Konzert / Pop Methyl ethel

The monster that is the new Methyl Ethel album Everything Is Forgotten is a vivid, compelling and mysterious creature, all sinewy, curvaceous pop nuggets and enigmatic currents. But ask its leader Jake Webb to explore those enigmas is met with a little resistance. ​“Ideally, I want the music to speak for itself, rather to present myself,” he explains. Taking a musical alias from father’s work in fibre glass — made using methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, before Webb changed ​“ethyl” to ​“ethel” ​“in order to create an identity, a personality with a name,” he explains – the early Methyl Ethel bedroom recordings realised two EPs – Teeth and Guts – released in quick succession in 2014. A standalone single Rogues won ​“Pop Song of 2014” at the WAM (Western Australia Music) Awards, likewise Twilight Driving in 2015, both of which were part of the debut Methyl Ethel album Oh Inhuman Spectacle, self-recorded in a remote coastal town south of Perth.