![]() ![]() This album wasn’t devised with Yumi Zouma together in a room, bouncing off each other with an overflowing fountain of ideas. The Lounge is a full-service restaurant & bar that opens at 6pm. To make a reservation and guarantee a seat, click here or call 21. ‘Haunt’ embraces minimalism with a storytelling walk through vocalist Christie Simpson’s hometown, and the finale ‘Astral Projection’ swells into a looming climax that encapsulates Yumi Zouma’s veritable musicianship, sealing the figurative casket on this 10 track open letter to lost opportunity.Īlthough ‘Present Tense’ leans on the cumulative distance between its collaborators as its primary subject matter, it generates a distinct vacuity within the record. All shows in The Lounge are General Admission and seating is not guaranteed with ticket purchase. The band have also shared new single In the Eyes of Our Love alongside a video helmed by director Alex Ross. ![]() The band consists of Christie Simpson (vocals, keyboards), Josh Burgess. Yumi Zouma announce new album Present Tense. The Robyn synth-pop cadence of 2018’s ‘EP III’ has been muted, and in its place is a forlorn, fawning creature, trying to wrap its head around current events. Yumi Zouma are a New Zealand alternative pop band from Christchurch, Canterbury. ‘Honestly, It’s Fine’ equally embraces the climactic dynamics of a hammered piano, delicate string movements and ebullient horn parps. Sprightly arrangements decorate the orchestral coda of ‘Mona Lisa’, an upbeat dark pop track that details “a weekend of fool’s gold”, following the tale of misread signs and misleading actions of an ephemeral partner. ‘Give It Hell’ laments this exact show, setting a reflective tone that is built upon as the album slowly takes shape. ![]() This album acts as a continuation of Yumi Zouma’s last ever live show, with a sense of communal mourning captured translucently throughout the record. ![]()
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