Moon Construction Kit – Snake Charmer (2026)
Finding the point where psychedelic pop, indie rock and synthy moods collide in a kaleidoscopic burst, Moon Construction Kit brings music to our ears with elaborate arrangements and a sophisticated buzz. The “sonic playground” of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivier Cornu, Moon Construction Kit sits with “…one foot in nostalgia and the other in tomorrow” dragging audiences to yesteryear with timeless themes bound with a contemporary edge. Join us as we dip into his most recent release, ‘Snake Charmer’.
Recorded and produced by Cornu, ‘Snake Charmer’ seems to capture the joy of 60s pop and haunting of 80s psychedelic rock in a veil of baroque pop. Dramatic and majestic, the track laces a powerful guitar with dynamic Mellotron and a chilling piano, setting you off on a wild, wistful, shining lights and glittering darkness sonic cloud. Similar to his previous single ‘Chemicals’, Moon Construction Kit wiggles into your ear with ‘Snake Charmer’, bringing an off-kilter wariness and engulfing submission.
Melodically, ‘Snake Charmer’ is languid and chilled, but has a prickly pretentiousness that irks and amuses. Lyrically, the track is far more staid, clinical and weighty. Moon Construction Kit explains:
“With ‘Snaker Charmer’, I was aiming for a vibe that feels like a fairground at night, something beautiful but a little bit haunting. I used a crystalline, glassy piano and Mellotron to give it that lush, 60s psych-pop sound, but the lyrics are actually quite clinical. It’s about that moment where you realise the cure you’re following, whether it’s a person or a pill, is actually the problem. By the time the Big Pharma mantra kicks in at the end, I wanted the whole song to feel like a machine that’s finally started to spiral out of control.”
Sincere, sentimental, insightful? No, not really words to describe ‘Snake Charmer’. Rather, it’s a profound lush of honest revelations. Not a snake charmer per se, but certainly one using his charms to lure, entrap and reveal the snake.
Find out more about Moon Construction Kit on his official website, Soundcloud and Spotify.
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