The Italian synthwave producer and multi-instrumentalist Lawrence Fancelli Better known by his moniker mouth-water step back in the limelight today with “smoke”, a haunting lush single that lands like a whisper in the dark-seductive, cinematic and quiet tangled. Now via the Voids discs extends the track on the line between dream-pop, synth-laden melancholy and atmospheric electronics, which enclose listeners in a slow movement of emotions that remain long after the last note fades.
Built on shiny synth structures, sharp percussion, middle-tempo tracks and haunted vocal stores, “smoke” feels like a memory that you can’t really place-family, but still difficult to capture. The track develops slowly and lets the mood sit before pulling the listener into a world shaped by movement, memory and muted rebellion.
“Smoke was born from the desire to tell a story of escape – a silent rebellion,” Mun water shares. It is a sonic vignette of a girl on the go, suitcase full of secrets, trying to exceed a past who refuses to stay buried. With his own words, “Smoke” is “a hymn to freedom, but also a bitter reflection: today we cannot really disappear. The past follows us, even when we think we have surpassed it.”
The emotional friction – between escape and inevitability – is what gives the track its silent intensity. It’s dreamy, yes, but never independent. The production is restrained but still engrossing, which gives room for reflection: echoed song that drives as internal thoughts, airy synthesis that extends to remote horizons and chord processes that release breathes on a mirror. It is the kind of song that does not require attention but slowly draws you in – perfect for a night driving, a slow dance or the edge of dawn.
Fresh of a prominent look on Primavera Sound and prepares for a summer tour with Sophie and Giants, Mouth Water continues to cut out a space that melts analogous soul with electronic elegance. Still, “smoke” does not rely on context to make its impact – it is certainly on its own, a silent claim that clarity can appear even through the haze.
If last year’s “Blackout” was the warning shot, “Smoke” is the confirmation: Mouth Water’s Storytelling Game becomes sharper, and if this is just a glimpse of what comes in his 2025 album, it considers it a promise worth leaning in.
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