Synthpop Star Minute Taker Readies New Album 'The Oblivion', Releases 'Sleep-in Sundays'

Minute Taker’s album Wolf Hours was a treat for fans of contemporary synthpop, and news of the musician’s follow‑up, The Oblivion, will excite admirers of his cinematic brand of brooding pop. Last month he released the commanding electronic pop anthem Into the Dark, and now follows it with the absorbing, slow‑burning synth gem Sleep‑in Sundays.

On the upcoming album, the musician shared “I started writing and recording the album in 2020 as I was finishing off my Wolf Hours album. I was still very much in 80s synthpop mode but these new songs felt like the next chapter, a sequel of sorts but darker, more expansive, more cinematic. Again, all set at nighttime, each track seemed to be from the perspective/voice of a different character, different extensions of myself, each lost in their own way and seeking something.”

Minute Taker continues: “Themes started to emerge: this constant push and pull between darkness and light, control and surrender, human and cosmic. I love to walk around my town at night when everyone’s asleep. It’s so beautiful, with the street lights twinkling on the misty hills in the distance. A lot of these songs came during those walks. The Oblivion is a very nocturnal album.”

You can join the album’s crowdfunding efforts here.

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