Daydream Plus // Second Last Day of Summer LP

※7/10リリースです

カナダ・トロントのマスロックバンドDaydream Plusが、2026年7月にアメリカのインディーレーベルRun For Cover Recordsからリリースしたアルバムです。

マスロック12曲を収録。

Joseph Shabasonも参加しています。

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RELEASE DATE : 10th July 2026

12" black vinyl. 

Tracklist:

1. Tutorial
2. Metropolitan Mirage
3. Speed Limit 03:10
4. Lockpick
5. Emergency Exit
6. More Time Alone 04:00
7. Stiletto Flourish
8. Nautical Twilight
9. Undertow
10. Hard to Destroy
11. Constellation
12. Wave Goodbye

Text excertp from the label:

" There’s an old trope about the last day of summer vacation; that it represents access to endless, effortless joy. But it’s not really like that at all. Just ask Payson Power, the guitarist and creative force behind Toronto’s Daydream Plus. “Growing up, whenever I’d see a film that takes place on the last day of summer, I’d be like, ‘You’re already at the depressing part!’ The good part is the second-to-last day of summer, because it’s the last day you can live consequence-free.” That moment, where you can still watch movies and play video games until the sun comes up, is what inspired Power to write Daydream Plus’ first full-length album, Second Last Day of Summer. What makes that day so beautiful is, subconsciously, you know it’s all about to come to an end.

After two EPs where the Toronto trio existed in the narrow overlap between intricate math rock and urbane city pop, Power slowly expanded his scope. Taking bits from video game soundtracks, energetic anime scores, and even chords yanked straight from the Steely Dan songbook, Second Last Day of Summer sees Daydream Plus building a more richly detailed world. Aided by Power’s fellow Tomb Mold bandmates, drummer Max Klebanoff and bassist Kevin Sia, the trio work to take the spirit of Don Caballero and apply a sheen of smooth jazz atop it.

After a lifetime spent playing heavy music, Power formed Daydream Plus in 2020 as a way to explore melodic, catchy compositions, indulging influences he’d only been able to access in brief flashes. This decision quickly begat another equally important one. "Right away, I knew I didn’t want any vocals. There's an emotional flexibility to avoiding the obligatory instruction manual of lyrics,” he says. Yet, with Power handling both rhythm and lead guitar parts for Second Last Day of Summer, instead of looking to virtuosic shredders for inspiration, he began toying with how to inject the spirit of a vocal melody into his playing.

“When you translate a great vocal line to guitar, you often realize how much space there is around it. So when I wrote the leads for this record, I was trying to not fill every single second of it,” says Power. That’s something that technical bands so routinely fall victim to; snuffing out open space for the sake of musical one-upsmanship. While Power’s initial impulses pushed him toward maximalism, he found the songs only took shape once he reduced the complexity. But, the songs would only reach their final form once his bandmates got hold of them, as Klebanoff and Sia took these guitar-only sketches and helped turn them into vividly colored worlds..."

Artist : Daydream Plus

Label : Run For Cover Records

cat no : RFC316lp