“Long John Silver” is the latest release by Moon Construction Kit, an excellent Swiss music outlet based in Lausanne. It’s the first piece of work in 2025, arriving after an outstanding self-titled six-track extended play released in 2022, a fine piece of sonic artistry that you should also check out as soon as possible. Solely operated by Olivier Cornu, a multidisciplinary musician and songwriter, Moon Construction Kit explores many different but complementary music genres in order to illustrate such luxuriant sonic imagery. Perhaps dream pop comes to mind first, but you’ll undoubtedly stumble upon some of the finest properties borrowed from indie pop, indie rock, psych pop, synthpop, etc. Olivier Cornu uses all these additional sonic ingredients as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift his latest piece of musical artistry to a new level while simultaneously remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction. His music shines with all those qualities that meet trends of contemporary music production yet there’s a subtle nostalgia lurking around for an extra kick. You’ll hear a resemblance with the sixties and seventies psych-pop, eighties synth-pop, and nineties alt-pop music, but Moon Construction Kit expertly blends these qualities with modern ideas and production. This calm, soothing, ethereal ambiance also immensely supports lyrics that delve deep into duality. Every segment serves as a perfect soundscape to illustrate the characters’ shifting nature. Therefore, “Long John Silver” will unquestionably appeal to anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music.
With the initial notes and beats, it becomes apparent that Moon Construction Kit invested all the experience, knowledge, skills, and ideas into “Long John Silver.” Each vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuver has its place and purpose in this sonic equation, making it such a pleasant listening experience rarely heard or seen on the contemporary dream pop scene nowadays. The vocals play a significant role here. You’ll notice how Olivier Cornu’s soulful, passionate, sincere, confident, emotional vocal performance navigates through every segment, elevates everything to new heights, commands attention, and guides the listening apparatus. Cornu’s calm vocal harmonies seamlessly balance low, mid, and high notes with such precision and finesse, emphasizing everything he intended to achieve with this composition. Besides decorating these segments and instrumentations, his voice contributes more emotional depth and complexity to an already intricate structure. There are also additional vocal layers, back vocals, and singalongs included along the way, giving more anthemic and hypnotic vibes to the otherwordly ambiance. It’s more than just a dreamy synth-pop song, it’s a cathartic experience that invites you to spin this song over and over again. In the meantime, Moon Construction Kit fully stacked this track with some of the greatest instrumentations you’ll hear in a while. The interplay between various synth layers shapes a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. The comprehensive collection of mesmerizing, memorable, catchy, engaging leads, themes, melodies, harmonies, chord progressions, accentuations, and other sonic maneuvers collides harmoniously throughout the entire composition, crafting an otherwordly landscape that immediately transports you to the different realms. Each sonic maneuver showcases Olivier Cornu’s dedication to the craft, as he poured heart and soul into every detail.
Beneath all these synth works, there are profoundly complex, vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines, offering more than necessary heftiness, clearness, and deepness to the song while acting as a glue that binds mentioned orchestrations with rhythmic patterns. These low-ends are rich, deep, dense, and heavy, contributing more groove, power, and details to every section of the song. In the meantime, the expertly arranged, flawlessly performed, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep the remainder of the orchestrations in line while dictating groove and pace. You’ll hear how every hit of the snare, every kick of the bass drum, and splash over the cymbals cuts through calm, soothing, relaxing, ethereal ambiance, providing even more detail to the complex composition. Each instrumental layer makes “Long John Silver” even more unique, and you’ll enjoy the cinematic properties of this track. Moon Construction Kit has created a dream pop masterpiece. With all those additional elements from synth, psych, and indie music, he demonstrates his willingness to break all the rules and shapeshift boundaries of traditional dream pop music. He ultimately succeeded in his aims, crafting one of the finest dream pop tracks you’ll hear in 2025. “Long John Silver” is one of those tracks you surely don’t want to miss. Therefore, immediately place it on your music radar. The single is available on all streaming platforms.
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