From diving into a public swimming pool to dreaming of the ocean, the lyrics to both these two songs reach out to "a mass of water as a panacea to inner turmoil".
However, before dismissing them as morbid laments, rest assured that the emphasis is firmly on life's little ironies.
La Lido may focus on a drifting, dreaming woman's flirtation with suicide in a wintry London but the tango beat puts her dark thoughts into a lighter perspective.
On Cadillacs & Carousels, the coastal setting is established by field recordings made on Brighton beach and, here, the mix of homely detail and self conscious melodrama makes me think of The Smiths.
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The way I hear it, images of a boy's bicycle in the back of a Cadillac and "a girl on a carousel wishing herself free" are not a million miles from Morrissey's punctured bicycle on a hillside in This Charming Man.
Singer Sophie Dodds and her band may come from a classical background but the deadpan humour of these perfect pop songs further illustrate that they are more at home playing small theatres than symphony halls.
I praised this UK band's In Ruins EP from 2015 and this latest single does nothing to dent my enthusiasm.
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