Massive Shoe: Silver Opaque Vinyl LP

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Label: Jagjaguwar
Release Date: 2nd October

Way Dynamic aka Dylan Young came into his own last year with one of 2025's best slow-burn word of mouth indie albums. Newly signed to Jagjaguwar 'Massive Shoe', pulls in cosy English folk with breezy psych pop, the leftfield charm of Robert Wyatt and the sweet harmonies of 60s west coast. One of those records that one listen and it's a regular comfort blanket.

Way Dynamic, the solo project of Melbourne’s Dylan Young, releases internationally Massive Shoe – a third album that’s playful and understated, luminous and textured. Massive Shoe is minimalist folk-pop, art rock and baroque pop, produced and largely played by Young, who moonlights in Melbourne’s beloved Cool Sounds and Good Morning and has played drums with Snowy Band and Kankawa Nagarra.

It’s tempting to only compare these songs to those of yesteryear – Young’s falsetto, his ear for harmonies and the intricate arrangements all feel timeless. But there’s a sensibility, a turn of phrase, that feels deeply contemporary: it’s telling that Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield described “Miffed It” as her “favourite song in a VERY long time”, and Katie, MJ Lenderman, This is Lorelei and Black Country New Road have all taken Way Dynamic on tour, while Sir Elton John said that he “just cannot stop listening” to “Ibiza”. Young’s songs don’t shy away from sentiment, or equally from silliness: on any given song he might suggest a flight to space or earnestly lament a miscommunication. “Can we walk and talk as well?” he asks on “I Was the Dancer”, and we rush to accept the invitation.

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