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What is your single about?
Basically the song is based on the isolating feeling of a breakup.
The lyrics are very direct and simple, and I just wanted to try and capture this mood in the song. A feeling of being reminded of things everywhere you go around your own town.
Where did you record the single and who helped you out?
The single was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland, and it was co produced by Joel Little.
Have you got a video out? If so, what is the theme/story behind the video?
The video is currently being made right now. The video was shot in a huge warehouse studio space in Auckland. It is based on the interaction between two people, and has lots of physcial body movement sped up and slowed down, to communicate the feeling of hitting obstacles and facing the pain of a breakup.
I kinda wanted a video that was more based on visuallly interesting this time around, rather than trying to tell a story.
Who is in your band?
The lineup for the live band is Ash Smith on Bass, Kate Whelen on Synths and Dan Nagels on Drums.
Have you got any tours coming up?
We don't have anything to announce right now, but we will definitely be doing some NZ and Australian shows soon. Our first show is San Fran Bath House in Wellington on Oct 21st, then supporting The Naked and Famous at Auckland Town on Nov 4th.
Bio
Welcome to Junica - the mystical pop world of Wellington’s Nik Brinkman. It's a place populated by shimmery stars and pyramids; taking inspirations from relationships to space ships, Nik melds melancholy with optimism in the way that only great pop music can.
Junica is about stepping out from the shadows to shine. Wallflowers the world over will step onto the Junica dance-floor as their music resonates with those of us who usually think, maybe, just a little bit too much. Junica tells you it's okay to be a bit different, because, deep down, inside, we're actually all a bit the same. Junica celebrates the similarities as much as the diversity.
Nik wrote these songs in Los Angeles, London and Stockholm with such luminaries as Peter Moren (Peter, Bjorn, and John), Emanuel Lundgren (I’m From Barcelona), and Tim Anderson (Ima Robot, Dead Man’s Bones). The first single ‘Living In My House’ (already an alternative radio Top 5 single in New Zealand, and now a Top 40 airplay hit) features longtime friend Pip Brown, and recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio in Wiltshire, England. A studio used by artists as diverse as Kanye West, Beyonce, Sade and New Order - they were in fine company.
Evolved from a childhood listening to The Church, Cocteau Twins, The Cure and Kate Bush - Nik is no stranger to making music - formerly he was the frontman with indie-darlings Over The Atlantic who completed a forty date US tour with Beach House in 2006 and toured with Ladyhawke in 2009. Nik feels he spent that time figuring out how to make the brand of pop music he had in his head a reality, and thus, Junica (taking it's name from the title of Over The Atlantic's debut album) was born - ready to embrace, and be embraced by a wider musical community.
Junica support The Naked And Famous at Aucklands Town Hall on Nov 4th 2011.