Siamese Youth is a righteous, new synth act from straight from Berlin, Germany. The project launched just over a year ago, however, you wouldn’t know that from the immediate stand-out quality of their debut album, “Electric Dreams.”
Of course, the duo are not new to making music – Ukrainian Mark Gritsenko has been the lead singer for the German rock back Marakesh and Christoph Hassel is a seasoned songwriter. Taking cues from major synthpop acts like The Midnight and Michael Oakley, the Siamese Youth duo also grabbed two collaborations with Futurecop!, eventually leading to a release with NewRetroWave.
That debut -“Electric Dreams” – perfectly demonstrates the duo’s infectious hooks and tailored retro dreaminess. Every track seems to glow with a sense of neon-pop nostalgia that feels dramatically seasoned for a debut release.
The production on the album is clean and crisp, and drenched in melancholic pop vocals that sound much more contemporary, creating an interesting dichotomy of Dreampop or Dreamwave.
We expect to hear greater and greater releases from Siamese Youth as they grow into the Retrowave and Dreamwave sound – they are certainly an act to watch!
Top Tracks – “Coco,” “Dream On,” “Yesterday,” and “Nariyeh Thanei (feat. Futurecop!)”
