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As MELANIE PAIN prepares for the release of her upcoming album ‘How and Why’ (out 21 November), her latest single “Dreamloop” stands out as one of the record’s most enchanting and pop-infused tracks. SHe will perfrom at Chalk on 26th of Nov.
Beneath its luminous tones lies a darker theme: looping mental states, inner spirals that are hard to escape. “Dreamloop” captures the helplessness of witnessing a loved one’s suffering, that sense of standing by, powerless, as they drift silently – trapped in an endless dream, a true “dream loop.”
“Raise the anchor and grab the rope Let it lead you out of your darkness
I’d like to form the words you need to hear But my love is breathless” she signs here.
In the vein of Stereolab, Broadcast, or the Velvet Underground, “Dreamloop” embraces deceptively light pop, carried by instrumentation blending psychedelic softness with naïve energy. All instruments launch together: laid-back drums and bass, folk guitar as an emotional thread, piano accentuating the chorus. The tambourine, reminiscent of Moe Tucker, drives a hypnotic, almost ritualistic rhythm. The track unfolds languidly, like a contemporary Sunday Morning, with a simple, insistent melody.
Recorded live in the studio with the band – Raphaël Chassin on drums, Oliver Smith on bass, Jérôme Plasseraud on guitar and mellotron, Alexis Anérilles on piano – the song radiates raw, immediate energy. The spontaneity of the collective performance is palpable from the very first note.
Mélanie Pain’s voice, always soft and precise, takes on an incantatory quality. The chorus serves as a call to the surface, a glimmer of light in the fog.
“Loud and loud the sirens Can’t you hear they call out for you Round and round the sirens Can’t you see them dancing for you”.
Balancing pop sweetness with inner vertigo, Dreamloop is a refuge-song, a spell to navigate the night – a delicate exploration of depression and the mental states that confine us.
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