A Dream You Don’t Want to Wake From

Temperature Falls’ latest single Wishes, Dreams is less a song and more a dreamlike descent into emotional twilight. The Oslo-based duo, Camilla’s breathy, wistful vocals paired with Ian J. Ward’s masterfully layered instrumentation return after a two-year stretch with something that feels both intensely personal and sonically cinematic.

Right from the opening, there’s a pull, an invisible gravity of fuzzy guitars, distant echoes, and a percussive heartbeat that builds into something hauntingly beautiful. The soundscape is rich with contrasts: sharp distortion laced with softness, vulnerability wrapped in power. It’s not just a listening experience, it’s immersive, like staring at the moon from a moving car window, not quite sure if you’re dreaming or remembering.

The production here is stellar. It doesn’t overreach or try to impress with noise, instead, it seduces with texture. The track hits like a wave: not to overwhelm, but to carry you. And underneath the sonic layers lies the raw ache of relational tension, the ache of knowing something’s worth holding on to, even when it’s hard.

Fans of Massive Attack or early Portishead will feel right at home, but Wishes, Dreams isn’t a throwback. It’s a forward-moving, emotionally grounded piece that proves Temperature Falls are still evolving, still experimenting, and absolutely still worth watching.