Description

Jagwar Ma, the duo Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield, first bonded in Sydney, Australia over a mutual passion of melody and experimental beats, setting out to create a sound that would capture their love for contemporary electronica and classic American pop harmony, Joe Meek and King Tubby, vintage drum machines and radio frequency manipulation, Ray Davies vintage amp noise and improvised percussion.

Hot on the heels of powerhouse singles The Throw and Man I Need, Jagwar Ma are now pleased to announce their debut album Howlin, released via Marathon Artists. · The album was recorded in a secluded town in the North of France, just the two of them in an almost farm with an 808, a Fender jaguar, a laptop and a pair of vintage Neve console channels, and neighbours with a thing for hardcore sound systems. Collaborators along the way included longtime friend and Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa and renowned Berlin producer / mixer Ewan Pearson, adding another station to the globe spanning journey the songs have travelled.

Across its eleven tracks, Howlin twists addictive hooks around often dirty and clanking breakdowns. Pop songwriting is buried in layers of crunching synths and pedal effects, from 60s beat to the strobe-lit warehouses of acid house via the techniques and sonic feel of dub and the touchstones of anthemic British guitar music, revelling in the vibrant tension between the discovery of something classic and future-looking experiments.

The Summer will see Jagwar Ma heading out on a string of live shows at festivals across Europe, Australia and Japan, as well as their own headline shows. Dates include Great Escape Brighton, Field Day London, Glastonbury, T In The Park, Latitude, Reading and Leeds.

Double LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl, featuring download code.