MillionYoung

If the Drums album got the Guardian reviewer in a tizz, we dread to think what he'd make of Million Young, the project name for the none-more-fey vocals and listless dreamscapes of Mike Diaz. Then again, the writer in question recently wrote an article in thrall to Toro Y Moi, so you never know. Electronic whiz Diaz, like Toro Y Moi's Chaz Bundwick and Washed Out's Ernest Greene, is all about etiolated euphoria, using wistful washes of synth and doleful computer melodies, with some electric and acoustic guitar accompaniment, to stir up poignant memories of seasons past. But which season(s)? According to one blogger, this is "perfect music for spring" while another suggested Million Young's Be So True EP was ideal for the icy, barren terrains of winter: "Like snowfall on a quiet winter's night, the songs fall ever so gently, blanketing your ears with blissful enchantment." That feeling was seconded by the journalist who raved about Million Young in terms of the "almost cold, minor-chord feel". And don't get us started on autumnal melancholy. As for Diaz himself, he seems to be luxuriating in his music's power to evoke an ineffable summer sadness, releasing an EP called Sunndreamm... more...