WUSA / WUSA
Album: WUSA   Collection:A-File
Artist:WUSA   Added:Oct 2024
Label:Yes No Wave  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2024-10-26 Pull Date: 2025-01-25 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: Nov 10 Nov 3
Airplays: 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 03, 2024: I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Awi
2. Nov 02, 2024: Music Casserole
Matala

Album Review
Diego Aguilar-Canabal
Reviewed 2024-10-09
Psychotic jazzy prog-metal supergroup (fka ZOO) with members of Indonesian noise-folk-rock bands Senyawa and Kuntari. Sun City Girls meets Mr. Bungle-esque metal-opera vibes with epic trumpet swells, thundering jazz-rock drums, and hypnotic muted bass loops. FCC clean, sung in the singer’s fictional language with no translations provided.

1. (1:41) intro: short throaty a capella loops
2. (4:07) galloping bass-driven riff, angry street preacher yelling in tongues over a chaotic off-sync choir
3. (3:38)*** menacing groove builds up gradually, swells into an epic fist-pumping triumph
4. (4:28) furious drum fills looping over each other, chaotically building into an angry repeating verse that feels like one long intro
5. (3:13)* mellow psychedelic garage rock with soft drums and cooing major-key vocals
6. (3:55) Sun City Girls style folk-rock jaunt with clanging bells and trumpet
7. (3:40) major-key pop-punk/indie-rock-ish anthem
8. (2:40)** dark doom metal intro riff, funereal trumpet and evil monastic chanting
9. (5:30) ritualistic ambient drone with angelic choirs, deep echoes and uplifting soundscapes
10. (4:17) more evil throat singing, heavy noise-jazz crescendo with sputtering glitches
11. (2:09)* thick djent rhythms, evil vocal loops going from guttural to nasal and beyond
12. (4:12) drum/bass-driven continuation of track 3/8 riffs
13. (1:53) outro: soft Tibetan Buddhist-style chanting vocal loops with stray guitar plucking

Track Listing
1. Hesahaz (1:41)   7. Rekala (3:40)
2. Akihasa (4:07)   8. Nadu (2:40)
3. Awi (3:38)   9. Matala (5:30)
4. Awjukha (4:28)   10. Asyama (4:17)
5. Zangikha (3:13)   11. Amakha (2:09)
6. Gamu (3:55)   12. Amadnga (4:12)
  13. Wusa (1:53)