Music News - New Zealand's Asta Rangu releases infectious single 'Nico'
18 June 2021 - 0 Comments
Today, New Zealand’s up and coming noise-pop quartet Asta Rangu release their latest single, Nico.
Songwriter Richard Ley-Hamilton, whose writing for indie-pop darlings Males has been internationally celebrated, directs Asta Rangu in a darker direction, which reflects more accurately the tone of Ley-Hamilton’s sombre, pensive and astute lyrics.
Nico is a sonic nod to the power pop sensibilities of Males, rhythmically-propulsive with immediate and infectious melodies. However, akin to the Plasticine EP
and January single I Dream, the track features a more intricate and expansive arrangement, layered with warbling synths, reverberant piano and chiming guitars. Ley-Hamilton describes Nico as “a reflection on maturity and nostalgia, and how potential and reality are often in disharmony. In a sense, our tendency to reminisce colours and revalues our present, and in doing so, we revive old narratives at the expense of progress.”
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Nico is the second of two tracks recorded in a session in late 2020 with Dunedin engineer and producer Tom Bell at Chicks Hotel.
Along with its sister track from this session, I Dream, the release of Nico sees an end to what the band are calling ‘bridging singles’, two non-album tracks that bridge the gap between the 2017 EP Plasticine and the band’s forthcoming debut record. The record, penciled for release in early 2022, which will be co-produced with De Stevens (Marlin’s Dreaming).
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