Songs

by John Maus

Songs cover art

Acting as John Maus's official debut, 'Songs' compiles half a decade of eccentric, lo-fi synthesizer recordings created on rudimentary equipment while he studied philosophy. The deeply peculiar tracks pair intensely emotional, reverb-drenched baritone vocals with cheap, driving synth-pop backing tracks reminiscent of 1980s television scores. The project laid vital foundational aesthetics for the emerging hypnagogic pop movement of the late 2000s.

Genres

  • Hypnagogic Pop
  • Synthpop
  • Minimal Synth

Tracklist

  1. Opening
  2. Time To Die
  3. Don't Be A Body
  4. That Night
  5. Real Bad Job
  6. Forever And Ever And Ever
  7. Maniac
  8. Just Wait Til Next Year
  9. I'm Only Human
  10. Less Talk More Action
  11. Through The Skies For You
  12. Blowing In The Mind
  13. Of North Of North Stars
  14. It Takes Time
  15. The Peace That Earth Cannot Give
  16. And Heaven Turned To Her Weeping