In My Dreams has a quality of the soft ache in it, which comes in at the end of the night when the world has finally shut up, and your mind is left making more noise. San Sebastian (who plans to reclaim his birth name Sebastian Rydgren during the coming year) exploits that emotion with a breathtaking level of clarity when it comes to the weird sense of relief at sliding into fantasy when the world is a little too rough on the edges. It is a song about the decision to live the dream, even the moment, as the reality is heavier.
The essence of the song is that desire to remain encircled in a perceived conception of love, being fully conscious that it cannot survive the day. The tension is well done by his vocal delivery. His singing is like one who sits with his emotions instead of attempting to get away with them and it is that silent obligation that allows the emotion to breathe. It is an adult and reflective and remarkably mature as of someone at such pre-adolescent stage in his life.
Collaborating with Molly Rosenstrom and a producer, Tobias Kihlman, San Sebastian creates a sound that is not overwhelming but creates a sense of immersiveness. The texture and depth of the melody are inviting, and there is a slight amount of this in the production of it, as though thoughts are beginning to separate and to wrap each other round each other. Everything is deliberate, which supports the mood instead of making claims.
The most persistent is the truth of the song in relation to deceiving itself. In My Dreams does not guarantee eternity – even as it is holding on to that illusion, it acknowledges that it will shatter. Being the second single off his next EP, which is also preceded by Imaginary Lover, it indicates the direction of an artist who is learning to embrace weakness and create pop music that is emotionally authentic. It is the voice of a person finding his voice because he speaks the truth even when it is painful.
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