That’s exactly what Cameo did when it comes to their song “Why have I lost you”. However, I think it is fairly uncommon for a group to redo their own song back to back. In the music world it is very common for artists to cover songs, especially as time periods go on. (Cooper is pictured second from the left) Had that happened, who knows where he might have ranked in the books today? But people who know this music never forgot him and the band still honors him. Cooper passed away at age 29 and there are reports there was a solo project in the works which never got completed. ZAZA has already been met with praise from the NY press making favorable comparisons British dream-rock acts like Ride, Slowdive, and Cocteau Twins but to pigeonhole them as a 90s throwback would be a mistake as their debut EP radiates a mystical, otherworldly element that both challenges the listener, while at the same time inviting them in.When Cameo released their album We all know who we are in 1978, the world got a chance to hear one of the only ballads to feature the late Wayne Cooper. No strangers to creating great music, Jennifer is a talented multi-instrumentalist who previously played in The Warlocks, while Danny is known for his close associations with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart while also manning sound for various bands and venues throughout NYC. The band might describe their sound best as “a love affair that feels like metal on metal”. Quite insular in the song-writing process, all the dreamy melodies, lyrics, and timbres are written about/for each other. The duo started creating textural loops and aural soundscapes, yielding strange ideas during the isolation of New York winters.

ZAZA is the musical union of Jennifer Fraser and Danny Taylor, who are both west coast transplants that connected by fate in New York. The duo is set to release their mesmerizing debut EP “Cameo” this August. While associated with their peers in Brooklyn’s recent exploding indie-pop/shoegaze scene, ZAZA sonically contrast from their guitar-pop brethren in favor of something darker, more mysterious driven by haunting, ethereal vocals and rolling, cavernous rhythms. Riding in on oceanic waves of drone and immense muscular drums, enter the spectral dream-pop duo ZAZA.

Cameo we all know who we are