There is a distinct, almost tectonic rumble occurring now that Megapenny Music has dropped “Dance with Giants”, a track that feels like the excavation of a lost city. Al Young, the mind behind the machinery, hasn’t produced music since the era when synthesizers were physically dangerous to move; forty years of silence broken not by a polite knock, but by a battering ram.
Listening to this single creates a peculiar physical sensation, similar to standing too close to a piece of brutalist architecture during a thunderstorm; you feel small, yet inexplicably safe within the sheer mass of the structure. The instrumentation relies on deep, booming rhythmic pulses a militaristic cadence that hits you squarely in the chest. These low-end frequencies anchor sweeping harmonic layers that seem to stretch endlessly upward, creating a verticality that makes my apartment ceiling feel fifty feet higher than it actually is.
Delphine Savatte provides the vocal navigation through this vastness. Her delivery is fascinating. She doesn’t attempt to scream over the dense wall of sound; instead, she occupies the shimmering textures floating above it, commanding the chaotic energy with a steely grace. The interplay captures the song’s core theme of dormant potential waking up. It’s that moment where the underdog stops trembling and starts snarling.
The track swells dynamically, shifting from solitary, gentle tones into a climactic, sonic solidity that feels heavy enough to weigh on a scale. It evokes a sudden, random memory of watching a rocket launch on an old static-filled television that specific mix of awe, danger, and blinding light.
This is Cinematic Pop that demands you stop folding laundry and actually look out the window. If the world is ending, or perhaps just beginning, shouldn’t we at least have the right soundtrack?
