Minko tightened the thread between classical precision and future-pop romanticism in her new single, ‘Circle of Fifths’, a observe that redraws the form of pop itself. Slated to function on her debut LP Lemon Psyche, which can flavour the airwaves from Might twenty ninth, this launch is a neo-pop fever dream that glides by way of time as effortlessly as you flick by way of your Instagram feed.
Baroque textures ripple by way of the observe as arcane people nuances are woven into orchestral pop motifs that intentionally reject the tyranny of musical chronology. Minko delivers a lyrical panorama soaked in imagery, the place nostalgia lives unanchored to any fastened level in historical past. As a substitute, it finds a surrealist stronghold—an aural utopia the place freedom reigns and artwork exists as a sovereign state, dominated by instinct somewhat than business.
Raised by the wilds of the Cornish panorama and formed by a historical past of sonic exploration—together with scoring the BFI-backed Canine Years, profitable Cornwall’s nationwide songwriting competitors with the Cornish-language single Kan an Tewyn, and being plucked for airplay by BBC Radio 3 and 6 Music—Minko’s experimentalism isn’t any accident. Her DIY ethos and her collaborations with Steven Havenhand (ex-Pulp) channel a uncommon inventive readability. ‘Circle of Fifths’ proves she doesn’t flirt with style—she reconfigures it by way of a kaleidoscope of melodic surrealism.
Circle of Fifths is now obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Bandcamp.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast
