Cameo

Zaza | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 18, 2009
• Label: Kanine Records LLC
• Copyright: 2009 Kanine Records
• Total Length: 26:02
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Indie & Lo-Fi
• ASIN: B002G723V4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars American Shoegaze/Slowcore Revival, December 21, 2009

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Christopher Broome - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cameo (MP3 Download)

Zaza is more in line with bringing "Galaxie 500" to its logical extreme rather than assembling a British shoegaze pastiche--the kind of music many of their contemporaries would build with the same tools. The vocals fall into two categories: "hushed" and "hushed falsetto" both variants drifting in reverb. This is also a platter that shares an aesthetic with the ragged electronica of Bibio or Flying Lotus. The beats generally sound programmed, and the guitars occasionally sound like guitars, but mostly everything echoes off everything else while marching toward slow burn climaxes.

Cameo is a decent length EP that works as a complete piece by virtue of confident sequencing. In this context, following a yearning "Arms Length", centerpiece "Repetition" is a candidate for song of the year.