The video treatment for Stockholm-based synth/dream pop band Miynt’s song “Of the sun” looks like a fan video for a Boards of Canada song. Except that it’s winter shots in Sweden, part performance with presumably the singer of the group wandering around the city offering observations and poetic statements in affectionate tones like “I wanted you to see that you knew you saw light in my eyes.” There’s a playfulness to the track that makes it irresistible when paired with its going off any standard pop songwriting trajectory with experimental tonal flourishes like the processing on the vocals to allow it to ring out and echo in perfect sync with the song’s wide-ranging dynamic centered around its eccentric set of melodies. At times it sounds like a hybrid of dream pop, and psychedelic funk and disco especially with that finely accented bass line. The guitar lead switches between that warping chorus and what sounds like a bit borrowed slightly from Level 42’s 1985 hit “Something About You.” Maybe that’s the hint of jazz and funk in the song but it really fits in with the warm tone to the song in nice contrast to the aesthetic of the music video. And watch that video for the song on YouTube, follow Miynt at the links below and look for the group’s debut LP Lonely Beach due out in May 2022.
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