2016 was something of
a breakthrough year for Red Bull Music Academy scholarship winner Amelia
Murray, who not only got to hang with some of the industry’s key movers and
shakers while attending the academy in Montreal, but was also able to perform
and tour extensively across the UK, the USA, and Australia, as the key
protagonist behind self-proclaimed “bedroom project”, Fazerdaze. The band also
managed to pick up some great local (NZ) support slots as the year progressed.
And although Fazerdaze’s discography is currently limited to the eponymous EP
release from 2014 (here), plus this late 2015 single, ‘Little Uneasy’, it seems
certain we’ll be hearing a lot more from Murray and friends during 2017, and
well beyond. In fact, just a few days ago Murray’s bandmate and fellow Red Bull
Academy attendee Merk (aka Mark Perkins) released a “solo” album of his own,
Swordfish (here).
Not only was ‘Little Uneasy’ an infectious little vibe that
my pod involuntarily kept defaulting to throughout the second half of the year,
it also sported this pretty decent promo clip …
(The Festive Dozen is a fairly randomly selected
year-end collection of clips featuring the tunes which featured most
prominently on the (generally pop-loving) iPod playlists of
everythingsgonegreen at various stages throughout 2016) ...
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