Jean Dawson links up with Mac DeMarco for gritty new single ‘MENTHOL*’

nme.com:

Jean Dawson has shared a new striking new track titled ‘MENTHOL*’, for which he teamed up with modern-day indie icon Mac DeMarco.The track opens with a grungy, fuzzed-out chord progression evocative of ‘Bleach’-era Nirvana, before a digitised drum beat and layer-stacked vocal melody whips listeners down an entirely different path.

Dawson hits the (expletive-laden) chorus with a guttural wallop, paving the way for a cleanly rapped second verse to feel like a massive plot twist.On that chorus, Dawson snarls: “Fuck up out my face / I don’t smile no more but we all great / That we fucking pray / I don’t hold my tongue, I bite the grain / Take my fucking name / Boy don’t say my motherfucking name.”Have a listen to ‘MENTHOL*’ below:In a press.