Belgian music icon and sonic shape-shifter Mauro Pawlowski unveils his new single No Neutral Expression, the follow-up to April’s Just All Heart, Flesh and Mind. The track deepens Pawlowski’s exploration of shimmering synth-pop and pulsating emotionality, teasing more from his upcoming album Unspectacular Times (due early 2026 on Unday Records).
Built on tight rhythms, surreal tension, and hypnotic repetition, No Neutral Expression circles around the idea of emotional overload, how someone’s mere presence can tilt your inner world. “Every time I look in your eyes, it’s goodbye to my head,” he sings, tracing a fine line between desire and disarray.
The track opens with a wry aside: “I never saw myself as a most manly creature / another revolutionary or some kind of teacher”. It’s a line that seems to shrug off both heroism and authority, hinting at an ambivalent relationship with masculinity and identity. Whether playful, ironic or confessional, it sets a tone that’s as disarming as it is open-ended. Like much of the song, it invites more than it explains.
As with the previous single, production is handled by Scorpio Twins (Stephane Misseghers of dEUS and Bruno Coussée of Rheinzand), pairing cosmic grooves with sharp hooks. The result is a track that feels like a late-night dance in an abandoned chapel: sacred, off-kilter, and oddly euphoric.
A coup de foudre dressed in a worn-out pyjama or a ridiculous designer suit, No Neutral Expression is an invitation.
Let’s dance. From the beat of the upset to the truly outrageous.
