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Close To Monday Drops Stunning New Single ‘Pray’
Close To Monday aren’t here to make throwaway club bangers—they’re here to soundtrack the inner lives of wanderers. On “Pray,” the Berlin-based duo slow things down, trading bombast for brooding synths and hushed vocals. The result is a track that feels tailor-made for the early hours: contemplative, cinematic, and quietly devastating.
The production is sparse but deliberate. Alexander lays down analogue-styled synths that pulse like veins, while minimalist percussion keeps everything moving at a hypnotic crawl. It’s the sort of sound design that rewards repeated listens, with subtle textures revealing themselves over time.
Ann’s vocal delivery is the real key. She sings as if whispering secrets to herself, her words circling back like echoes. The repetition feels ritualistic, almost trance-inducing, and gives the track its emotional core.
There’s no easy catharsis here, no big hook to chant along to. Instead, “Pray” asks you to sit in the ambiguity of its questions. It’s about resilience, about continuing when clarity is far away, about finding strength in stillness. That’s a bold artistic move in a scene obsessed with immediacy.
By refusing to chase trends, Close To Monday carve their own lane. “Pray” is more than a single—it’s a statement of intent. They’re not just part of the global electronic scene; they’re redefining how intimate and reflective it can be.
It is easy to see why a songwriter might be drawn to a story like this. Relationships rarely finish as neatly as people would like, and the space between “it is over” and “maybe we should try again” can produce plenty of material. For Dysmusia, that space becomes the setting for latest single “In your eyes”, out now through Now Listen.
The Irish singer-songwriter has a knack for keeping his writing close to everyday life, and this track benefits from that approach. He looks at an old relationship that has already gone through several attempts at making things work, then focuses on what happens when those feelings start creeping back in.
What makes the song appealing is the balance between sincerity and a lighter touch. Dysmusia is clearly invested in the situation, but he does not turn every moment into a grand declaration. There is room for a bit of humour and hesitation along the way, which keeps the song feeling natural.
The arrangement gives the song a pleasing lift. Acoustic guitar sits at the heart of it, with the dropped tuning adding some richness and a second guitar bringing extra colour. The result has folk at its core but carries enough indie-rock influence to give it a little extra punch.
Dysmusia’s Irish background is another part of the picture. Based between Antrim and Dublin and coming from a musical family, he has developed a style that puts storytelling alongside contemporary guitar sounds.
“In your eyes” brings those influences together without making a fuss about them. It is a personable, melodic track about feelings that refuse to follow a neat timetable, delivered with enough warmth to make the story easy to get behind.
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