Sälen get unrequited with ‘I’m In Love With My Best Friend’

Every weekday, DIY’s new music know-it-all Neu brings you one essential new release to get obsessed with.

Today’s Neu Pick comes in the shape of Sälen, and their debut track ‘I’m In Love With My Best Friend’. Because they’re all mysterious and that, we don’t really know much about them. They’re a London-based trio. They go by the names of Simon, Paul and Ellie. And yeah, that’s about it.

“I’m in love with my best friend, I hope that she feels the same,” goes the hook, straight-talking and to the point. Revolving around hopeful outings in a black dress, endless lonely nights, and the realisation that “I have to know” the truth, lyrics idle in cycles during this deceptively skippy ode to unrequited love. The bells are dulled, strange twangs sound in the background, and super-mechanised horns crunch and judder. Everything sounds a bit broken; a bit like a heart that isn’t getting any love back, tbh.

Sälen’s ‘I’m In Love With My Best Friend’ is streaming here on DIY. Listen below.