The Parisian indie project Books Of Moods has unveiled its debut album ‘Dreams’, eleven tracks in which Hugo Sailer, the sole member and architect of the entire sound, constructs a whole universe out of fog, nostalgia, and half-forgotten images. The album itself exists somewhere at the intersection of cinema and dream. Hugo Sailer openly references David Bowie, Arcade Fire, and The Velvet Underground. And you know, the music of Books Of Moods does carry a genuine cinematic quality and a deeply resonant sound. ‘Dreams’ sounds is charged with the energy of the ’60s and ’70s.
What is remarkable is that ‘Dreams’ is an album of sensation. Each track functions as what Sailer himself calls a ‘madeleine de Proust’: not so much a story as a trigger for a memory. But what is particularly interesting is that the memory in question is one whose reality you cannot quite be sure of yourself. What I love is that all eleven tracks are dreamlike and cinematic, while the overall atmosphere alternately pulls you into moments of sadness and then gently soothes you. Highly recommended listening!
