Desire has long been the avenue through which Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel explore fluorescent landscapes spiked with mercurial melodies and the glimmer of endless neon atmospheres. Synths drip like liquid metal, coating everything they touch, amplified by Louise’s ethereal voice that seems to draw us forward into an ever-expanding series of day-glo environments. The sounds unspool in waves of feral rhythms, fueled by recollections of passionate and questionable experiences while wandering the night roads. The music of Desire is the work of twilight catharses, unfiltered memories, and affections that rise up like steam to mask the evening air.
Louise and Jewel’s latest album together, Games People Play, is a hypnogogic dissection of love, deception, and the powers that we hold over one another. It shimmers from the shadows like a million Hadean fireflies, offering access to parallel realities which occasionally intrude upon our own. As the music plays, we experience the sounds, this cinematic bellow that stimulates the senses like few things can. Passion guides every movement, and heartbreak is hiding just out of sight around the next corner. Can we escape with our hearts and minds intact? To find out, you’ll have to succumb to the siren call of Desire’s songs, pulling them deeply into your body and letting them soak in the deepest pools of your subconscious.
Louise recently curated a playlist for Beats Per Minute, highlighting some of her favorite songs from Jewel’s Italians Do It Better label and offering a journey through the cosmic wilds of her inspirations. Check out the songs below.
Louise says: “I made this mix for Beat Per Minute as a soundtrack for night drives and distant dreams. It features my favorite Desire tracks alongside some of the most cosmic, synth-drenched sounds from Italians Do It Better. Pulsing rhythms, celestial melodies, and a touch of mystery—music for getting lost under the stars.”
Games People Play is out now on Italians Do It Better. Follow Desire on Facebook, X, and Instagram.
