Today, the ever-magnificent Dan Mangan dropped the music video for “Cut The Brakes,” the second single from his upcoming seventh studio album, “Natural Light,” set for release on May 16, 2025, via Arts & Crafts.
Another great folk-pop style, evoking the intimacy and warmth that defined his earlier work.
About the track by Dan:
“Cut The Brakes is a wry yet gently windswept tune that “attempts a brief history of human evolution,” says Mangan. “We came from plants in the water. We made up stories, built monuments, had a lot of sex, and nobody is driving the bus.”
Over a driving folk rhythm, with chiming guitars and morning-light production hues, “Cut The Brakes” paints a contrasted picture of calmness amidst chaos, a sort of gentle melody before the storm: ‘Oh, someone cut the brakes while we were sleeping / Someone left the stove on again / Oh, what’s the point of all this bob ‘n weave’n’? / Someone ate the last Oreo.’
Cut The Brakes gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Dan Mangan – Cut The Brakes [Music Video]
