Mel Blue Dance Through Reflection on 'nomorejacketsplease'

Sydney London electronic trio Mel Blue return with their sophomore album, 'nomorejacketsplease', a step forward that fuses the pulse of underground dance music with deeply personal storytelling. The album captures the exhilaration, dislocation, and rediscovery that shaped their years immersed in London’s vibrant club culture.

At its heart, 'nomorejacketsplease' is an ode to the sounds that inspired them, jungle, UKG, breakbeat, and trip-hop, filtered through Mel Blue’s signature lens of nostalgia and melancholy. Tracks pulse with breakneck tempos and cavernous bass, yet always circle back to themes of vulnerability, friendship, and growth. The result is dance music that feels just as contemplative in headphones as it does euphoric on a dance floor.

That tension is embodied in the album’s centerpiece single, 'Be That to You', a homage to a Massive Attack that Luke Gerber describes as both a family memory and a meditation on distance. Vocally, Oscar Sharah delivers his most vulnerable performance to date, owning past mistakes and grappling with the weight of broken trust.

Formed by Sharah, Gerber, and Jacob Siles, Mel Blue left Sydney with visions of breaking into Europe’s electronic scene. London delivered inspiration but also hard lessons, instead of endless gigs, they found themselves teaching by day and chasing their art by night. That struggle, they say, forced them to shed expectations and embrace instinct in the studio.

“We came into the studio not really sure where we wanted the music to go, we knew that we needed to approach it with fearlessness."

That fearless streak drives the record, from the frenetic energy of 'Slice' to the wistful haze of 'Diamonds'. Every track is threaded with the trio’s push pull between uncertainty and optimism, sonic chaos and melodic clarity.

With 'nomorejacketsplease', Mel Blue is offering a memoir of artistic resilience, set to the rhythms of underground London. It’s a record that reminds us dance music can be both cathartic release and tender confession.