Close To Monday – Leaves

"Leaves" by Close to Monday: an energetic mix of dark pop and electro pop

With "Leaves", the US band "Close To Monday" deliv­ers a cap­tiv­at­ing piece of dark­ness with­in elec­tron­ic pop music. The track starts with a gradu­al build-up that stead­ily increases and, around the middle of the song, trans­itions into a more dynam­ic, elec­tron­ic­ally dom­in­ated phase. From about 01:20 minutes, you can exper­i­ence a clear trans­form­a­tion that gives the song the much-needed elec­tron­ic pop touch.

The vocals, both dark and tender, guide the listen­er through a story that brings autum­nal land­scapes and the emo­tions asso­ci­ated with them to life. The song shows a fur­ther devel­op­ment towards a club-friendly sound, whereby a touch of dark­ness could give the whole thing even more depth.

The com­par­is­on with I Blame Coco's one-hit-won­der "Selfmachine" is apt, as "Leaves" also has a sim­il­ar mood of pulsat­ing energy with a touch of mel­an­choly. Lyrically, the song is fas­cin­at­ing with its darkly poet­ic imagery, with lines like "But hell is empty, because all the dev­ils are here" open­ing up a deep­er, almost eer­ie level of reflection.

Listen to "Close To Monday – Leaves" on Spotify

Lyrics of "Close To Monday – Leaves"

The leaves are dancing
They are colored red
They feel so safe
But will not be back
The leaves were dancing
They dreamed and believed
But hell is empty
Because all the dev­ils are here
All the dev­ils are here
Because all the dev­ils are here
All the dev­ils are here

The leaves are dancing
They are colored red
They feel so safe
But will not be back
The leaves were dancing
They dreamed and believed
But hell is empty
Because all the dev­ils are here
All the dev­ils are here

Because all the dev­ils are here
All the dev­ils are here
Because all the dev­ils are here
All the dev­ils are here
Because all the dev­ils are here
All the dev­ils are here