Spotlight: Mouth Water’s “Smoke” Is a Slow-Burning Anthem of Escape and Memory
If you’ve ever driven into the unknown with nothing but silence on the stereo and baggage you couldn’t name, Mouth Water’s new single “Smoke” might feel eerily familiar. Out now via Through the Void Records, the Italian producer’s latest offering doesn’t scream for attention—it lingers, whispering through the cracks of memory like a scent you can’t quite place.
Built on a misty bed of synths and mid-tempo percussion, “Smoke” feels both cinematic and deeply personal. It doesn’t lean into spectacle; it seduces with subtlety. The track pulses like a quiet heartbeat, slowly unfolding into a dreamscape where nostalgia, escape, and identity blur into each other. Mouth Water—aka Florence-based producer Lawrence Fancelli—knows how to pace a story, and here, he’s telling one about a girl on the run, a suitcase full of secrets, and the slow realization that you can’t outrun what haunts you.
“Black hair and laughter / and a suitcase full of smoke” sings the line that hovers like a cloud, both ominous and strangely freeing. Mouth Water describes the song as a “hymn to freedom” and a “bitter reflection,” tapping into the paradox of modern anonymity—how in an age of constant connection, vanishing is almost impossible. Produced at OSB Studio and mastered at Abbey Road, “Smoke” carries the polish of precision but breathes like something organic, lived-in.
Stylistically, it lands somewhere between synth-pop haze and dream-pop introspection, a space Mouth Water has increasingly claimed as his own. There’s a flicker of retro—somewhere between ‘90s trip-hop ambiance and slow-burn electro ballad—but it never veers into pastiche. Instead, “Smoke” sounds timeless in the way memories often do: soft around the edges but sharp where it counts.
With past live sets supporting Röyksopp and an acclaimed Primavera Sound appearance under his belt, Mouth Water has been quietly mapping a path through the indie-electronic underground with elegance and restraint. And “Smoke” is another step in that trajectory—one that proves you don’t need to shout to be heard.
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