NAJA NAJA
NAJA NAJA 12 INCH EP - LP
UPC: 9787798429060
Label: WHARF CAT RECORDS
Format: LP
Release Date: June 10, 2022
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ON NAJA NAJA’S TITULAR DEBUT, BAND MEMBERS GOU GOU (BASS/VOCAL) AND YUHAO (GUITAR/VOCAL) FUSE MOTORIK RHYTHMS, ROUGH TONES, AND NOT-SO-SUBTLE MELODIES TO DEPICT MEMORIES THAT RANGE FROM SHADOWY TO VIVID. LIKE SCHOOLCHILDREN PEERING INTO AN ILLUMINATED CRYSTAL BALL, SEEING A VISION OF THE BITTERSWEET WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE DUO EXPLORE WONDER AND TERROR ALIKE, ALL WITH BRUTAL FEARLESSNESS.
NAJA NAJA COMPOSED THE TRACKS ON THEIR INAUGURAL EP BY VOLLEYING IDEAS BACK AND FORTH AS IF IN A NON-COMPETITIVE PING-PONG MATCH. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE DUO CREATED SIX SONGS THAT ARE JAM-PACKED WITH MELODIES AND TEXTURES LAYERED ATOP SLEEK, DANCEABLE GROOVES. SYNTHESIZERS HOVER AND PING WHILE GUITARS FLOAT AND FLASH, ALL ANCHORED BY STEADY, PROGRAMMED BEATS. BEST DISPLAYED ON THE EVOCATIVE INSTRUMENTAL JAM, “SUNSET SHOPPING CENTER,” NAJA NAJA ARE ADEPT AT INTERWEAVING INSTRUMENTATION THAT SWELLS AND RADIATES WITH MELODY.
THE LYRICS, SUNG ALTERNATELY BY GOU GOU AND YUHAO, RANGE FROM THE OBSERVATIONAL TO THE SURREAL. ON “NEW TOY,” YUHAO’S DEADPAN, SUBTLY HUMOROUS LYRICS EXPLORE MODERN CONSUMER CULTURE WHERE ONLY ADDICTION TO THE LATEST “NEW THING” IS ASSURED, FOLLOWED BY BOREDOM, IN AN ENDLESS MERRY-GO-ROUND OF SUCCUMBING TO THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS. GOU GOU’S LYRICS PRESENT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, TAKING US ON AN UNEXPECTED DREAMLIKE JOURNEY. HER DELIVERY ON THE SINGLE “DONG DONG” IS ENTRANCING AND REVELS IN NAIVETY. HERE AND ELSEWHERE ON THIS MAIDEN EP THE BAND PLAY WITH PERSPECTIVE AND OFTEN EMBODY CHARACTERS.
ABOVE ALL ELSE, NAJA NAJA’S GOAL AS A BAND IS TO HAVE FUN, AND YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THESE SIX SONGS. LET NAJA NAJA’S OFF-KILTER AND RETRO-FUTURISTIC SOUNDS TAKE YOU ON A WILD VOYAGE AND POSSIBLY EVEN SHED LIGHT ON THE PATH TO A UTOPIAN FUTURE—OR MAYBE JUST A PARTY THAT WILL TAKE YOU AWAY FROM YOUR TROUBLES FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
