Bog Witch’s latest single, Hatter’s Mad Emporium, feels like it stepped right out of an eccentric stage production. It’s got a cabaret pulse, a lopsided grin, and brass lines that strut like they’re halfway between a vaudeville number and a circus parade. The funky trumpet work pops against the song’s psychedelic folk roots, adding a sly swagger that makes the whole thing swing with theatrical charm.
Underneath the playful surface, there’s an undercurrent of unease, like the music is holding onto some secret. Wendy DuMond (aka Bog Witch) uses that tension well, blending whimsical textures with a slightly warped sense of reality. The result lands somewhere between a fever dream and a Broadway side-show – the kind of track you could easily imagine scoring a surreal sequence in a movie or a left-field scene in a TV series.
It’s the way Hatter’s Mad Emporium balances its colorful eccentricity with a subtle, off-kilter darkness that makes it so scene-ready. In the right visual setting, it could slip effortlessly between absurdity and menace – a quality not many tracks pull off without losing their sense of fun.
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