After a few years of silence, Pnau have decided to release (probably) their best album ever. You may remember Pnau from the Homebake festival or Big Day Out tours of 2002 and 2004. You probably thought to yourself at about one or two o’clock, ‘Well, I suppose I could go see Pnau. Sure, they’re debut album Sambanova won an Aria award in 1999 but they’re second album, Again, was totally forgettable. Let’s go get a dagwood dog instead.’
And while a dagwood dog certainly is tasty, no-one is questioning that, your festival prioities are going to change. I’m tipping Pnau to be the feel-good party-time must-see act of the summer festival circuit. Their newest self titled album, produced by French demi-god Feadz (of ‘Uffie and’ fame), is an absolute tail-waggler.
You’ve probably gorged yourself on Wild Strawberries and you nodded vigorously to No More Violence. Well, friends, wrap your listeners around these bad boys:
Baby is 100% disco-friendly and catchy as crabs. When this track gets into your local indy venue, you’re guaranteed dance-floor demolition. Best saxophone-esque riff ever.
Embrace shows off a bit more of Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes’ versatility. It’s euphoric, pop-house with a killer chorus. Just begging to be dropped on a very loud system.
Seriously, buy this album. There are so many treats in store – Walking on the Water, Shock to my System, all of them! It’s just been nominated for a J-Award on Triple J radio so, if you’re in Oz, you’ll be hearing a lot of it over the silly season.
In the hiatus between this and the last Pnau album, Nick Littlemore was touring with his side project Teenager and producing some quality indy-electro for bands including Damn Arms and The Lost Valentinos. Australia’s making some pretty mean sounds at the moment – it’s going to be a wild summer.
Check Pnau’s myspace for heaps of upcoming dates. The album is in stores nationwide through Etcetc and Ministry of Sound.
-duncan
6 Comments
Wow, my titles need more puns.
Both awesome tracks and a cracker album. Wasn’t Nick (first name basis) involved with LadyHawke as well? I am that lazy.
I like the fact that you imagine our inner dialogue over the old ‘food or band’ conflict at a festival as being so coherent…
Maybe I should start start drinking less.
holy hell! feadz is indeed a demigod. wow!!
Saw Pnau yesterday at MOS, very impressive, Wiiiild………..Strawberriies
This album is the tits!
I thought there would be nothing to come along to dethrone the “Australian Album of the Year” title that i had given to the ridiculous man-love-fan-boy affliction I have with Muscles debut. But this comes damn near close, if not surpasses Guns Babes Lemonade.
I’ll have to check out their limited back catalogue, but at least this gives hope to a couple of those breakout acts with great debuts but sucky follow ups. Third times the charm for some it seems.
Well said Boondie!
Looking forward to catching these guys live and off the rails