Medejin – The Garden (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Shoegaze.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette.
Background/Info: Medejin is a Seattle (USA) based formation which at the end of last year released their official debut-album. “The Garden” is inspired by themes of grief, loss, death and motherhood.
Content: “The Garden” features 11 songs which from start on clearly reveal a strong Dream-Pop inspiration. Some parts are moving into a Cinematic experience although the Dream-Pop approach always comes back with an extra melancholic touch on top. Front woman Jenn Taranto’s fragile timbre of voice accentuates the evasive feeling.
+ + + : The album is driven by elevating guitar playing which truly injects the spirit into this dreamy sound experience. It also matches with the vocal parts, Taranto being a talented singer. This work might appeal to lovers of The Cocteau Twins but maybe also to fans of The Smiths and Prefab Sprout.
– – – : Cool songs but I’m missing a few, real, highlights.
Conclusion: “The Garden” serves as an interesting discovery to a band with potential.
Best songs: “January”, “Shell”, “The Garden”.
Rate: 6½.
Artist: www.medejin.com / www.facebook.com/MEDEJINMUSIC
Label: www.facebook.com/icycoldrecords
About Medejin
Medejin is a Seattle, Washington dream-pop project led by singer, guitarist and keyboardist Jenn Taranto, with Rebecca Gutterman on guitar, Ramsey Troxel on bass and Matthew Cooke on drums, percussion and backing vocals. The band describes its sound as lush, ethereal dreamwave. Debut album “The Garden” was released on 20 October 2023 through Icy Cold Records, recorded across several Seattle-area studios and mastered by Rachel Field at Resonant Mastering. Its eleven songs explore grief, loss, death and motherhood.
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