Lucid Express

Lucid Express is a band that works at the somewhat vague and perhaps imaginary line between dream pop and a softer version of shoegaze. They actually keep the pop angle pretty narrow. Their music usually sticks to the mid-tempo range and gets into loud and distorted guitars only sparingly while relying on the shimmering guitar sound backed by vocalist Kim's synth work. Her vocals deliver the mistiness that is the key element of dream pop.  She almost floats through the songs, especially with the way her voice is mixed in at the same level as the other instruments in the same range, which blends them all together in the same woozy space. The rhythm section delivers the foundation in a relatively mellow manner that keeps the flow going.