"might as well / start praying now / might as well / make way and take a bow..."
The percolating guitar lines, dynamic orchestrations and bittersweet vocals of "Might as Well" by No Ninja Am I, the semi-solo-project of Amsterdam based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sander van Munster, wonderfully shapeshifts not only sonically but emotionally moving from melancholy spirals to fanciful moments of wonder. A lot of these tonal changes have to do with Sander's magnetic, beautiful vocal melodies that sustain one minute then skips and hops the next mirroring movements on his acoustic guitar (or vice versa). The arrangements dazzle too, from horn sounds pitched almost in dissonant ways to surprising lead guitar exchanges that feel like dual leads (but may not be), to supporting bass melodies and other voices / harmonies gently flooding in.
"Might as Well" is the kind of song that surely benefits from its beautiful arrangement but, at it's core, is a stunner all to itself. I think when a song at it's core draws you in, then it makes adding alluring other elements all the more easy to do.
"A song about the feeling of hitting rock bottom, of feeling lost and helpless, but I guess it still offers a glimpse of hope that things can turn around" - No Ninja Am I
"A song about the feeling of hitting rock bottom, of feeling lost and helpless, but I guess it still offers a glimpse of hope that things can turn around" - No Ninja Am I
"Might as Well" is track 3 on No Ninja Am I's latest album "Kiss Your Friends".
-Robb Donker Curtius
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No Ninja Am I is the semi-solo-project of Amsterdam based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sander van Munster. Influenced by albums like McCartney I, Odelay (Beck) and Everyday Robots (Damon Albarn), he writes songs in the genres of indie-pop, -folk and -tronica.
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https://www.facebook.com/NoNinjaAmI/
http://noninjaami.blogspot.com/
https://x.com/noninjaami
https://noninjaami.bandcamp.com/track/might-as-well
No Ninja Am I is the semi-solo-project of Amsterdam based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sander van Munster. Influenced by albums like McCartney I, Odelay (Beck) and Everyday Robots (Damon Albarn), he writes songs in the genres of indie-pop, -folk and -tronica.
No Ninja Am I, Amsterdam The Netherlands based, singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, indie pop, indie rock, folk, folktronica, latest album "Kiss Your Friends", single "Might as Well", Sander van Munster,
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