Listen: It’s Only Fiction by Yann Cleary and Neus

Yann Cleary and Neus It’s Only Fiction Following five years in Japan, culminating in his 2016 mini-album Tokyo, Cleary now resides in France, and the impact of his surroundings is evidence in the sound here on It’s Only Fiction. Having worked as a protégé to the legendary Laurent Garnier, French-Irish artist Yann Cleary is focused on creating a crisp take on electronic pop, channeling the straight lines and understated production of Phoenix and french indie. Clear vocals, gentle organs and snappy drums come together in the opening bars of It’s Only Fiction to create a vulnerable sense of introspection. History has seen a long-term movement away from the subjectivity of isolated communities, of magic, gods, witches, and curses as explanations for what we didn’t yet understand, towards science and objective truth. The past ten years, more than perhaps any time in history, however, have seen our sense of what is real being eroded. Whether in politics, the news, or through interactions…