The Dark Atmospherics and Breakbeats of “No Fun” by Sundaes is the Soundtrack to Falling Out of Fascination With Self-Destructive Fun

Sundaes_NoFun2_crop — Sundaes, photo courtesy the artist

When “No Fun” by Sundaes begins you may have a flashback to 90s electronic music like Underworld with some hushed atmospherics and low key breakbeats. But when the nearly whispered vocals come in it takes on the quality of one of those dreams where everything seems murky, dark and lit by cool colors. The most distinct sonics are the shimmery drones and the accents of tone like glitches, flashes of another world, in the beat. The narrative could be a dialogue or memories of an emotionally abusive relationship with someone or some thing that seemed to be so fun and exciting until things took a turn toward the worse. The vocals and words don’t seem anguished but understanding of the dark appeal of Dionysian fun that lasts until its borderline forbidden exotic quality turns from pleasure into pain. It’s almost as if the song is capturing in retrospect the early phases of being in the social circles of someone mysterious and exciting who does help facilitate moments of seeming transcendence in hedonistic pursuits until you have to deal with real life stuff and that person proves not to be as amazing as maybe you once thought. “No Fun” is the third single from Sundaes’ debut full length Volume 1 out on Nashville’s Banana Tapes. Listen to the song Soundcloud and connect with Sundaes at the links provided.