Successful debut between past and future

For several weeks, the first single from the New Zealand band The Naked and Famous also runs in Germany. Particularly large share of the ever-increasing awareness contributes the music channel VIVA, which chose the title "Youngblood" in their image campaign as the main song. Without problems, the title put firmly into the earcups. The combination of synth, Indie and Poplklängen immediate results stands out also thanks to the fairly high-pitched voices of the female singer Alisa Xayalith from the crowd. Here some sounds of synth wave of the 80s. By cleverly selected set pieces in the field of indie pop / rock but the bonds are weakened and there is a symbiosis between the past and the current sound of the genre. You may also see a step into the future.

The potential for a great career lies definitely in the band - because the album is incredibly diverse - the formation is therefore changeable. Whether flashy drifting forward ("Youngblood" or "Punching in a Dream") or hypnotic monotone ("The Sun", "Eyes"), whether synth sounds ("Jilted Lovers") or classical guitar music songwriter style ("Girls like you "" No way ") - The creativity breaks out from every corner, even if can not convince every single song completely and sometimes unfinished sounds. The overall impression makes but, also thanks to the two different lead voices, "Passive Me, Aggressive You" to one of the discoveries of the year 2011. New Zealand know this band to appreciate for some time - now the other side of the world learns the five New Zealanders know , One should take a look - in this multi-faceted every music lovers access to this work should succeed.