Owl City - Midsummer Station

Today is a good day because the new Owl City disc arrived, the sun is shinning with a nice breeze up here on the mountain. The album art work is excellent and now can this album live up to the excellence displayed on the packaging? "Dreams & Disasters" kicks off this glorious collection (answer to previous question answered) of electric sunshine twee pop. The song begs for everyone to jump up dance and sing-a-long to the chorus with giant smiles on their faces. That feeling is just so easy to achieve while listening to Owl City but this album has more of a dance vibe with songs like "Shooting Star" which is a perfect pop song. You will be hard pressed to find a better pop song many equal to it but hardly better in the genre exists.

Adam Young hits another near home-run with "Dementia" that just explodes with twee giddiness. His voice soars over the music as he sings Dementia youre drivin' me crazy in the chorus. As I mentioned the more club/dance side of his sound is more present on Midsummer Station and showcased more so on "I'm Coming After You" that is less electro-pop that the earlier stuff. Owl City with a nice balance draws it in a little with the very danceable pop of "Speed Of Love" but there is a little disco break between the chorus and second verse that reminds of the era of dance clubs.

As with his digital dreams the album is production perfection with the synthesized drums and massive keyboards and sequencers driving every track. The albums best track is number seven "Good Time" which features a slice of Canuck awesomeness in the form of Carly Rae Jepsen. Midsummer Station has eleven tracks of sweet bubblegum to chew on and lots of summer songs to crank while drinking frozen alcoholic beverages or cold vodka coolers while camping or spending a day at the beach. This album is one of the best summer albums of 2012 too bad its officially not released until summers nearly at its end.

The stark and sadness of "Take It All Away" has such a warm embrace to the music but the lyrics are all about the emotion in the ending point of a relationship. That is twee pop at its finest just as Boy Least Likely has perfected and Owl City can also do at a top shelf level. Midsummer Station is a worthwhile listen and has too much good to dismiss because your head might be firmly lodged in your arse.