n0va

Sometimes when friendships fail and love is lost, we can’t always claim good versus bad. But to save our own sense of selves we need to demonize our others with who did what wrong and when.

Or do we? Where pop songs often draw breakups in black and white, Bossa nova paints in watercolors, telling the story through slow saturations and flashes of bright tones drying into blood-like stains. Bossa nova’s lyrics are inwardly autobiographical but their airy melodies speak to a melancholy that is the human condition.

I’m no expert in the medium, but Jobim’s Triste  or Waters of March  served as deep inspiration for this EP. The more one listens to Jobim’s seemingly lighthearted work, the more depth is revealed. In this vein, n0va is not about a single culmination of right or wrong, but a spectrum of moments spanning decades.

The songs were recorded semi-live, documented through videos of the recording session paired with footage from my travels. Even as the melodies and words are personal, I hope they reach you through the small sparks of static as the turntable spins up…