Feels Like Heaven

This might be an early contender for Record of the Year. Feels Like Heaven / Scheme Records cleverly released Within Dreams on January 1, 2026. Of course, the way things go with current releases, it took me a while until I actually got a copy, but hey, it was well worth the wait. If you like current bands like Drug Church or Fiddlehead and/or late 80s Dichord stuff, you won‘t get disappointed. This is really, really good. 

Unknowingly, the Band Scores major bonus points with the cover. When I was a kid, I had a few records with fairy tales and modern classic children stories that I listened to a bunch. The one outlier record I had was a radio play based on true events, detailing the first ascent of Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world. The radio play was much more dramatic than any other records I had, but I loved it. The cover featured a similar image to the one on the cover of Within Dreams, and now I sort of want to listen to that radio play again. 

1st Press on Black on Scheme /328

Feels Like Heaven

I was tipped off to Feels Like Heaven by a friend. I remember us driving someplace and he wouldn’t stop talking about this new band from Sweden. We listened to it right there and then, modern technology be praised. I liked what I heard and liked even more that they were about to release a demo. I was even more excited when I learned that the demo was going to receive a vinyl treatment. I like tapes, but between vinyl and tapes it’s not really a close contest. This reminds me a lot of Praise, which is always a good thing in my book. I hope there’ll be more material soon. 

100 copies on coloured vinyl with a screen-printed cover.