The story goes that Ernest Greene, the man behind Washed Out, graduated college, couldn't find a job thanks to this shitty economy, had to move back to his parents' home in Georgia and while living there composed this collection of dreamy pop songs indebted to the 80s. Maybe it is because Greene needed to find hope and comfort wherever he could that these songs sound so sweet, so innocent and so full of hope, like cotten candy shared between two young lovers on a first date. Maybe they were inspired by escapist memories of a much happier and more certain childhood. Whatever the case, these songs are the sound of memories that are better than any actual reality. And while it may be overly nostalgic and derivative of everything we have already heard from the 80s, this little collection of songs works because they are better than the real thing, and they make everything seem alright, even when everything may not actually be. I kind of believe that is what these songs did for Greene during his shitty post-graduate summer. The beautiful thing about "Life of Leisure" is that if you let them, these songs will do the same for you.
"New Theory"
"Feel it All Around"
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