UK electronic duo Overmono release title track to debut album

Since the late 2010s, Duo Overmono, brothers Tom and Ed Russell, have been active in the UK dance music scene. While both brothers have released solo music (Tom as Truss and Ed as Tessela), they’ve had unprecedented success with Overmono, garnering millions of plays across platforms and ending their year-end It has been featured on numerous lists and is scheduled to be performed. Coachella later this month. Their music is influenced by the raucous, throaty techno found in solo ventures, but Overmono aren’t tied to any particular subgenre, and their music is often drawn from UK dance music. Bridging the gap between style generations.

Overmono’s latest single, “Good Lies,” is the title track for their upcoming album. Driven by understated vocal samples and drum breaks, the nonchalant opening turns into a cinematic production. The bass thumps and shifts throughout the verse, its position almost uncertain. The synths that emerge during the main refrain are the highlights, billowing like velvet curtains against the breeze. The drum loop may sound a bit boring and repetitive, but it serves as the driving force behind the song’s carefree vibe. A vocal sample sourced from Norwegian electronic pop duo Smerz’s “No harm” is split into the following loops: You, I want to feel you Along with the single comes another outro for the song. It consists of original samples, distorted and obscured by synth pads, and sounds like the crunchy newspaper. The lyrics are mundane, but maybe that’s the point. It feels like daydreaming on the beach, calling us to love our simple pleasures and intimacy.

Thejas Varma, Daily Arts writer, can be reached at: thejasv@umich.edu

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