"Mu" - Mu
Mu manage
to create a better articulated version of the kind of thoughts which pass
through your head while cloud-watching. Or even lying in bed at night mulling
things over. Reading their EP description, “our
adventures in the tragedies of youth,” It’s hard not to cringe and imagine
a whining collection of songs on heartbreak and self-esteem. However, Mu are
something quite different altogether.
This is their self-titled debut EP, as a little-known
duo out of Vancouver, Canada and while their music is categorised as electro
pop, it is also unpredictable and experimental. Mu combine
minimal melodies with Indian percussion, chimes and electronic work and then
put the spotlight on their free-flowing vocal harmonies.
It does remain to be an exploration of the struggles
of youth: “I want to live my past like this won’t go too fast
by.” Although it feels more like you’re in the middle of a
good time and you don’t want it to end, rather than weighing us down in sombre
music.
For some of the EP it is almost spoken word, with
poetic lyrics rolling into each other. But then it expands into their lovely
vocal interludes. There is a combination of clever lyrics “I
can be as dark as the back of the moon” with a subtle sensitivity that makes
each track stick in your mind.
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