Favorite Five: Dasein

By: Miles Silverstein

As this year’s Spring semester gets going, Hearing Aid has gotten together with Scottish psychonauts Dasein. Each member has given us a favorite record and some astute justification. 

•  Ashton Overby: Mount Matsu, Yin Yin.

Mine is Mount Matsu by Yin Yin (currently). It relates to Dasein cause we funkalicious as fuck.

• Moss Noble: Food For Other Fish, The Mermen.

As a surf music fan, this is the Platonic form of instrumental surf rock. It has also heavily informed my use of effects pedals (and relatably for me, there’s even a moment on the album where they forget to turn the reverb off). I want to play guitar like this guy – every song is almost totally guitar driven, but there’s barely a solo to be heard – every line is either a hook or a transition point essential to the structure of the tune.

• Lukas Cobb: The Inner Mounting Flame, Mahavishnu Orchestra.

🎸🔥🤯🧟‍♂️

• Archie Day: House of Spirits, Tom Noble

Mine might be House of Spirits by Tom Noble as it’s funky as fuck and proves that time is no barrier to production of 70’s-inspired funky grooves!

• Matthew Lewis: No Voo do Urubu, Arthur Verocai

Mine might be No Voo do Urubu by Arthur Verocai because it’s got the Latin feel with full orchestral sound that makes me pee myself.