Melody's Echo Chamber is the main project of French musician Melody Prochet… Read Full Bio ↴Melody's Echo Chamber is the main project of French musician Melody Prochet.

Formerly of The Narcoleptic Dancers and My Bee’s Garden, Prochet has embraced dream pop with Melody’s Echo Chamber project. The classically-trained Parisian recruited Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker to produce the self-titled debut album in 2012. The independently-produced album Bon Voyage was released in 2018.

On the debut album, lead single/opener “I Follow You” begins with simple, sun-drenched ’60s melodies and ambling guitars before descending into a psychedelic swirl that recalls Parker’s day job. Consider that spiral a gentle warning to not expect anything straightforward from Melody’s Echo Chamber, especially when things seem to be heading in that direction. On “Endless Shore”, for example, Prochet crafts a densely layered haze complete with ethereal coos signature to the style, yet she does so in a manner that’s less pensive and more authoritative. The rhythm section doesn’t bother with hypnosis, favoring a superliminal approach, a feat developed well into the motorik beats of “Crystallized”. The unabashed prettiness of Prochet’s vocals on “You Won’t Be Missing That Part Of Me” are undercut by sci-fi tinged synth notes that propel the song into the unknown cosmos. “Snowcapped Andes Crash” finds the band swapping their pop leanings for a jazzy feel. The track’s midsection crashes back to earth, only to continue as if the avalanches of the title never happened. Fuzzed guitars take a backseat to Air-like grooves on “Mount Hopeless”, chiming in and out like some kind of warning. This lounge-y vibe is immediately shattered on the glitched-out two minute distortion-fest “Is That What You Said”. It would have been the album’s strangest moment if it weren’t for closer “Be Proud of Your Kids”, during which one cannot help but recall M83′s “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” thanks to the supporting contribution of an actual French child, curious to know whether "you've already seen a completely naked woman in the street. What colour was her backside?" and other niceties before informing the listener that "the radio is finished, voilà."

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Mount Hopeless
Melody's Echo Chamber Lyrics

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I hope that you don't stop to use that fallen sounds I found in you

As it goes I can't explain, why you feel so outsider?
And as it stands and (?) away on the hope (?) and that's the same
As it goes I can't explain, why you feel so outsider?
And as it stands and (?) away on the hope (?), it's not the same

I dare to find you never truth but on the calm I find my truth

As it goes I can't explain, why you feel so outsider?
And as it stands and (?) away on the hope (?) and that's the same

As it goes I can't explain, why you feel so outsider?
And as it stands and (?) away on the hope (?), it's not the same

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Melody's Echo Chamber's song Mount Hopeless convey a sense of confusion and isolation. The singer is expressing a desire for their companion to not abandon the things they have discovered together, the "fallen sounds" that they have found in each other. However, they cannot explain why their companion feels like an outsider, and it seems that distance is growing between them. The repetition of the line "As it goes I can't explain, why you feel so outsider?" emphasizes this frustration and inability to understand. The singer then turns inward, asserting that they can only find their own truth in moments of calmness. This seems to suggest that perhaps their companion is also struggling to find their own truth and that this is what is causing the distance between them. Ultimately, the song ends on a melancholy note, with the realization that despite their efforts to understand each other, they remain apart.

Overall, the lyrics to Mount Hopeless are about the difficulty of truly connecting with another person and the feelings of doubt and confusion that can come with this. The repetition of certain phrases emphasizes the singer's sense of frustration, while the use of metaphors ("fallen sounds," "calm," etc.) adds depth and nuance to the song. Ultimately, the ambiguity of the lyrics leaves room for each listener to interpret the song in their own way, which is one of the strengths of Melody's Echo Chamber's music.

Line by Line Meaning

I hope that you don't stop to use that fallen sounds I found in you
I hope you continue to use the sounds that I discovered within you

As it goes I can't explain, why you feel so outsider?
I cannot understand why you feel like an outsider

And as it stands and (?) away on the hope (?) and that's the same
And as time passes and hope fades, the feeling of being an outsider remains

I dare to find you never truth but on the calm I find my truth
I cannot find the truth in you, but I find my own truth in calmness

And as it stands and (?) away on the hope (?), it's not the same
And as time passes and hope fades, things change and do not stay the same

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