Daezy gave indie dream pop a freefall of feeling in Flying

Drifting right above the zeitgeist of indie dream pop, Daezy delivered pure atmospheric surrender with their latest release, Flying. The Naarm-based trio, fronted by Daisy Bateman, have captured that hazy altitude where emotion meets euphoria, letting their melodies rise with the same energy that defines their live shows. There’s no sense that the instrumentals are just coasting through familiar territory; instead, they move with a freeform fluidity, drawing subtle cues from jazz before spinning into a whirlpool of shoegaze sublimity that leaves you suspended somewhere between nostalgia and reverie. The weightless arrangement mirrors the song’s themes of emotional drift and quiet release, anchored by Bateman’s vocals that shimmer with an unreckonable girl-next-door magnetism. Her delivery flows away from the production with a natural grace, wrapping around each chord like sunlight dissolving through mist. It’s that rare chemistry that makes Daezy feel intimately cinematic, capable of holding the same space as a scene-stealing moment in a quirkily romantic film soundtrack. Since swapping the footy field for the stage, Bateman and her bandmates Jackson and Josh have honed a sound that carries both pop accessibility and indie soul. With over 40,000 streams on their debut EP See Me Standing, triple j airplay, […]

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