SECOND SINGLE, THE CONTAGIOUS “HAPPY ENDINGS” AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD NOW
VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE “MURDER 1” EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE ON UK GIANT CONTACT MUSIC ALSO FEATURED AS VIDEO OF THE DAY ON SPINNER
UPCOMING LIVE PERFORMANCES IN NEW YORK, CANADA & ATLANTA RECENT APPEARANCES IN CANADA & LAS VEGAS
“Listening to WAZU’s "Murder 1" provokes the
urge to paint an Aladdin Sane lightning bolt across your face and visit a
seedy, underground hot spot full of androgynous artists and wandering neon
lights. The track sparkles with all the glitter and glitz of 70s glam rock and
pops in your head like candy.”
- THE DELI MAGAZINE
- THE DELI MAGAZINE
“Fans of Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Talking Heads, and
David Bowie will want to have a listen and grab "Murder 1" from
Australian-born, now NYC-based duo Wazu. The track combines elements of glam,
grunge, electronic, pop and goth to create a dark, danceable atmosphere.”
- SOME KIND OF AWESOME
If you’ve been paying attention to the NYC music scene (and
you should be!), you know that Brooklyn-based Australian transplants WAZU have
been generating heaps of buzz as of late. “Murder 1,” the synth-heavy, post
apocalyptic first single from their three song WAZU EP (Anti-Language
Recordings) is getting rave reviews. The accompanying video premiered
exclusively on Contact Music and was recently featured as Video of the Day on
SPINNER.
The track is a glorious, vicious little tease of what’s to
come from this male-female duo that appear to have swallowed some of the same
sexy electronic pills as The xx, but have regurgitated them in a much more
elaborate and foreboding fashion. “Happy Endings,” the second track off the EP
produced by the legendary Kevin McMahon (Titus Andronicus, Real Estate, Swans,
The Walkmen), is a cynical sing-along that resonates with the lyrics, “take a
look at me / I’m living proof / Happy endings don’t have room for two.” Never
has heartbreak sounded so enticing and danceable. It is now available for free
download.
In their first week of playing together as WAZU, the duo
performed seven shows in six nights at the Top 10 “Best of the Fest” Festival
at Toronto Indie Week 2010. “We showed up planning to play three shows, but
[we] kept winning!” Shortly after, the band performed as part of the CMJ
Festival at Lower East Side staple The Living Room, the Neon Reverb Music
Festival in Las Vegas, and the Dropout Party at Don Hill’s in NYC. In the past
few months WAZU made the Top 3 of the Deli Magazine’s Year End Best of NYC poll
for emerging artists in 2011 and the EP has earned the band glowing reviews and
promising mentions in In-d Scene UK, Some Kind of Awesome, and Alfitude, to
name a few.
Catch WAZU at one scheduled shows listed below, and be on
the look out for WAZU’s debut LP, also produced by Kevin McMahon, Summer 2012.
TOUR DATES //
4/22: Magic Rub Cassettes Event in Atlanta, GA
4/29: Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn, NY
5/3: Bugjar in Rochester, NY @ 9pm
5/8: Boardner’s “Kitty Kitty Bang Bang” in Hollywood, CA
5/24: Deli Magazine Best of 2011 Festival in Brooklyn, NY
4/29: Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn, NY
5/3: Bugjar in Rochester, NY @ 9pm
5/8: Boardner’s “Kitty Kitty Bang Bang” in Hollywood, CA
5/24: Deli Magazine Best of 2011 Festival in Brooklyn, NY
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