Sarakiniko: Hello – single review

Sarakiniko: Hello

(La Maison des Corbeaux)

DL | Steaming

Released 12th March 2021

Sarakiniko, the side project led by Yann Canevet, bassist/singer of the popular French post-punk shoegaze group FTR is set to release the track Hello on March 12th. We have the exclusive first play.

Following their first single, Can’t See You (November 2020); Hello comes ahead of an album, which is due for later in the year. The Brittany-based artist has worked on this with former in-house Mute Records engineer, James Aparicio, whose credits include Spritualized; Depeche Mode; Mogwai; Moby; and Nick Cave.

Speaking to Yann and translating, he explains the name and sound, “born from a volcano, sculpted by winds, Sarakiniko takes its name from one of the most intriguing lunar landscapes on earth. It is from a small corner of the world that Sarakiniko’s music takes us on a journey between Earth and Heaven”.

Hello, definitely has a shimmering, otherworldly dream pop feel to it. It reminds me of Going Blank Again era Ride, where they infused the soundscapes of their first album with a more pop sensibility and the less experimental and more commercial work of Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized.

To find out more about Sarakiniko visit Facebook, Instagram, and Bandcamp

You can find the Louder Than War review of the previous FTR release here.

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All words by Iain Key. See his Author Profile here author’s archive or on Twitter as @iainkey.