Soft Replica
Only Ever In Dreams


3.6
great

Review

by jesper STAFF
March 28th, 2022 | 42 replies


Release Date: 2022 | Tracklist

Review Summary: *dreamvibes*

Only Ever In Dreams is an album. It’s an album by an artist called Soft Replica. It’s an album with the lovely pink album cover you can see with your eyes. Need I say more? Realistically: yes, but not much. However, the most important takeaway is that this record’s packaging is flawless. It's every bit as floaty as its accompanying words imply; it’s every bit as soft as the cover art will have you believe. Soft Replica’s debut full length gently sways from ambient soundscapes into lush textures of synthwave, interpolating samples of crickets, rain and wind throughout. While it’s at its very best when songs fully lean into minimalist repetitions of intangible atmospheres, occasional beats and quips afford the record a mesmerising aura. Only Ever In Dreams is best experienced with a good pair of headphones, a few rays of sun, and your undivided attention. Even if its over(t)ly subtle details may not come to full fruition when enjoyed as mere background music, Soft Replica’s first foray into dreamvibecore is a clear demonstration of sheer potential and skill. The sky’s the limit, but not really.




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Comments:Add a Comment 
JesperL
Staff Reviewer
March 28th 2022


5463 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

hope ur attention span can handle this

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 28th 2022


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i don't listen to noise music

JesperL
Staff Reviewer
March 28th 2022


5463 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

hmm yes that's acceptable but have you ever considered listening to good music?

Sunnyvale
Staff Reviewer
March 28th 2022


5881 Comments

Album Rating: 3.3

Another "floaty" Jesper review, now even shorter than before! Inspired me to check this, so well done.

JesperL
Staff Reviewer
March 28th 2022


5463 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

hell yeah sunny, that's all i can ask for! hope you dig :]

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
March 28th 2022


18256 Comments


I need to know if this is on the word limit. Tell me!

Purpl3Spartan
March 29th 2022


8581 Comments


Jesp gonna be pumping out quality reviews in 3 sentences soon enough

JesperL
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


5463 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

catering to the tiktok crowd!! also word limits are a mind control device 😔

Purpl3Spartan
March 29th 2022


8581 Comments


you can run the sput tik tok account with 20 sec album reviews

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

interchangeable dreamgaze thoughtz n cute faces

dedex
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


12788 Comments


knew it was a Jesp rev before clicking on it 😎

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


18256 Comments


I want to dream

InfernalDeity
Contributing Reviewer
March 29th 2022


597 Comments


I really like that snapshot review style.

Trifolium
March 29th 2022


38983 Comments


Buuuuut in dreaaaaaaaaaaams

(But in dreeeaaaaaaammmsss)

🎵 💍→🌋

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

TRIF it is the first verse of Lucky let's sing this whose part do you want to sing

Trifolium
March 29th 2022


38983 Comments


Can I do the Koji bit I love that so muuuuuuch (and it's less text than Miki so I'd have to learn a shorter bit phonetically!)

みつつつつつつつつかりりりりりりりりりりにくいの


... or at least that's how I would sing it.

Oh my what a tune.

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


18866 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

“Only Ever In Dreams is an album.”





Yeah, right. What are you gonna tell me next? That it’s by an artist?

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

YES this is perfect, take that Koji part away, I just wanna hit that

あなたーーにあえるーーーもの

and cry thru the first chorus while you nail those na-na-na-naaas

Sunnyvale
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


5881 Comments

Album Rating: 3.3

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/59704/Protest-the-Hero-Volition/



That sentence reminded me of the linked review, a true Sput classic.

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
March 29th 2022


18866 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

There’s also a review for The Seer whose summary is “a disappointing effort from a band”



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