Daph Veil - I Don't Need You (Someday) (Brit Street Records)

Somewhere between the shimmering bastion of synth pop and the stygian gloom of the darkwave sound, between the post-punk pioneers and the cutting edge, contemporary alt-dance set, between a brief nod to the past and a focused vision of the future, you find “I Don’t Need You (Someday.)”

Across numerous projects, Paula Laubach has proceeded to defy genre tag or sonic classification. As Daph Veil, this, her debut single, similarly sits between worlds—some generic, some concerned with sounds, scenes, and eras.

This would be the sound of pop music if it the genre were only brave enough to step off its thoroughly tried-and-tested path, ignore its existing audience’s expectations and comfort zones, and step slightly into the shadow. Imagine if it did that and instead of a song such as this coming slightly out of left-field was instead representative of the mainstream charts! Yes, imagine that.

Such a move would prove, as “I Don’t Need You (Someday)” shows, that such a combination of pops infectiousness and lightness of touch, its addictive nature, and accessibility, when cloaked in the mystery and atmosphere of the dark side, when playing with that worlds shimmering sonics and chilling sounds, becomes a force to be reckoned with, something much more than the sum of its parts and a year zero and sonic renaissance for pop music in general.

“I Don’t Need You (Someday)” is a great song. It is a fantastic juxtaposition of sonic adversaries, the meeting of attractive opposites, and the Romeo and Juliet of underground pop sonics. It is also the perfect calling card for this new venture.

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