“Mellow Rain” is the kind of track you put on when you finally get home after a particularly shitty day at work, and you are looking for something that could take you far away from cubicles, task managers, and email correspondence. In just a few words, ladies and gentlemen, it is the chill pill!
The name of Mr. Jello’s latest beat tape is Mellow Moods. The name speaks for itself, and it speaks for the music in it. It consists of just three tracks, with “Mellow Rain” being right in the middle. In the context of the EP, it’s a perfectly positioned segue. As a stand-alone track, it’s a soothing and delicate gem of a beat, with a snarling bass line muffled deep beneath the beautiful keyboard melodies and groovy drumming.
Of course, there is an omnipresent background of actual raindrops pouring down the window. It’s one of those clichés that doesn’t feel tired or overworked. Instead, it adds up to the whole track in a fine manner that is guaranteed to make you want to play it again, as soon as it ends. And again. And again, and again…