One Song

Dan San

Dream

Joel Frieders | January 20, 2016

I love how Dan San sounds all at once like a soundtrack to a beach vacation home movie, something you'd imagine would play in the background in a candy factory and/or on a tropical fruit commercial. But what's weird is that I get the distinct vibe that Dan San has never actually seen a beach or something tropical in anything other than a BBC documentary.

It's the disconnect between the beachy keen vibez and the Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) denim and leather jacket that make me pretty confident that the members of Dan San just drink out of coconuts to feel more relaxed bro. Dan San is the band that wears boots to the beach and never takes off the aforementioned denim and leather jacket bro.

"Dream" feels like waking up in a tepid bath filled with a bone broth after enjoying an 1/8th of mushrooms somewhere in the Belgian countryside, if Belgium even has a side of country to bathe in. Alls I know is this shit is relaxingly mystical, almost like being put on hold with a company that makes edible adult novelty items. While listening to this I find myself bunny hopping in slow motion around my office. It's quite adorable if I do say so myself.

DAN SAN, GIVE ME A FUCKING ALBUM OR ELSE!