Moon Construction Kit's 'Chemicals' is a dark-pop detonation of emotion and escape

Swiss auteur Moon Construction Kit returns with 'Chemicals', a track that hits like a stormcloud cracking open above a neon-lit skyline. It’s an alt-pop surge where emotional overload collides head-on with the seductive temptation of shutting everything off.

From the first pulse, 'Chemicals' feels like standing inside a whirlwind engineered with unsettling precision. The guitars snarl with a serrated edge; the synths swell like shadows gaining mass; the drums march forward with a nervous, cold-sweat insistence. It’s goth-pop sharpened to a point.

What makes it land so hard is Olivier Cornu’s ability to sculpt chaos with pop instincts. His melodies gleam like they were dug out of some forgotten power-pop vault, yet the atmosphere around them is blackened and bruised. Think The Cure wandering into a kaleidoscopic dream engineered by a one-man Brian Wilson for the post-digital era.

Lyrically and sonically, 'Chemicals' feels like the soundtrack to a mind overheating. Cornu delivers the push-pull of emotional saturation versus self-preservation with chilling clarity, channelling the moment the system hits critical mass and instinct kicks in to shut everything down.

The shift into this darker, more muscular sound suits him. Where earlier releases toyed with psychedelia and colourful arrangements, 'Chemicals' barrels straight into the night with purpose.

“Power-goth-pop” might be the phrase floating around, but it barely scratches the surface. 'Chemicals' is an anthem for anyone who’s ever felt too much and needed a moment of nothing just to breathe.