We've covered Anthony Menzia's work before (here and here). And each time it delivered two things: surprise and pleasure. Belladonna of Sadness is no exception. Dirty, dark and scary textures have never sounded this enjoyable! Synths buzz like giant wasps and percussion stutters like rattlesnakes. The track keeps shapeshifting without resolution. But somehow all of this is pure pop music! Anthony's voice here sounds a bit like Martin Gore, a touch like Bernard Sumner and sometimes like Neil Tennant too! But anyway, the style is unmistakable — no one, except Anthony, can mix the smoothness of the vocals and melodies, the fatness of the synths, an avant-garde touch and an atmosphere of an old horror movie in one track!