Chanel Beads, the project of Shane Lavers, has released their second album, 'Your Day Will Come,' echoing the title of their 2024 debut. Critics note the album's unique blend of standard pop songwriting with arcane, intoxicating configurations, and a sound that balances the real and unreal. This second LP delves deeper into Lavers' experimental tendencies, incorporating a mix of organic and digital sounds that can be described as both scuzzy and super-clean, according to review by rin.pw.
The album is characterized by its hypnagogic pop elements, described as an indeterminate zone between alertness and sleep, blending lo-fi aesthetics with a digitized home studio approach. Unlike artists who explicitly draw on past cultural memories (like Ariel Pink's 80s inspirations), Chanel Beads' sound is less rooted in nostalgia and more reflective of a "perpetual now" in the post-pandemic age, where the disconnect from reality into a virtual sphere is lived through rather than merely speculated, as noted by thelineofbestfit.com.
'Your Day Will Come' explores themes of redemption, imperfection, and accepting life's uncertainties, often infused with an understated sense of hope and the idea of love as a primary defense. The album features contributions from Lavers' partner Maya McGrory (Colle) and violinist Zachary Paul, whose "anachronistic quiver" adds a dramatic flair. Lavers employs a beatmaker's approach, programming elements on a DAW and blending diverse sounds including drums, samples, and ethereal, androgynous vocals that sound "cyborg-like and mediated," as described by thelineofbestfit.com. This results in a cohesive but multifaceted sound where even a track like "Drums Only" makes a physical statement of intent, as reviewed by loudandquiet.substack.com.
