Mulàn - Night

A tribute to animated heroines who hang out with dragons? Or the latest, buzziest cocktail of alt-pop dynamism?

Mysterious bunch Mulàn lean towards the latter with their debut track, ‘Night’. All wobbling synths, pitch swerves and parallel universe funk, it’s in the lineage of Jai Paul, Ben Khan and Jungle’s arty knack for hooks. The difference with ‘Night’ is in how unashamedly steamed-up the whole thing is. Lusty to an extreme, every stab of guitar feels like a proclamation of love. “So why are we waiting?” goes the chorus, only adding to the premonition that Mulàn need to take over the world right now.