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Writer: Trent B Minia
Sleep All Day With Summer Heart PALLIN’S PRODUCTION ACHIEVES A GREAT RANGE IN MOOD, FROM CHILLED OUT TO BOMBASTIC.
David Alexander, also known as Summer Heart, is a “summer-wave,” “do-it-yourself” artist based out of Sweden. Amongst his releases is Sleep.
emotions and senses are lightly tugged at in this matter. They can just close their eyes with this song playing in their ears and dream away.
Although this three-minute and twenty-one second song seems to be short, it is also a fulfilling and dreamy mental ride. This moderately-paced (with a little lean towards a slow tempo) track begins with a soothing and cute introductory melody accompanied by a harmonizing synth and guitar strumming layered on top of a four-four beat. Once the vocals kick in a few measures in, listen closely and you’ll notice a bit of auto-tune and pitch correction processed. But hey, this doesn’t mean he can’t sing. A reason a lot of electronic producers use auto-tune is to assist the vocals in blending and working well with the song.
Besides, he sings it all in the lyrics: “Sleep all day and look for perfection / you’ve been awake all day / you need some reflection,” and “There’s some summer in your head.” The only way to maximize the effects and meaning of these lyrics is to make the song sound relaxing and summer-y, and Summer Heart does an excellent job maintaining just that.
For example, the futuristic style of The Black Eyed Peas in a few songs heavily processes Stacy Ferguson’s voice with auto-tune to give her voice a robotic sound to it. Summer Heart still shows us a good vocal range throughout the song, including a falsetto in the chorus. Along with the vocal work, the used synths and percussion does more than enough to keep the relaxing and sleepy atmosphere of a glistening summer scene full of sunshine or rain—whichever weather you prefer. Sleep by Summer Heart contains a wonderful mix of feelings of hope and catastrophe thanks to the chord progression. The audience will have an easy time engaging with a track like this as long as their
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The mixing and mastering of the song fell quite short. Upon switching to other songs (in my iTunes library I compared it to Alive by Empire of the Sun and Cool Kids by Echosmith) the dynamic range in those two songs are much wider. Either the mid-range is too high or the treble is too low, but as an electronic track, the song should be able to utilize all the ranges on the equalizer. Instead, the track is not as clear and crisp as it could be. Overall, Sleep by Summer Heart is a relaxing and peaceful track that easily creates a summer atmosphere in your mind. The vocal and synth work layered on a moderately-slow paced four-four bat allows the listener to just close his or her eyes and dream away. If you’re looking for a little peace of mind while working, studying, or facing life challenges, then go ahead and pop this track in.