There’s also field recordings of Indigenous Pacific choral music - 'Imenetuki Mangaia', a Cook Islander praise song, to be specific - captured in the late '70s on the island of Mangaia by David Fanshawe.įanshawe's recordings were first introduced on recent single ‘unison’ and frontman Dave Le’aupepe has spoken about how they were part of his personal reconnection with his Māori identity and his family's Samoan heritage.ĭave’s vocal phrasing is kinda unconventional, too. ![]() The Sydney-bred group have been teasing the track on socials and playing it in setlists for (very lucky) UK festival crowds lately, and the studio version shows them pushing to evolve their sound beyond the indie-rock arena anthems that’s made them so beloved.įor starters, there’s different textures going on, with piano and violin (from newest member Tom Hobden) foregrounded over breakbeat drum parts. ![]() Now they’ve followed it up with a new single called ‘the man himself’. Gang Of Youths made a welcome return a few months back with ‘The angel of 8th ave’ and the surprise EP, total serene.
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