It’s warmer and more optimistic than his other work. The title of the album refers to the creation of detailed, imaginary worlds. It implies a sense of escape, an ability to forget the mundane and fill one’s thoughts with something new. The best songs on Paracosm vividly etch out the world that Washed Out would like to inhabit. The opening of “All I Know” feels like a sunrise. Not an inherently happy theme but the song takes the form of a release from the subject matter’s tension rather than a fixation on it. “Paracosm” creates an imaginative atmosphere with a harp-like synth that sways within the mix. This psychedelia coupled with the sittin-around-the-campfire feel of the rhythm guitar makes for an all together blissful, and entrancing