Description
Tracklist:
A: Sayonara
B: I’m A Swimmer
Sayonara / Im A Swimmer, is the debut 7-inch by NYC Supergroup Wah Together which features Phil Mossman (LCD Soundsystem), Vito Roccoforte (The Rapture), Steve Schiltz (Longwave) and frontwoman Jaiko Suzuki (Electroputas). On Sayonara / Im A Swimmer, Infectious Japanese Y Y beats swipe right on noisy, noir-tinged motorik excursions to form a psychedelic garage-rock power couple at 45 rpm. Sayonara bids a fond farewell to sweet memories of a lost lover with skewed-but-sugary 60s pop melodies, swinging, big beat drumming and no-wave guitar rave-ups like The Runners Four-era Deerhoof raining on Broadcasts Tender Buttons parade. On Im A Swimmer, the universe answers questions from a crying broken heart with brutalist post-punk precision unmoored by prickly, effects-laden guitars, a propulsive chorus and layers upon layers of distorted stomp n skronk. At a time when the economics of music-making increasingly pushes young artists to work alone and in the box, Wah Together is an impassioned defense for a shared act of creation. Tracked spontaneously and principally live, Sayonara / Im A Swimmer captures the immediacy and spontaneity of a group of musicians listening to and playing off one another with genuine affection, curiosity and joy.
