The work of Moon Construction Kit is not long getting under your skin with Chemicals. It is heavy and uncomfortable, the type of song that makes an immediate mood and stays with it. Being an independent release of Lausanne based Olivier Cornu, it is tight but personal and never sounds small. It has a grit to it, it has a base in indie rock, surrounded by darker sounding and harder hooks that continually draw you back into it.
The vocals are scuffed and scratched, overlaid and distorted to a degree, which fits this song perfectly well. They are placed in the middle of the blurring and tense, heavy without the necessity to scream. It has a more alternative and post-punk sound that borders on musical territory and never truly releases its tension. Guitars are lush and filmic, synths swirl around the periphery, and all is intermingled into a sound that is rich and yet well managed as opposed to rambling.
The change of energy in the form of its focus is what makes the essence of Chemicals. The severity does not fall away so much as it rather normalizes into something colder and calmer at the end. It is deliberate, as though the song is aware of where it is going. It is more self-assured and more sophisticated than the previous composition such as Long John Silver, but this does not lose the quality that sets it apart. It is a dark, maniacal and catchy song, If that aligns with your taste, you’ll find this song absolutely captivating!
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