Robert Vadadi is a musician from Sweden who writes and records as Vadadi, and his self-titled debut album has recently been released on his own label. Vadadi’s music is clearly shoegaze inspired, but there are a lot of different elements in here from a range of different musical genres, so it’s difficult to point at one genre only. Everything is very melodic and melancholic.  Vadadi manages to balance on the line between light and dark, – happiness and sadness, and he never crosses over to either sides, – always stays on the line.

If you’ve heard the Danish band Mew, there are some songs on this album that reminds me especially about them. Rhythm-changes, a lot of contrasts, hard elements suddenly replaced by softer sounds and vice versa, walls of sound and grand choruses. I especially like Robert Vadadi’s almost whispery, expressive vocals, and the songs he sings by himself are the best, in my opinion. There are some sharp, emo-sounding guitar riffs that I have and will always have trouble with here, but they are not the dominant elements in Vadadis music, thankfully… Melody is a dominant factor in everything Vadadi does.

Vadadi’s album is available only in a digital format, and if you buy it through cdbaby, you will get it for only 2,50$. It’s also available on iTunes for a lot more.

Here is a song from the album:

Vadadi – loveless