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Siam

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Artist: Dear Cloud
Album: Grey
Genre: Indie/Soft rock
Release date: 28th October, 2008

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Rating: ★★★★
Dear Cloud is a 5-member indie rock band who debuted with their full length album Dear Cloud in 2007. Their music are mostly an indie style, or a soft rock style, and their songs are very soothing and pleasant to the ear.

Siam is a soft, indie-style song with a unique structure. It starts off with a mellow-sounding introduction, like bells which are repeating an arpeggios pattern. Vocals kicks off at around 0:15. The vocals sound extremely dreamy and soft. The first chorus starts at about 1:20, but although it is a chorus, the high point has not been created yet. The second verse starts at around 2:04, with more stronger bell sounds echoing in the background, and a soft drum kit is added at 2:34. Second chorus starts at 3:06, and the soft drum kit vanishes, mellowing the overall atmosphere of the song once again, resulting in the second chorus to be calm and soothing. The chorus is repeated again, but this time the background instrumental appears to be growing stronger and more defined, and at this point electric and clean guitars can be heard, as well as the drum kit being added back in. A pause at 4:04, and the instrumental begins at 4:08, but with a drastic change of atmostphere, as electric guitars are added in to form a powerful rock emsemble. The instrumental continues until 6:09, and the soft vocals reappears once again. This is the low point of the song, creating contrast between the strong instrumental. The song ends eventually with everything fading away, and disappearing.
I gave this song a 4 out of 5. It is again not my favorite song from this album, but I love it very much because it is extremely soothing and calm, but can also be strong and powerful. I like how there is a large amount of contrast in this song, such as the intrumental, and then the low point near the end of the song. Jang Hee Yun's vocals in this song are particularly soft and mellow, and for those who are familiar with Dear Cloud's music, the vocalist is often mistaken to be a male, instead of a female.

Overall, I think this song is a unique indie number which brings back a lot of memories and gets me thinking. It is quite an appropriate song for sleeping in with, as the first part is very mellow and soothing, but I advise you to turn your volume down as the last instrumental at the end can be a little shocking, especially when you're half asleep. I have had countless of experiences like such with this song.

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