PREMIERE: Seja – ‘Like Fireflies’

Australia needs a new pop chanteuse. Preferably one who’s not going to splay jazz hands or bore us with sad folk music. We think Seja is probably a good fit for the title. She’s interesting, mysterious and isn’t really Aussie at all (Seja was born in Germany). After spending years playing synths for Regurgitator and Sekiden, Seja’s been a solo venture and is releasing her second record soon.

‘Like Fireflies’ is the brand new track from Seja’s upcoming record All Our Wires. The track is a burst of sonic-pop, fused with Seja’s trademark breathy vocalesque and heavy synth work. It’s a little bit St Vincent – and dare I say, even Dido in parts. Either way, Seja’s not shy about space oddities or that Korg, and all that makes us think that this is the kind of brassy, dreamy pop we need more of around here.

Some words from Seja about ‘Like Fireflies’:

“I wanted this song musically to have a continuous groove in the drums and bass ala Stereolab and Can. Ben Ely (Regurgitator) leant a hand playing bass and contributed a great running, bouncy bass line that fits in with the upbeat, ‘squelchy’ synth sounds I picked. When we demo-ed this song it had a really bizarre drum loop that really syncopated, so when we were tracking the album it was important for me to have some of this rhythmical strangeness, without alienating the listener too much. Mirko Vogel and I had lots of fun taking turns at making the craziest noises we could on the Korg MS-20 for the intro.

The song is about being madly in love with someone and going through the motions of wooing them, being shy in the courting processes, shouting it off the rooftops, to togetherness, to compromise, to supporting one another in crisis and all the other great things that happen in a relationship with a solid foundation. It is also about the process when you fall in ‘friend-love’ with someone new, then see how your friendship develops with that person in a platonic way…”

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Catch Seja on these dates:

June 23rd – Blackbear Lodge, Qld.

July 5th – Brighton Up Bar, Syd.

July 6th – Grace Darling, Melb.

All Our Wires is out in June.

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