Listening to Diamond Rings’ second album Free Dimensional is a bit like spending a night at the coolest ’80s club that never existed. Each song flows into the next and each brings its own distinct personality.
It’s difficult to really pin down or compare Diamond Rings to other performers, since he really embodies the entire era that he modifies and uses for his own tunes. Since the early 2000s, many bands have tried to emulate the sound and style of glam rock and 80s new wave, but none have synthesized these with the same level of originality as Diamond Rings.
The albums first two tracks “Everything Speaks” and “All The Time” are a bit listless, but it really picks up with the third track “Runaway Love.” While the lyrical content of the album is hardly weighty or deep, you’ll be too distracted by the lovely interplay between synthesizers, drum machines, and glam guitar to really care.
