Lali Puna: What Will I Remember, What Will I Forget

MP3: Lali Puna - "Remember"

Thumping synth bass line? Check.

Dance-inducing drums? Check.

Acoustic guitar? Check.

Electric guitar? Check.

Beautiful harmony? Check.

A song that sounds like a road trip through the contemplative section of your mind, starting out with a skipping, warped loop of some indistinguishable voice. I have just started my last semester of college and yet, listening to this song, I feel like it's the eve of my graduation. There's so much going on, so much reoccurring, but it's just a symptom of that warm feeling of accomplishment -- an eclectic mash-up of emotions marking all sorts of moments throughout the past four years of my life. There's a pop hook with "Will you remember..." but this song is twofold: there's the accessibility of its pop sensibilities but deeper down there's also a careful organization of loops and patches of sound. It casually skirts a line between melancholy and bliss.

Munich, Germany's Lali Puna was born from the four-track of Valerie Trebeljahr (vocals, keyboards) in early 1998. Markus Acher of The Notwist and Tied & Tickled Trio joined not long after along with Christoph Brandner (Tied & Tickled Trio, Console), and Florian Zimmer (ISO 68, Fred Is Dead). Zimmer left the band in 2003 to focus on ISO 68 and was replaced by Christian Heiß.

"Remember" is from Lali Puna's new album, Our Inventions, which is scheduled for release on April 6th through Morr Music. Our Inventions marks Lali Puna's first release in over five years.

Our Inventions Tracklisting:

1) Rest Your Head
2) Remember
3) Everything Is Always
4) Our Inventions
5) Move On
6) Safe Tomorrow
7) Future Tense
8) Hostile To Me
9) That Day
10) Out There (Feat. Yukihiro Takahashi)