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| I'd like it to be summer please. No more cold mornings, dark afternoons or wearing two pairs of socks and sensible shoes. When the sun is shining everything seems just marvellous doesn't it? Argh. It's a while until we can sit outside at 10 o'clock at night. | I'd like it to be summer please. No more cold mornings, dark afternoons or wearing two pairs of socks and sensible shoes. When the sun is shining everything seems just marvellous doesn't it? Argh. It's a while until we can sit outside at 10 o'clock at night. |
| But don't despair I've found the remedy for our winter blues. It comes in the shape of Newcastle's Anglo-Italian pop band M A U S I. | But don't despair I've found the remedy for our winter blues. It comes in the shape of Newcastle's Anglo-Italian pop band M A U S I. |
| Listen to their contagious summer tune 'Sol.' above | Listen to their contagious summer tune 'Sol.' above |
| Their carefree, poppy, energetic, summer tunes sit comfortably between a glorious, sunny afternoon on the beach and a great night out with mates. Each song eases you in gently. You begin to nod your head slightly then all of a sudden you're up and dancing like you did at your primary school disco (yes, that one dance move you perfected - jumping up and down until you needed another Panda Pop). | Their carefree, poppy, energetic, summer tunes sit comfortably between a glorious, sunny afternoon on the beach and a great night out with mates. Each song eases you in gently. You begin to nod your head slightly then all of a sudden you're up and dancing like you did at your primary school disco (yes, that one dance move you perfected - jumping up and down until you needed another Panda Pop). |
| Their first single 'Sol.' has this effect on me with its infectious chorus encouraging me to 'DANCE, DANCE, DANCE', like French electronic duo Justice. The track slows down and your ears are filled with the soothing and beautiful girl/boy harmonies of sister and brother Daisy and Thomas Finetto. | Their first single 'Sol.' has this effect on me with its infectious chorus encouraging me to 'DANCE, DANCE, DANCE', like French electronic duo Justice. The track slows down and your ears are filled with the soothing and beautiful girl/boy harmonies of sister and brother Daisy and Thomas Finetto. |
| While Daisy and Thomas were growing up they sang in a variety of bands in Milan, where they're from. Then they moved over to the UK for university where they met their guitarist Ben Brown and drummer Benji Huntrods. They came together as a band after a visit to Italy last year. They filmed the entire trip and made a short video of their sunny adventures. The band says: | While Daisy and Thomas were growing up they sang in a variety of bands in Milan, where they're from. Then they moved over to the UK for university where they met their guitarist Ben Brown and drummer Benji Huntrods. They came together as a band after a visit to Italy last year. They filmed the entire trip and made a short video of their sunny adventures. The band says: |
| We decided that we should be making music that fit that aesthetic; full of hazy, European, summer escapism. | We decided that we should be making music that fit that aesthetic; full of hazy, European, summer escapism. |
The four-piece wrote 'Sol.' straight afterwards and decided that their holiday footage would make the perfect video for the song. | The four-piece wrote 'Sol.' straight afterwards and decided that their holiday footage would make the perfect video for the song. |
| Watch the official video for 'Sol.' above. | Watch the official video for 'Sol.' above. |
| Since putting 'Sol.' online last year "it's been pretty crazy," as the band tells me: | Since putting 'Sol.' online last year "it's been pretty crazy," as the band tells me: |
| The track spread online and we eventually released it on indie labels in the USA and over here. But we've been careful with what we've put out so far, taking time to write and get everything perfect. | The track spread online and we eventually released it on indie labels in the USA and over here. But we've been careful with what we've put out so far, taking time to write and get everything perfect. |
| M A U S I have spent the last six months writing, recording and building up to their new material. They're also on Amazing Radio's top picks of 2013 list, alongside Haim, Peace and CHVRCHES, which is something they're really happy about. | M A U S I have spent the last six months writing, recording and building up to their new material. They're also on Amazing Radio's top picks of 2013 list, alongside Haim, Peace and CHVRCHES, which is something they're really happy about. |
| We were excited to find out they'd chosen us, they've been really supportive of us since the start. Anytime you get recognition from someone like them, it helps you realise that what we're doing is working and that people are getting excited about what we're doing. | We were excited to find out they'd chosen us, they've been really supportive of us since the start. Anytime you get recognition from someone like them, it helps you realise that what we're doing is working and that people are getting excited about what we're doing. |
| What's great about this band is their care and love for the visual part of their music. They say "every single song we write starts from an image or a photograph", just proving how significant imagery is to M A U S I. They're not just creating soundtracks that are comforting to your ears but pleasing to your eyes too. This blissful optimistic pop group love making videos and short films and they've recently been collecting beautiful footage in Lisbon and Milan. (Very jealous!) The teaser video for their next single 'MOVE' has got a lot of people excited. If you watch their videos you'll soon see how influential film is to them, even Disney. They've also created a Mausi Look Book filled with images of their influences. | What's great about this band is their care and love for the visual part of their music. They say "every single song we write starts from an image or a photograph", just proving how significant imagery is to M A U S I. They're not just creating soundtracks that are comforting to your ears but pleasing to your eyes too. This blissful optimistic pop group love making videos and short films and they've recently been collecting beautiful footage in Lisbon and Milan. (Very jealous!) The teaser video for their next single 'MOVE' has got a lot of people excited. If you watch their videos you'll soon see how influential film is to them, even Disney. They've also created a Mausi Look Book filled with images of their influences. |
| They hate "people who think that pop music can't be intelligent" and are always striving to be original and "do things differently." Given their plans to "never stop" doing what they're doing, I'm joining others in saying M A U S I will definitely be blasting out of our radios more and more this year and hopefully your stereos too. | They hate "people who think that pop music can't be intelligent" and are always striving to be original and "do things differently." Given their plans to "never stop" doing what they're doing, I'm joining others in saying M A U S I will definitely be blasting out of our radios more and more this year and hopefully your stereos too. |
| I can't wait to hear their debut album, which is hopefully coming out this summer. Before that their new single 'MOVE' is set for release on 4th March on Loose Lips. You can have a listen right now below. | I can't wait to hear their debut album, which is hopefully coming out this summer. Before that their new single 'MOVE' is set for release on 4th March on Loose Lips. You can have a listen right now below. |
Here's 'MOVE' – their next single out on 4 March. | Here's 'MOVE' – their next single out on 4 March. |
| Emily Brinnand is a freelance journalist, radio presenter and producer. You can listen to her show Mixtape every Tuesday evening at 6pm on Sheffield Live! 93.2fm or follow her on Twitter @EmilyBrinnand | Emily Brinnand is a freelance journalist, radio presenter and producer. You can listen to her show Mixtape every Tuesday evening at 6pm on Sheffield Live! 93.2fm or follow her on Twitter @EmilyBrinnand |
| If you're in a northern band Emily wants to hear from you so please Tweet her links to your music. | If you're in a northern band Emily wants to hear from you so please Tweet her links to your music. |
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