Soap Opera (Clean) by Mesadorm published on 2022-03-08T11:17:21Z ‘Soap Opera’ is the first single to be taken from Mesadorm’s new album ‘Pollinator’ to be released on 8th April 2022. 3 years in the making, this music has been through 3 producers, 1 near fatal incident and a worldwide pandemic. Front woman Blythe Pepino now taking the reins with production, this album is a melting pot of inventive catchy tune-ery, embodying something not dissimilar to the simplicity of the lowly love song before sweeping sweetly into a barrage of anti-establishment cacophony. All of which is painstakingly clear from the very opening of ‘Soap Opera’; “Soap Opera is the court jester. An overt and sarcastic expression of my rage and depression at being an English person after realising that I have no pride in that part of my identity at all. I wanted to write a song about what I really think of this country, at this moment, in a way I could just about get away with…because we (and more of us than we think) are blinded by an old reputation of power and righteousness. That’s the scary bit. I don't think enough people really, deeply believe that we could be headed to overt, rather than disguised, fascism because we have this idea of ourselves as saviours - our national identity bleeds into our individual identities which we want to be generally ‘good’. So, in this tune I enjoy poking that nerve. It’s time that we are able to see ourselves for who we really are so that change can happen” - Blythe Pepino After composing and producing original songs for the Netflix show ‘The Irregulars’ and working on a cover by Sam Brooks, (self-produced release ‘Numb’), Blythe Pepino took charge of production duties in early 2021, a choice that has created an incredibly unique piece of work. In Soap Opera, you can hear a perhaps ‘irreverent’ (Pepino) approach to the treatments of synths and vocals that come from a more unaffected place, landing itself firmly in the realm of Lo-Fi without losing any of the technical intricacies that Mesadorm have personified in the past. The playful meaning and intention behind the sound created by Mesadorm when they composed the essence of ‘Pollinator’ in 2018 has not been lost, but enhanced and encouraged to shine through leading towards a bolder element of truth wrapped up in a nice warm blanket of familiar nostalgia. Comment by Invisible Squirrel I have added this to the list of 'Amazing Tracks Ignored by Fresh on The Net Judges' - Madness! 2022-03-13T09:20:53Z