Aye Nako - Silver Haze
Don Giovanni, 2017
Producer, Engineer, Mixer
"For Silver Haze the band worked with Joe Rogers at Room 17. His influence is especially felt on lead single “Particle Mace,” a pop song washed in fuzz with vocal tracks that shine through the noise."
- Pitchfork (7.9 review)
“The record has less of the polish of noughties emo than the grunge-fringed pop punk of the nineties; think Pavement injected with the musical equivalent of ProPlus, an exorcist’s howl and a dissident’s political fury. Not the kind of sarcastic, tautological repartee of a Twitter row but the old-school eloquence of punk’s frustration and rage…”
“…akimbo lyrics; thick, swelling guitars; and effervescent pop-punk melodies thrive in squalling harmony. With every release, the members of the Brooklyn queer punk quartet sharpen their talent for reciprocity between seemingly dissonant elements, bolstered by a solid rhythmic backbone…”
“The tones of the drums, bass and guitar are raw, as if they were designed for sticker ladened Brooklyn basements. This fits perfectly with the songs, which stretch just beyond a typical punk format. There are solos, there are riffs, but they’re all for the sake of the song. It wouldn’t be too far of a stretch to say there are some moments reminiscent of Nirvana’s Bleach, in the combination of melody and fuzz.”