Noyus, Ükku - Warzone EP (2017) EN

Not so long ago we finally got it! The whole world was waiting for the new album by The xx. But meanwhile there appeared our local version of the Scotsmen and it came from Lithuania as the union of two artists - Noyus, the guy, and Ükku, the girl. 

I can't shake off the feeling that "Warzone" is like the mixture of the Romy Madley Croft - Oliver Sim duet with the Polish Kasia - Łukasz whose band Coals is one of the hottest things in our scene. The Lithuanian have perhaps even more in common with the Poles - Ükku's vocal and unsettling music in the background with pulsating drums and unkempt backing vocals. And everything has some of this Lithuanian magic that makes it sound as if it wasn't recorded in Vilnius but somewhere under the stars far away from the city. Perhaps it was.

The duo works  wonderfully - there's perhaps not much of the dialogue-like style of The xx because Noyus and Ükku usually sing simultaneously and complement each other. And it's very electronic and catchy and touching. As the album progresses they really sound like Lithuanian Coals. But it's good. It's very good.

"Warzone"  costs 5 EUR.

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