“New Impressions,” signals Arcade High’s return to the spotlight. After being relatively quiet for three years (save for playing awesome shows with folks like Timecop1983 and Korine), Arcade High is back with a totally revamped sound, just as the album title suggests.
Comprised of Ryan Boosel and Patrick Farone, Acrade High stated they wanted “New Impressions” to be “…a balance between our love for retro sounds and modern bangers on the dance floor…” and here they’ve nailed a critical success. Just as much as this album is retro synthwave, it also has pepperings of electro, indie, and pop in all the right places.
However, in spite of this adjustment to their traditional sound, this album still feels very much “Arcade High,” just with a hefty infusion of danceablility. This mixture of modern dance and synthwave is perhaps one of the best evolutions of traditional synthwave we have heard in a long time, and we hope to hear more like it!
