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At 1980 / JOSH DALLY / TIMECOP1983

JOSH DALLY – Speak Your Mind (2022)

Even if you’re a casual fan of the booming synthwave genre you’ve probably heard JOSH DALLY‘s voice. The singer and multi-instrumentalist has appeared on the stone cold classic synthwave album with Timecop1983’s ‘Night Drive’ (featured at 0dayrox), as well as his other brilliant another alliance with Adrian Quesada Michelena for two albums as AT 1980 (yes the genre loves those ’80s year references) both reviewed by 0dayrox too.
Now the songwriter is finally going it alone for his debut solo album “Speak Your Mind“.
JOSH DALLY’s music is much, much more than synthwave. There’s a lot of guitar work on this album. This is a true ’80s inspired record utilizing real instruments; he play electric guitar / bass / drums as well as synths of course.
The unmistakable timbre of Josh’s voice takes you back to 1987 when talented solo artists populated the rock&pop charts. “Creating music that sounds like a soundtrack to the movie of your life has always been a goal for me” says Dally. Listening to “Speak Your Mind” I think he’s succeeded…

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At 1980 – Late Night Calls (2021)

At 1980, as a band, are relatively new in the synthwave scene – but their members are far from it. The duo is made up of noted music producer Adrian Quesada Michelena and his cohort, singer Josh Dally; the Brit synonymous with synthwave who has featured alongside timeless acts including Timecop1983 and FM-84.
We already featured here their 2020 debut album ‘A Thousand Lives’, and now At 1980 are back with an even better new effort titled ”Late Night Calls”, an emotionally charged display of creativity and passion.
It’s almost hard to think of ”Late Night Calls” as solely an album of the synthwave genre. Throughout each of the tracks At 1980 delivers really well composed songs crafted with that ’80s quality rock&pop / AOR feel, most of them backed up with electric guitars and real drums, elevating the sound to heights other artists in the genre haven’t even dared to reach.
A truly spectacular nostalgic-Eighties album that doesn’t pull any punches or falter at any step…

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At 1980 – A Thousand Lives (2020) *0dayrox EXCLUSIVE*

After the very good new TimeCop1983 album featuring the smooth lead vocals of Englishman Josh Dally, here we a have a wonderful band also formed by Dally and Adrian Quesada Michelena from Spain.
The band is named At 1980, and this alone give you an idea of the music packed inside their debut album “A Thousand Lives“. Additionally, there’s two female vocalists doing lead on one track each to provide variation.
This is a delicious collection of ’80s inspired synth-pop-rock tunes bringing back all the magic and atmosphere from that decade. The musical and vocal talents showcased on this record are at the highest professional level with the mixing and mastering spot on. It’s a…