Dawn Again - Every Dog’s Hotel (2024)

Hell Yeah kicks off 2024 in fine style with an album from Australian producer Dawn Again. Every Dog's Hotel is a dreamy and breaks-driven downtempo excursion. The title track is a welcome opening with leggy breaks and soft shakers encouraging you to sway while gazing up at the melodic stars before Foam Party gets more zoned out with its vaporous chords and gentle drum tumbles. Journey Through The Schoonerverse is a suspensory trip to the clouds with effortlessly loose breaks and painterly synth smears, Wonky Friends has a more weighty but still dubbed out and slow motion house kick and Kneverending Knockoffs keeps the energy rising with raw percussion and acidic twitches that journey through a heat haze on a warm afternoon. Closer Backyard Paradiso is the horizontal finish that washes over you like rays of sun and gently breaking waves to leave you relaxed from head to toe and digital bonus Hard Earned Thirst is an extra chance to luxuriate in Dawn Again's richly layered synths and leisurely breaks.