Sun Airway
Oh, Naoko
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Just the other day, I walked past a guy telling a girl, “Promises are meant to be broken.” Laughing hysterically, I turned back and said, “I think you’re confusing that phrase with a different one!”
Obviously, it’s rules that are meant to be broken, a saying Yours Truly leans on from time to time because we like to see things broken, particularly songs. Sure, there’s a notion that the greatest songs are eternal; that the chords, the melody, the rhythm, and the tone are all placed with precision and they should be locked away in a glass case, perfect as is.
On the contrary, Yours Truly believes that ‘rule’ is one of those ones meant to be broken, and luckily, Philly’s Sun Airway feels the same way.Originally recorded in Jon Barthmus’ basement, “Oh, Naoko,” the lead track from their Dead Oceans debut, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, is a dream-pop plea to the fragile beauty in Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. The atmospheric, pillow-top electronics were a fitting bed for the theme to rest on, keeping the song very open, as there’s a little bit of uncertainty about love surrounding Naoko.
But, when Sun Airway cruised into Different Fur Studios amidst their recent tour with Bear In Heaven, acoustic guitars, pinky slides and violins in hand, they came prepared to re-construct “Oh, Naoko” from an electro-pop wanderer to a folk-pop rambler, transforming every hopeful plea to Naoko into a valiant proclamation of love. And, all the while, redefining the idea of what makes a song great.Jon explains the original and new takes of the song in a letter and dedication to Yoko Ono.
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