Recently partnering with US indie Kanine, the original home of Grizzly Bear and Chairlift, Zaza are a New York two piece making woozy, at times shamanistic tunes in the guise of Ride and Slowdive, but with broader, more textured vocals. 'Repetition' is a particular highlight, capable of inducing a trance-like state via its looping melody, which sounds like it should be building to an ear splitting crescendo, but instead reaches a relatively mellow cascade of noise before shirking away around the five minute mark. 'Sooner Or Later', meanwhile, takes the ritualistic references one step further with pounding tribal drums filling out the backbone of the song, with some rather lovely dream-pop guitars adding sheen. Excellent stuff.
Sep 10, 2009
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Approved: Zaza (SNAP Of The Day)
New York duo Zaza make woozy, shamanistic dream-pop on tracks such as 'Repetition' and 'Sooner Or Later', recently signed to US indie Kanine.