Meursault are releasing ‘Dull Spark’, their second single from the brilliant Something For The Weakened (which we wrote about here), on 24th September.
The PR blurb for the release says that ‘Dull Spark’ is far more upbeat than usual Meursault songs. While this may be true, the lyrics and themes in the song may not be what you’d expect after such a description. The song is hopful and defiant but still revolves around unhappiness and death, yet another example of the band refusing to deliver cliche. Meursault don’t create half-familiar, build-your-own identikit tracks, no variations of the common themes. Each song is crafted from the bottom up, a unique blend of love, melancholy, and humour that enables their albums to stand head and shoulders above the crowds of artists out there today. Not all love songs are soppy, not all sad songs are break-ups.
Both the album and the single are available from Song By Toad Records. There is a lovely video from David Lemm and both the single and it’s B-side after the jump.
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