Sometimes a song just comes along unexpectedly and knocks you over. Mustang's Memento Mori certainly does just that. 
Maybe it's the apparent simplicity of the song, its profundity and literacy worn lightly and with more than a hint of deadpan humour. It's nonchalant bounce and chiming guitars contrasting magnificently with its dark subject matter.
There's something of the classic groups of the 80s going on too, Echo and the Bunnymen and particularly The Smiths. But although it's familiar with classic indie, it's not trying too hard, and there's no nostalgia here.
Still, can't help but think Morrissey must wish he could write a song as good as this.
The song comes from Mustang's forthcoming fourth album, also entitled Memento Mori, due out in Spring next year.
The three-piece have been around since 2006, releasing an EP that year, their first proper album A71 coming out in 2009. They're most recent was 2014's Écran total. It's been relatively quiet since 2017's Karaboudjan EP, singer and guitarist Jean Felzine releasing both a solo EP and an album with Jo Wedin in recent years.
Memento Mori is the kind of work that a band at the top of their game might release, the fact that it's the first release by a band returning after a few years away makes it all the more remarkable. Their forthcoming album already makes the light at the end of the tunnel that 2020 has been all the brighter.
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