‘Janakita Kirakita’, from Jangus Kangus opens with a Bollywood fashion chant, inflicting uncertainty as to what we’re in for – quickly sufficient it’s changed with dreamy vocals accompanied by a jangly electrical guitar and the smoothest surf rock you’ll ever have encountered.
The Bollywood chant is not any accident, neither is it a unusual afterthought. Jasmine Sankaran, who performs as Jangus Kangus, was raised in Ventura County in a multiracial Indian-Vietnamese family. That sound could be very a lot part of her. She began writing music as an adolescent, and is now making waves for her eclectic mix of indie, punk, and synth-pop.
The mantra returns every so often within the observe, however by no means at any time does it really feel misplaced. It’s completely juxtaposed in opposition to Sankaran’s voice, who at instances sounds as if she’s singing right into a landline phone, or else an previous time mic; there’s a sure echo, reverb, that’s hooked up to it. Fairly charming, elusive, and – I do know I’m responsible of utilizing this phrase too typically – ethereal.
Hear past the guitars and pounding drums, and give attention to the cowbell that comes with the chanting, and the scratchy, swirly synths (at about 14 seconds), and also you get some concept of the complexity of this observe. It’s merely divine. (Watch Jangus Kangus carry out the tune stay right here to understand the musicianship in all its glory).
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