Bazzi’s ‘Infinite Dream’ is not an album to sleep on – Dancing Astronaut
by: Rachel Narozniak
Sep 16, 2022
Bazzi‘s third studio album is a lucid Infinite Dream.
Amid the unsure circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lebanese-American singer-songwriter put pen to paper from a hideaway in Topanga simply north of Los Angeles to script the feelings of his reply to 2019’s Soul Searching. On Infinite Dream, Bazzi, who initially earned identify recognition from the viral success of “Mine” (2018), is directly acquainted and noticeably matured. His paradoxical coronary heart—that of a hopeless romantic and a realist who grapples with ups and downs associated to like, letting go, and uncertainty—beats with fervor on the generally contemplative however all the time candid challenge.
Sonically, Infinite Dream hears Bazzi meld pop and R&B sensibilities with confessional lyricism and slick hooks in his what-you-see-is-what-you-get customized. “Misplaced In The Simulation” and “Solely Fan” diverge from his stylistic established order, discovering him in a enjoyable, experimental house. As a lot as Infinite Dream aches (see “Will It Ever Really feel The Similar?”), it additionally celebrates and embraces the identical motifs that it really works by way of (love, letting go, and uncertainty).
“I’ve been by way of a lot over the past 4 years and making this album pulled my head above water so many instances,” Bazzi stated in an Instagram put up that preceded the album. “I’ve poured each piece of who I’m and who I’ve been into this album. My best pleasure of my life up to now shall be lastly supplying you with this and letting you get to know me once more by way of my finest physique of labor to this point. Welcome to the dream.”
Balancing spunk with wistfulness in Bazzi’s idiosyncratic, instantly recognizable signature, Infinite Dream is a creative awakening made in dreamland. Infinite Dream will hit the occasion circuit in October by way of a supporting tour that marks Bazzi’s largest reside initiative but. View an entire listing of Infinite Dream tour dates here.
Classes: Music