SOLARPUNK by Baga Baga

Recorded in the front room of third house at the Pine St squat in North Lismore, where for eighteen months a collection of backpackers, activists and squataholics gathering together to celebrate community, life, music, ketamine and shakshuka. Powered by the sun, the recording computer was powered by an off-grid solar system, as power had been cut to the houses in the squat. This lent the name "solarpunk".

We could only record on sunny days. Creative photosynthesis. The themes of the songs were inspired by what I was seeing around me, from the absurdity of water ownership on Daddy, the joyous celebration of living on the road in Injah, and trying to capture a jangly childhood memory on Sausage Sizzle. Onnaplain was also written by a friend of mine who descended into a psychosis, and served as a meditation on how the squatlife seemed to border on insanity (though I made it out "okay"). I'm sure you can gather what Bush Kush is about.

Features contributions from:
Na'vi (Bush Kush: guitar, vocals; Rollerblade: vocals; Solarpunk: intro vocals)
Tehya (Rollerblade: vocals)
Juliette (Injah: vocals)
Stjephan (Onnaplain: lyrics)

baga baga mantra:

baga baga
baga baga
gaba gaba
baga baga

listen if u want. it's like if tame impala was trying to copy van morrison and not the beatles