AUA and the hallucinatory post punk dream wave of "Friendo" (Official Video)

"...only you pass through..."

Germany based AUA create an atmospheric hallucinatory post punk sound on "Friendo", perfectly realized by the Official Music Video directed with a subversive hand by Nicolai Hildebrandt. From the onset, amid skating progressive beats that dip into 60's staggered 2-1 snare strikes, you feel a Gothic horror tone fueled by surf guitar, synth arpeggios and amazing theremin and mellotron sounds. It feels at once like a spaghetti western meets a 70's Dario Argento surreal horror film. The vocal aesthetic, pushed back in the mix, feels as if it is muted by a barrier creating a even more ghostly sound. Somber and somewhat aloof, the spacious sound here by Fabian Bremer and Henrick Eichmann feels at once distant but intimate. 

“Friendo” - "The lyrics center around self-centering behavior and playing on another person’s fears — in short, a toxic relationship." 

I really love the sound here, of shifting realities and dark twists while still being something you can dance and sway to, a beautiful hallucination.

-Robb Donker Curtius

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AUA’s debut is an eclectic mix of explosive krautrock-driven beats, Carpenter-esque arpeggios, and surf guitar sounds, all embedded within the darker version of a ’60s lo-fi pop record. “I Don’t Want It Darker” is an album of contrasts: while the lyrics on the duo’s debut full-length establish a world of laconic stories on the verge of self-abandonment, their songs burst forth with creative exuberance—the result of a handful of sessions spent in the wilderness, marked by the joy of spontaneous experimentation.

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