like ‘Love To You’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, and the psychedelic with the sad/creepy/beautiful ‘Eleanor Rigby’. While being strange and different, the songs on Revolver always remain melodic, catchy and stylish, which is part of why it was always their coolest album for me. It represents a great mid-point in their development.
Ratatat – Ratatat
Having such a lyrics-focused concept of music made this album a really important one for me. It has no lyrics at all, and seems to be all about sonic textures and style. It showed me how in the modern age, an artist can use a computer as a paintbrush to create worlds of sound — really any sound imaginable.
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
This album really stands out to me for capturing a feeling of existential wonder, which is a strangely profound feeling, and the reason I felt compelled to make music in the first place. Start to finish, the album is lyrics-based word poems that really seem to capture a certain numinous beauty, the weird wondering of what it means to exist. Though he’s covering a lot of dark topics, singer Jeff Mangum seems childishly optimistic and curious. I discovered this album later in life but related to it so much lyrically that I consider it a huge influence.
Jimi Hendrix – Band Of Gypsys
When I dug up my dad’s old record collection and discovered a lot of the greatest music from the 60’s and 70’s, Band Of Gypsys was a stand out. I played it on repeat as I became an adolescent and tried to figure out what life was all about. To me this album is the epitome of style, virtuosity, and psychedelic wisdom.
