Mareux "Nonstop Romance" 2023-11-03 In support of it's release

In support of it's release

obscure synths

Taproot's Blue-Sky Research tapped a more melodic vein than its predecessors and went top 40 in 2005 on the strength of such singles as "Calling" and "Birthday

and the promo poster image of Jimmy Stewart exuberantly hoisting Donna Reed

which originally came out in 2009 on the Warner Bros album "Covered"

Mareux "Nonstop Romance" 2023-11-03 In support of it's releaseWhere most artists would double down on the sleek, sexy, and smooth as onyx darkwave and goth pop that landed them in the spotlight in the first place, Mareux's sophomore album Nonstop Romance is rough and unmannered, completely drunk in love and refusing to walk it off. Like a frilly valentine scuffed on hard pavement, it's simultaneously gushing and fractured, distorted into illegibility but transparent on its intentions.