Two songs in, and moonvine already know how to make an entrance. The Berlin-based sibling duo of Selina and Dennis return with catch me if you can, a bass-heavy new single that feels flirty, restless, and just mysterious enough to keep you coming back. Accompanied by a new music video, the track follows their debut, cherry spice, and pulls us deeper into a world where intimacy and club culture somehow end up sharing the same dark, crowded room.
Having spent their lives listening to the same music, Selina and Dennis share a common musical language, even if they approach making songs from completely different directions. She begins with the lyrics and the emotions behind them, while he builds the rhythms, textures, and production around her voice. That contrast works particularly well on catch me if you can: Selina sounds almost impossibly close, while everything surrounding her grows bigger and increasingly difficult to sit still to.
Missed calls, airplane mode, and the thrill of being chased by someone you might not actually want catching you give the song its playful tension. There is attraction here, but also a constant desire to escape, and moonvine seem perfectly comfortable somewhere in between. The duo stretch that feeling across three versions, taking us from the original to catch me if you can - main floor and eventually catch me if you can - afters. It’s essentially one very long night told at several different levels of consciousness.
For a project that has barely begun, things are already moving surprisingly fast. Their debut, cherry spice, landed KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune and support from Spotify’s Fresh Finds, while catch me if you can has already travelled across social media, attracting millions of views. A WhatsApp group bringing together more than two hundred people around the project makes the early interest feel even more tangible. Not bad when your entire discography can still be counted on one hand.
Numbers aside, what makes moonvine worth watching is how clearly their identity is beginning to take shape without feeling overly calculated. With catch me if you can, Selina and Dennis open the door a little wider while leaving enough unexplained to keep things interesting. Their universe is nocturnal and slightly strange, built as much for disappearing into a crowd as for finding someone inside it. For now, we’re happy to keep chasing.
