If ethereal, Swedish pop is your thing, you could do a lot worse than DayBehavior. You recognise the name? DayBehavior were first active in the mid-nineties but after their record company faced financial problems the group spent a few years in the wilderness. Now, Carl Hammar, Tommy Arell and Paulinda Crescentini are back with their latest single, Silent Dawn.

Vocalist Paulinda acts as a reliable anchor amidst the swirling mass of dreamy, ethereal, elctropop. It’s very chilled and laid back: the perfect down-tempo song. The lyrics echo the dreamy atmosphere as Paulinda breathes "I see alien places and deserted faces". The group do an admirable job of putting emotion across: the electronic wall of sound reflecting the moments of insecurity and anxiety in Paulinda’s vocals perfectly.
There’s an admirable 3 remixes of Silent Dawn should you wish to purchase them. The Parralox remix ups the tempo turning a down tempo song into a club worthy tune with a nice building pace up to the chorus and the introduction of echoing vocals which emphasise the fragile quality of the vocals. Likewise, the People’s Theatre mix was made in mind of a more dance inclined crowd. Here though, the background electronica is in danger of overwhelming the vocals in certain places, the drum beat just slightly too loud. It doesn’t quite reach its stride until after the first chorus where it lightens the mood with a happy sounding instrumental break that wouldn’t be amiss as stand alone music.



The Paramaterial mix brings a piano and strings in to replace certain electronic elements and creates a hauntingly unexpected version of the track. I especially liked the Phil Collins In the Air Tonight-esque drum break around the first chorus which added another layer of surrealism to proceedings. 80s style electronic drum beats which kick in during after the piano art are well placed and paced.

Great song all in all and very interesting to hear the different directions it can be taken in with a few adjustments here and there.