DREAMY /// PSYCHEDELIC /// INDIE ROCK "Deep, dreamy, mysterious, timeless," writes one reviewer, "International Falls leads the way in today's neo-psychedelic movement." Int'l Falls is a Minneapolis supergroup playing in the sandbox of their edgy dream-pop idols. This eponymous, self-produced debut features memorable melodies and soaring choruses that belie the sophistication of the band's songwriting, brilliant instrumentalism, and rich production.
Compositeurs
EGG Music
Supernatural
Dreamy, yearning, and epic, with both acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and real drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track emerges slowly in a gradual volume fade-up, finding its pace at :24. After minutes of floaty-yet-thunderous aspirational longing, the track climaxes at its coda beginning at 3:22.
3:52 · 116 BPM
The Cool Kind
Driving and dreamy, with both acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, synths, piano, and real drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track begins sparse but soon finds its stride at :19. Alternating between floaty, enchanted verses, and more expansive, more weighty choruses, the song climaxes with the final chorus at 3:34, eventually disintegrating in a cloud of magical fairy dust.
4:25 · 148 BPM
To The Water
Angsty, edgy, and evolving, with both acoustic and distorted electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and both real drums and drum machines. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track begins sparse and plucky, finally finding its pace at :50. The final three minutes are a journey through many moods, first building, then retreating, finally building again to a climactic, defiant, nearly optimistic final chorus.
3:51 · 122 BPM
Those Kind of Girls
The essence of chill, confident swagger, with both acoustic and distorted electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and both real and sampled drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track begins sparse, finding its pace at :28. Alternating between spare, groovy verses and vocal-free �choruses� filled with delicious electric guitar melodies, the song finally arrives at 2:50 with the brief appearance of the chorus vocal hook.
3:33 · 101 BPM
Breathless
From dreamy-chill to dreamy-soaring, with both acoustic and distorted electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and real drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track begins sparse, finding its stride at :14 with a big instrumental chorus. After a spare, pensive double-verse, the song climaxes in a series of epic, washy choruses commencing at 2:05.
3:40 · 69 BPM
Rose Avenue
Groovy and mysterious, with both acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and both real drums and drum samples. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track starts strong, alternating between swaggery verses and dreamy-cool choruses until finally climaxing in the final chorus at 2:05.
2:45 · 110 BPM
Liminal States of America
Dreamy, yearning, and ultimately epic, with electric guitar, electric bass, synths, and real drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track starts sparse, finding its pace at :43. Alternating between swift, floaty verses, and soaring, aspirational choruses, finally reaching its climax in the final chorus commencing at 2:36. At 3:20, a long, searching, magical fading outro slowly carries us home.
4:59 · 144 BPM
We Come Down
Groovy and mysterious, with both acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, synths, Chinese erhu, and both real drums and drum machine. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track starts sparse and plucky, finding pace at :18. Alternating between low-key falsetto verses, and more highly textured choruses, the song climaxes at 2:32 during a soaring, interweaving outro that carries us home.
3:21 · 80 BPM
Living Machines
Dreamy, groovy swagger, with both acoustic and clean electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and both real drums and drum loops. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track starts with the full band and vocals. Alternating between spare, confident verses and elevated, falsetto choruses, the song climaxes at 2:50 with the outro coda refrain, ��Living machines��
3:44 · 98 BPM
Insatiable
A dreamy, epic indie-rock rant, with electric guitars, electric bass, Rhodes electric piano, synths, and real drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track begins sparse and mysterious, finally finding stride at :34. But the groove is soon interrupted by the song�s climactic B-section: a series of four epic builds filled with soaring gang falsetto vocals and unending drum fills. At 2:02, an eerie, foreboding outro suggests an, at best, uncertain future.
3:11 · 112 BPM
Sentient Beings
A groovy, free-associating indie rock meditation, with electric guitars, electric bass, synths, and real drums. Featuring male lead and male backing vocals, the track commences sparse-but-bold, finding its pace at :14. Though the song is a single section, it twists and turns, expands and contracts and expands again, finding its climax around 2:30 before soon fading away.
3:23 · 85 BPM