Menthüll and the beautiful glacial melancholia of "Happy Sunday" feat. Damien de La Bergerette (Official Video)

 

"at a church on a whim on a happy Sunday"

Truth be told, if I were the King of the world I would absolutely have a moratorium on the word dystopian within the domain of music or the inspiration of music. Toss it in the bin with 'apocalyptic' just for a while. It is maybe too fashionable and sometimes the gravitas of the word has been softened as a result. And while that word may bother me because I see it so much in my role as a so-called music writer, it does not at all diminish my enthusiasm for Menthüll a self described dark wave and dystopian duo from Hull, Québec, Canada.

The pair just released their 6th single called "Happy Sunday" featuring a fellow Hull based vocalist and musician Damien de La Bergerette on lead vox and harmonica. The track, from the onset, with it's soft squashed machine beats and perfectly poised electro post punk / goth pop bathed synth bass lines and sparkly chord progs that stair step, then move sideways, form an elegant stage for Damien's vocal aesthetic. His vox with what feels like a British lilt and art pop theatrical sustains brought to mind a slight patina of Bernard Sumner and Dave Gahan crashed together. Really digging Damien's aesthetic within such a well constructed written song. Menthüll poetic narrative, lush beautiful supporting vox and the overall sort of glacial sadness here is brilliant. The creative duo also used the talents of King Konsole, formerly from Hull, who also got involved within the mix of sounds. All the collaborations were, for the most part, done from afar, each contributing remotely during the winter. Amazing, amazing track. 

 

-Robb Donker Curtius

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https://menthull.bandcamp.com/


Menthüll is a dark-wave and dystopian duo from Hull, Québec, Canada.

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