US dream pop/electronic/synth wave duo Mint Julep (aka wife-and-husband Hollie and Keith Kenniff) have revealed their cover version of Berlin's classic "Take My Breath Away".
"Take My Breath Away" was written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun, and performed by American new wave band Berlin. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song,[2] as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986.
US dream pop/electronic/synth wave duo Mint Julep (aka wife-and-husband Hollie and Keith Kenniff) have dropped the video for their new single "If I Say Tomorrow".
US dream pop/electronic/synth wave duo Mint Julep (aka wife-and-husband Hollie and Keith Kenniff) have announced the release of their new studio album 'In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep'.
The follow-up to 2019’ Stray Fantasies, is taken from the album , available on March 19th , via Western Vinyl. Pre-order your copy here.
The record, "a distinctly hazier chapter of their technicolor pop venture Mint Julep", blunts the sharpness and softens the glare, striking a balance between songcraft, and Hollie’s solo material, as well as Keith’s output as Goldmund.
In a Deep & Dreamless Sleep assumes a more aerated form, exuding a heavy fog of shoegaze sensibility, though the infectious pop know-how of its precursor remains firmly intact. “Our previous material tended to be structured largely in a verse/chorus setting,” Keith explains, “but these songs are more free flowing and through-composed with a focus on mood and texture. He continues “A lot of the songs are more stream-of-consciousness than premeditated; we went with first ideas and let them guide the composition rather than planning a definitive road map-- which hopefully lends itself to creating a specific and unique emotional connection.”
In a Deep & Dreamless Sleep is a window into an intoxicatingly romantic parallel world the Kenniffs have constructed out of analog synths, masterful sound design, nectar-drenched hooks, and airy vocals that wade way out into a sea of texture. They have managed to hone years worth of date-nights into a 46 minute collection of phosphoric ambient pop which bears a sense of skillful consistency that belies the album’s casual creation.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to their new single "Black Maps", below.
US dream pop/electronic/synth wave duo Mint Julep (aka wife-and-husband Hollie and Keith Kenniff) have unleashed their new single "Stray Fantasies".
The song is taken from the album 'Stray Fantasies', available January 31, via Western Vinyl. Pre-order your copy here.
"Musically, since the lyrics were so heavy we wanted to balance that with something bright, but with some imperfection and edge; even though there's a lot of instruments layered throughout it feels tenuous with various textures coming in and out, lots of dynamic shifts and moments of tension and release."
