Lead single ‘OK, Truce’ is the perfect example. Rising from static and reverb, the song immediately introduces the contradictions that make the Mount Fake style so interesting. The melody is clear, but competing with a brooding clatter of drums, and the shoegaze elements conjure a sound that’s expansive yet dense too. McLaughlin cultivates this sense of tension expertly, utilizing it to knit the track’s themes deep into its subconscious.

“‘OK, Truce’ is pretty much about just being pissed and scared all the time,” they explain. “But finding surprising little moments of softening acceptance here and there that remind you that you don’t have to wait until you’re completely exhausted to rest. To me, this song somehow both soothes and expresses that kind of restlessness.” So when McLaughlin’s vocals emerge from the chaos, a human voice either riding the storm or attempting to remain above it, they do so with a persevering hope that safe harbour might be close, however temporary such security and quiet might be.

Honestly
Don’t worry so much
We could be something good if we wanted
Anyway
We kind of already have it all
But can’t really find it I guess

You’re always high
You’re always high
But so am I
Ok truce

There’s so much room
Why shouldn’t we be happy
Let’s make some moves and go far away
And be closer

You’re always right
You’re always right
But so am I
Ok truce

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