Something Isn’t Right: Oven Toast Jam’s “Dreamy Acidiary”

This didn’t need to be fucked around with. Producer Oven Toast Jam could have played this song straight, just crafted a beat orbiting around that acid-smeared throb and those ghostly vocals in the back, also letting those occasional piano notes float to the top. It would have been a more than serviceable beat.

Thankfully, Oven Toast Jam does fuck around with “Dream Acidiary,” and takes it to a place far more interesting. All sorts of unsettling details get added to the mix – the sound of footsteps at the beginning, what sounds like a bell or gong at various points, all sorts of electronic bleeps that come in for a second or two and just make this a head trip – and these touches add a level of intrigue to the song, bringing to mind Osaka’s similarly minded (albeit more dramatic) duo RAPUNZEL8083. Yet the real triumph hear is Oven Toast Jam’s decision to warp the beat at various points, throwing the whole song out of whack but adding a confrontational edge to this song – it practically stops you and stares right at you. Listen below.