This all came together in the year of 2012 when Beetroot whispered the sweet nothings of "Sa Sa Moa into our ears and we were hooked.
Bradford/Bradford was privileged enough to experience a later Summer festival in the Karangahake Gorge that goes by the name of Sundaise as stagehands and met a lot of very cool people that inspired us musically to write this song. It intends to blend the best of many musical worlds into one song.. a 7 minute musical experience that peaks at 6:30.
We first wrote this song while in a band called The Thems with Spoonjohn and Captain America (bros) and at least played it in 2 backyards and Brewers Bar and it has since been continued acoustically ever since as what we would modestly consider our fan favourite. Until now.
Over a period of three days in the month of December, 2012 Bradford/Bradford stepped into their home studio (in their mothers livingroom) and proceeded to record all that you are hearing (minus the drums that were recorded in Beetroot Studios) with the addition of a chorus of fans as the response in the reggay section.
The tale of the song is a true story right down to the last letter. We know both Lyle from Sa(Sa)Moa and Cody (and Jodi) from Pa Pa Moa. Lyle is a drummer and Cody is a wheatbag (the biggest.) Beetroot has been known to also call Lyle, Kyle and thus the song exists as a tale of truth and wisdom in the realms of Lyloso-ism and Wheatbaggery.
We encourage and support the notion of downloading our song for FREE and sharing it around to all your friends and family. While it is an ideal to make a living from what we do, we also understand that we are in the age of the internet and to be listened to in the first place is a great honour. Sharing is caring and if you really love our stuff then come to our gigs! buy our CDs (when they come out) and get behind original music in your local scene. BE the original music in your local scene and remember Tauranga.Music.Sux.
from
Sa Sa Moa,
released December 20, 2012
Justin Bradford - Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar (intro section), Reversed Lead Guitar (Part 2), Backing Vocals (verse 1), Lead Vocals (verse 2), Vocals (Part 3), Producer, Lead Engineer.
Michael Bradford - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar (part 2), Piano, Drums, Lead Vocals (verse 1), Backing Vocals (verse 2), Vocals (part 3), Assistant Engineer, Driver.
Justin, Michael, Mum & Soup - Crowd Vocals