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NANA YAMATO DO YOU WANNA

Tokyo-based songwriter Nana Yamato's lo-fi gem 'If' caught our attention towards the end of 2020. Returning with a more electronic approach, Yamato's new track 'Do You Wanna' sees gently throbbing synths bubble between spacey beats and novel keys parts as Yamato's cooly delivery vocals sung in English and Japanese speak of self-discovery, transformation and defining your own path in life. Arriving alongside a quirky home-made video Yamato explains: "This video is about the journey of the polar bear and me. The white bear in this vid is modelled after my treasured old stuffed polar bear. My grandmother gave it to me for the first Christmas (when I was 5 months old!). I’ve been with him ever since. He was the best friend I ever had. I remember the bear disappeared from time to time. I looked and looked, but could not find him anywhere. I was so desperate to find him that my father soothed me by saying, “The white bear has gone on a trip.” Nana Yamato's debut album Before Sunrise will arrive on the 5th of February via Dull Tools/Big Love. -Holly Mullineaux 

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