Pass the Day

### Genre

New-age, ambient, synth-pop, soft rock, new wave, chillout, progressive rock, electronic music, Berlin-School

## Singles

### No. 1

"Island of the Sun"- Released: 23 January 2022

### No. 2

"This Colorful Nature"- Released: 17 February 2022

### No. 3

"Rainforest Boulevard"- Released: 31 March 2022

***Pass the Day*** is the seventh studio album by CoolSuperBlitz and is his third album of original material. It is slated for release on April 19th, 2022.

## Background

CoolSuperBlitz had released two albums the previous year, *Lighter in the Mood* and *Out of Reach.* Both albums did not achieve any commercial or underground success, and CoolSuperBlitz's desire to improve his music style urged him to start working on the album after he had finished recording *Out of Reach*. Plans for the new album goes as far back as April-May 2021, but he actually did not start recording the album until late-September 2021. With one month of recording time expected and plans for a November 2021 release, the album's production carried on for much longer than expected. The album was finally completed in early April 2022, by which point, three singles had been released.

## Music

The album was composed using various recognizable sounds from different synthesizers and devices. Recurring instruments include a Yamaha DX7-style electric piano, a Linn LM-1 drum machine, and samples of various percussion instruments. Other common sounds on the album includes Shakuhachi flutes, harmonicas, steel guitars, Latin percussion and so on. The album overall has a more organic, natural and exotic sound and is also completely instrumental.

The album opens with the upbeat progressive rock instrumental "Island of the Sun", followed by "Summers in Ecstasy", which is an easygoing song which was written in a swing-beat style. This is followed by the quieter title track, "Pass the Day", which demonstrates the Linn LM-1 and DX7-electric piano working together harmoniously, and the song initially plays at a 12/8 time signature, but the song closes dramatically with a traditional 4/4. The album starts to show its true intentions on the fourth track, "This Colorful Nature", which is a downtempo new-age sounding track which incorporates sounds of waterfalls, birds chirping and rain for example. "Where the Wolves Cry" consists of synthesized samples of wolf-howling and uses more pianos and sounds more like an instrumental ballad. "Young Night Standing" lightens the mood for the album once again with steel guitars and Latin percussion (and it is also one of two songs on the album to not include any snare drums, the other being "Sometime Later"). "Secret Coast" plays at 12/8 time, and is generally more neutral compared to other songs on the album. "Marbled Mountains" forgoes any background noise altogether, and uses the same style as "This Colorful Nature" but with a different melody instead. The longest track on the album, "Rainforest Boulevard", is a more heavy slow-paced song with sounds of birds chirping and rain. Both "Rainforest Boulevard" and "Marbled Mountains" utilize an electric guitar. The closing track, "Sometime Later" plays at a 3/4 time signature, and is a lot more quiet and moodier than the rest of the album's content, taking more on a nighttime theme, the only instruments accompanying the track being a muted LinnDrum and DX7-style electric piano, with crickets chirping and rain being heard throughout.