Aussie trio Young Magic has successfully entered the burgeoning chillwave genre with its debut LP, “Melt.” The band wears the chillwave label well by integrating synthesizers, ambient sounds and filtered, melodic vocals. “Melt” has an exotic sound with ethnic percussion sets, ethereal falsetto cries and bizarre ambient noise. One song features background noise recorded at a playground in Melbourne, Australia. The 11-track album is ambitious and provides the perfect backdrop for daydreaming, likely because the album doesn’t have much of a focus. Innovative sound gives the album great texture, yet the music lacks a direction or destination. Young Magic made an album that focuses less on meaning or purpose and more on the interpretive journey.
Grade: B