Matthew Dear – “Dizzy”

We haven't heard much from Matthew Dear, the great Detroit techno producer turned left-field synth-pop auteur, in a while. His last proper album was the 2018 Album Of The Week honoree Bunny, although we've gotten the twangy "lost album" Preacher's Sigh & Potion and the loosie "Talking Sleep" since then. Earlier this year, he reemerged with a couple of tracks on the French electronic label Salon, and now he's announcing his official return with the new single "Dizzy."Billed as a return to the darker, sleazier sound of his 2010 breakout Black City, "Dizzy" is all snaking riffs, thumping kicks, and buzzing synths. "You've got me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy/ Dizzy for your love," Matthew half sings, half chants, with his trademark drawling baritone ending almost in a moan. "My head is spinnin', spinnin', spinnin'/ Spinnin' from your love." This is how Dear describes the song:There is a time of night, somewhere between midnight and dawn, when most people are asleep. That's when I've made some of my favorite music. "Dizzy" was born in that space. A space that lets me operate differently, from somewhere that feels dreamlike. For me, writing songs has to be a little out-of-body. I have to find a personality trait, or some part of my subconscious, and let that version of myself take the wheel for a while. When everyone else is asleep, it's easier to do that."Dizzy" is a love song from the middle of the night, set on a dark two-lane highway, told from the perspective of someone caught in the cycle of coming and going from the person they love. The smell of asphalt cooling under the moonlight hangs in otherwise empty air. It’s neither humid nor dry, hot nor cold, living nor dead. Dizzy. In love.Listen below.Chad Kamenshine