UZU

UZUIt is safe to say there is no other band like YAMANTAKA SONIC TITAN on the planet. In a world that is increasingly homogenized, a record like UZU is all the more important for demonstrating how disparate cultural perspectives can merge into something entirely new while retaining their individual sovereign character. This meeting of East and West is perhaps most visible in UZUs lead single One. As the first YAMANTAKA SONIC TITAN song to extend the

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Album opener “While You Stand” kicks things off with little more than a delicate acoustic guitar line and a modestly hummed chorus

Favorites like “Adderall” sound increasingly ragged and desperate as drummer Stephanie Luke belts out the lyrics on an adrenaline rush

“so it really does feel like we’re all fluent in the same language

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