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 characteristic on her debut LP Lemon Psyche, which is able to flavour the airwaves from Could 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 folks 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 mounted level in historical past. As an alternative, it finds a surrealist stronghold—an aural utopia the place freedom reigns and artwork exists as a sovereign state, dominated by instinct slightly than trade.
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, successful 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 out there to stream on all main platforms, together with Bandcamp.
Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast
