WL//WH New Music: AFTER THE SIN “Morning Blue” (Official Video)

New Music AFTER THE SIN

After The Sin, the Poznań, Poland-based ’80s influenced Dark Wave trio made of Natalia Kołodziej aka Nana (vocals, keyboards, lyrics, visual identity), and founding members Andrzej Szymko aka Oland (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, compositions), and Tadeusz Piekarski aka Thad (guitars), tease once again their forthcoming sophomore album with a video by ‘Nana’ herself for the second single “Morning Blue”, a dark journey to the edge of wakefulness and sleep.

Lyrically, “Morning Blue” explores the themes of physical and mental exhaustion, sleeplessness, and the painful clash with reality at the break of dawn. The song captures a state of suspension between a dreadful night and a new day, filled with anxiety and a sense of being trapped within one’s own body. The composition remains true to the band’s signature style – a fusion of cold synthesizers, raw basslines, and atmospheric dual vocals, deeply rooted in post-punk and dark wave aesthetics.

Dark and brooding dance vibes pulse hypnotically along a sonorous, chugging bass loop, with clattering, lashing programmed beats, anchoring dual male/female vocals of ghostly pain and haunted angst beneath resonant, daring key stabs, sorrowful synth melodies, and dire, gloomy swells, swirling hopelessly with moody, emotional atmospheric intensity.

In the Official Video by Nana herself, it’s raining outside, and everything looks grey and sinister. The raindrops bounce off the rooftop and puddles, with Rorschach-esque reflections hold focus. Charcoal grey clouds billow ominously behind geometric urban structures, whilst bold lyrics reveal a wretched “Morning Blue” feeling after waking up from a terrifying dream. Blurry translucent overlays of slow-blowing drapes take a recognizable form amidst rapid intersecting flows of forested mirror imagery to seamlessly evoke the clash of realities explored by the soundtrack.

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