IIOIOIOII – Dreaming (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Dark-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: After a self-released debut album and next albums on Juggernaut Music Group and Analogue Trash Records IIOIOIOII stroke back by the end of 2023 unleashing a new opus on Distortion Productions.
Content: Chris Gurney remains faithful to his dark format of Electro-Pop music. The sound remains pretty evasive, spiced with a melancholic touch and some carrying choruses.
+ + + : There’s a noticeable improvement in the global writing- and production process of this work. IIOIOIOII (pronounced ‘eye o’) became more mature while holding on its original influences. I like the darkness and melancholia of the songs but I especially recommend listening to “Until I’m Free” and “Carousel”.
– – – : The album is missing a true, potential’ hit.
Conclusion: IIOIOIOII don’t release new albums at regular basis but “Dreaming” is a fully appropriated title for a noticeable new work.
Best songs: “Until I’m Free”, “Carousel”, “Into The Night”, “Legacy”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.iioioioii.com / www.facebook.com/IioIndustrial
Label: www.distortionprod.com / www.facebook.com/distortionproductions
About IIOIOIOII
IIOIOIOII is the electropop project of Christopher Gurney, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and started in 2012 in his home studio. The debut album “Reflect” was self-released, followed by “Sun” in late 2013 through Juggernaut Music Group and the EP “Post Brimstone” in 2015. Further albums followed on Analogue Trash Records.
IIOIOIOII returned in August 2023 with the single “Frozen Sea”, followed by the album “Dreaming” on Distortion Productions at the end of 2023.
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