Tim: KOLAJ are a new pairing of two people calling themselves Teesa and Mighty Mike, who’ve both worked with a variety of musicians in one way or another recently; now they’re getting together, though, and releasing this lovely debut.
Tom: Oh! I didn’t expect that beat to kick in half way through the first verse.
Tim: It’s a lovely fusion of genres – the electropop that makes up the verses seems a little standard, almost, especially with the breathiness of the chorus vocals, but then the big electric guitar on top of that post-chorus gives it that first indication that something else is happening.
Tom: Yep, without that I think it’d be lost — and even with it, I don’t think there’s enough going on in the early parts of the song.
Tim: You could be right there, but then when every part is more or less just piled on top of another in the middle eight and closing, well, it’s just marvellous really, isn’t it? It’s a glorious track, showing an incredibly amount of promise, and I can only hope that any future releases will be as on point.