Roll the windows down, and breathe in that cool ocean breeze. Another trip, another opportunity to hit refresh on your reality: Teen Daze returns with the third EP in his Reality Refresh series, filled with more light grooves, delicate guitar melodies and rolling percussion.

We begin on that aforementioned coastal drive, which is where NBD (which could stand for No Bad Days, or No Big Deal, you decide!) sits right at home. Maybe it’s a convertible making its way from Tokyo to Yokohama, or its an 80s sports car, hugging the soft curves of the PCH north of Los Angeles; whichever ride you choose, NBD is the perfect soundtrack to help you achieve the motorized bliss you seek.

Pull over at the next lookout point, watch the waves, and let Environments wash over you. The light birdsong and lapping creek sounds fill the silence, amongst gentle pads and twinkling, clean and delayed guitars. The unobtrusive percussion sits quietly in the background, slowly keeping rhythm with the waves. The perfect score to a quiet afternoon overlooking the ocean.

Let’s head back to the city: Peaceful Groove is pure sunset. The dancing marimbas, the rolling percussion, the swirling synthesized sounds; the sun is setting on our escape from the city, and Peaceful Groove is guiding us back home.

Finally, we reach Zen Zone: the Shavasana, and hopefully, our place of Zen. The last rays of sun peak out behind the mountains in the distance, and we reach our sense of home. Zen Zone closes out this third EP in the Reality Refresh series, with its meditative melodies, and deep pads. Hopefully, a good place to find rest and that sense of ‘Refresh’ that we all seek.

Mastered by Nik Kozub