Duo Silver Liz sounds like its spent some time deep into the more obscure regions of 1980s synth pop and the more interesting end of the soundscapes of OMD and Gary Numan. The single “Dream More Vivid” has the saturated synth sound adjacent to what we’ve heard from Black Moth Super Rainbow. But the percussion and its finely accented, almost break beat style, rhythms lend the song an electronic music quality like a piece of music out of the part of the 90s that hasn’t often been adopted by modern artists. Think the more electro end of Lush and Medicine and fully Curve. Maybe Sextile most prominently has been taking inspiration from 90s Big Beat. But the vocals and the arrangements of melody place the song solidly in a modern aesthetic of genre bending pop that fuses styles in service to creating a song that sounds like it is pulling from past decades to craft a mood that feels vibrant and transporting. When the song is over you want to be in the energy it has sustained all along because it’s like getting to exist in a beautiful dream for a full four minutes thirty nine of pure bliss and worthy of its title. Listen to “Dream More Vivid” on YouTube and follow Silver Liz at the links below. The band’s new album III releases January 30, 2026 on vinyl, digital download and streaming.
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