Tracklist:

Boo Boo

Correspondence

Your Latest

Brought Me Back Home

Beyond The Rainy City

Here's Why You're Different

Seppuku

Across The Plane

Whatever Happened To Me

Muscle Memory

For Mondo Love & Betrayal, a duo formed of Neil ‘Nail’ Tolliday and Henry Claude Scott, the spark that lit their musical partnership was a shared love of classy synth-pop and the colourful and creative end of 1980s dance-pop, it was an urge to scratch that itch, as much as a mutual admiration for each other’s work, that initially brought them together.

When Tolliday and Scott first joined forces in the studio to record ‘Correspondence’, the song that inspired the wider Mondo Love & Betrayal project, it was obvious that a natural meeting point between their styles and influences was not only possible, but something they were both enthusiastic to pursue. Tolliday was keen to explore his own synth-pop influences while utilising Scott’s emotive and expressive falsetto vocals. As for Scott, it was a chance to showcase his songwriting skills and a more accessible, instinctive sound alongside an electronic music producer whose work he has admired for a long time.

The success of that first session sparked a partnership that looks set to sustain. Over 18 months, the duo recorded this self-titled debut album – a kaleidoscopic, vibrant and catchy collection of songs shot through with heartache, doubt, love and betrayal, wrapped in a veneer of mid-to-late-80s synth-pop, the stylistic ticks of New York club culture, and the wide-eyed, tactile intent of the UK’s ‘second summer of love’.