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Cover of Insert Coin

EP · 2024

Insert Coin

by Midnight Arcade

Three everyday moments, rain, shower tiles and a lift full of strangers, turned into pocket-sized arcade anthems.

Tracks

  1. 1. Puddle Jumping SeasonWe wrote this after getting soaked walking home from campus and deciding to just enjoy it. The beat is basically raindrops on a window, and the bounce came from us stomping around the practice room in wellies.indie dance, chiptune pop3:31
  2. 2. Shower Stage SuperstarEverybody's a star in the bathroom with the water running, and this is our tribute to that. We layered the synth leads like a stadium crowd singing along with a shampoo bottle.80s synth-pop, bedroom pop3:39
  3. 3. Elevator ChorusThis one came from a very silent lift ride that begged to be a singalong. We pictured eight strangers breaking into harmony, and the arcade-style hook closes the record the way a high-score screen should.nu-disco, synth-pop, chiptune pop3:25

Liner notes

We recorded this in a damp rehearsal room above a Manchester vape shop, surrounded by thrifted synths that only half worked and a cabinet we'd rescued from a closing seaside arcade. Every song started as a joke about ordinary life that we couldn't stop turning into a chorus. We wanted it to feel like pressing start on a Friday night: bright, a bit clumsy, and impossible to sit still through. Insert coin, we're ready when you are.

Midnight Arcade